UK FBO Chains Plan Expansion in Manchester, Bournemouth
Weston Aviation is adding its fifth UK FBO at Manchester, while XLR Executive has opened a new facility in Bournemouth.

UK-based Weston Aviation is adding a fifth airport to its FBO chain, with a new operation at Manchester Airport announced today at the Air Charter Expo at London Biggin Hill Airport. The privately owned company already provides passenger and cargo handling, flight supervision, maintenance, and charter brokering at Gloucestershire Airport, Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Humberside International Airport in the UK, as well as at Cork International Airport in Ireland. It also provides fuel service at Doncaster Sheffield Airport in the north of England.


Meanwhile, UK-based FBO chain XLR Executive recently opened a new facility at Bournemouth Airport on the south coast of England, reporting 95 movements in the first five weeks of operation. The company also has FBOs at Birmingham, Liverpool, and Exeter.