Air Elite, the World Fuel Services-sponsored international network of FBOs, has now reached 75 members with the addition of its three newest locations: Lane Aviation, Monaco Air Duluth, and Jet Aviation-Washington Dulles.
Located at John Glenn Columbus International Airport, Lane Aviation has been serving the Ohio aviation community for more than 80 years. Open 24/7, the all-weather operation can handle any size aircraft, with six heated hangars and deicing. As an added convenience, for arriving international aircraft the FBO is host to a new U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility.
Monaco Air Duluth, a service provider at Minnesota’s Duluth International Airport, is strategically located on the primary great circle routes and specializes in providing “super-fast” tech stops, and can process arriving international passengers through its own on-site customs facility.
Jet Aviation-Washington is the newest addition in the General Dynamics subsidiary’s network. Recently renovated, the Dulles Airport FBO is home to six hangars and 10 acres of ramp space, and it can handle anything up to a Boeing 747. With onsite U.S. customs clearance, the FBO offers a time-saving alternative to other D.C.-area airports.
San Juan, Puerto Rico-based Pazos FBO, which was just rebranded as Jet Aviation-San Juan, will remain part of the network, while the Business Aviation Centre Group (BACG) FBO at Frankfurt Main International Airport last month became the second of the company's facilities to be designated as an Air Elite member.
Since the beginning the of the year, the network, which was established in 2011 with a nucleus of the former Avitat member FBOs, has added 13 locations, extending the U.S.-based company's network to six continents and both hemispheres. The nine other locations comprise Circle Air Group and Ross Aviation in California, four Hawker Pacific locations in Australia, one Hawker Pacific location in Singapore, the Galaxy FBO in Texas, and Cerulean Aviation in South Carolina.
“Since the inception of the network, the vision has been to join together those FBOs that are located at strategic regional airports and operated by the best in the industry,” said Michael Szczechkowski, World Fuel’s senior vice president of business aviation sales. “Our latest additions embody this vision and we are pleased to watch the value of the network continue to evolve for our FBO partners as well as the aircraft operators who depend on their professionalism, safety, best-in-class facilities, and unrelenting commitment to service.”
With a regional center in London, World Fuel (Booth A67) has become the founding member of the Royal Air Force (RAF) Museum’s corporate membership program and an RAF Centenary partner. With the 100th anniversary of the founding of the military service taking place in June 2018, the company will be participating in many of the events scheduled around the milestone. “We are committed to the aviation space, with a long and proud history of delivering aviation fuel, services, and solutions to the military, general [aviation] and commercial sectors,” said Mark Amor, the Miami, Florida-based company’s vice president of commercial development. "It's very exciting for our company to be able to play our part in sharing the stories and celebrating the RAF’s achievements with the community and the hundreds of thousands who visit the museum.”
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