Welcome to
BK Associates, Inc.
Aviation Industry Appraisers

BK Associates regularly provides professional services to airlines, airframe, engine and component manufacturers; legal and financial institutions; leasing companies; industrial firms; and governments.

The range of services include:

- Aircraft Appraisals and Residual Value Forecasts
- Aircraft Inspections
- Maintenance Audits for Compliance with Lease Provisions
- Appraisals of Engines and Simulators
- Aircraft Supply & Demand Studies
- Expert Witness Testimony

All BK Associates aircraft appraisers are certified by the International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading (ISTAT). ISTAT is a non-profit society whose members have common interests in the manufacture, purchase, brokerage, leasing, maintenance and appraisal of transport aircraft. International in structure, it is self-supporting and unaffiliated. Within ISTAT is a core group of professional aircraft appraisers who work cooperatively for the elevation of the appraisal profession within the world aviation community.

Each ISTAT member, who has satisfactorily demonstrated that he is qualified to appraise aircraft, has been granted the right to use one of the professional designations established by ISTAT. Certification by the Society is based on written examinations, submissions of representative appraisal reports, full-time valuation experience, personal background check and participation in the Society's program of on-going education.

Ethical practices and conduct required of the appraisers accredited by the society are clearly defined by ISTAT.

REPRESENTATIVE SPEAKING ASSIGNMENTS