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The Isle of Man is now firmly on track for establishing its own aircraft register with the necessary regulations coming into force at the beginning of May.

It is hard to keep up with Wheels Up. The company was only launched in August and already has already taken delivery of four King Airs.

Leading Isle of Man law firm DQ Advocates ("DQ") recently attended another leading European business aviation industry event.

The International Civil Aviation Organisation has made changes to their International Standards and Recommended Practices contained in Annex 6, Part II.

The Isle of Man Aircraft Registry has announced the registration of its 500th aircraft since its inception on 1 May 2007. The aircraft in question was a Bombardier Global 5000, registration M-SEAS, which was delivered new from the factory in Montreal Canada.

Dougherty Quinn was once again represented at the Annual European Business Aviation Convention in Geneva in May 2013.

Dougherty Quinn ("DQ") was once again represented at the Annual European Business Aviation Convention ("EBACE") in Geneva in May 2012.

Stephen Dougherty, head of DQ's aviation team, has again been invited to contribute a chapter to Corporate Jet Investor's "The Official Guide to Aircraft Registration and Tax 2016", following his contribution to the previous Guide in 2014.

It has been a busy year for DQ's Aviation Team. DQ's specialist aviation lawyers (Stephen Dougherty, Tom Maher and Matthew Kinrade) have been very active in the market.

The rapid growth of the Isle of Man Aircraft Register (the "Register") since its launch on 1 May 2007 is evidence that an appetite existed for a quickly reactive, well regulated private register in a European friendly time.

The Isle of Man Aircraft Registry is introducing new legislation effective October 2026 that will modernise how lenders register legal claims against aircraft. The Civil Aviation (Mortgaging of Aircraft) Order 2026 brings tighter timelines, enhanced privacy protections, and greater administrative flexibility while preserving core lender protections. These changes will impact all aircraft finance and leasing transactions through the Isle of Man registry.

So 2013 turned out to be a good one for Textron.

Introduced in 1964, the Learjet 23, the world‟s first purpose-built private jet, was classed by aviation regulators under the category of General Aviation‟, with very few restrictions in the way it was operated.

In addition to the obvious benefits of the Isle of Man's stable political and economic environment the benefits of the Isle of Man as a jurisdiction for aircraft (high quality private and corporate jets and high quality twin turbine-engine helicopters which are not used for commercial air transport) registry are primarily:

Leading independent law and professional services group Cains has been recognised by the crew of STS-133 who crewed the last flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery, for the firm's contribution to international space commerce.

Andrew Webb and Alexandra Dernie provide the Isle of Man contribution to Sweet & Maxwell's global guide, Aircraft Liens and Detention Rights.

At times it must be fun being a judge. Last month, Mr Justice Peter Smith, an English judge, found himself telling His Royal Highness Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud – one of the world's richest men – that it is not OK to lie when selling an aircraft. Even when the buyer was Colonel Gaddafi.

At the request of Government, the Isle of Man chapter of the Society of Satellite Professionals International is formulating an industry-led space policy for the Island to support the work of the Manx Government.