Atlantic Aviation Boosts FBO Network with Lynx Buy
Atlantic Aviation has continued its rapid expansion with the addition of the Lynx FBO chain and its nine locations.
Founded in 2016 and backed by private equity firm, the Sterling Group, Lynx FBO's nine locations are now part of Atlantic Aviation after acquisition by Atlantic in an unannounced deal made in November.

Following its purchase last year by global investment firm KKR from Macquarie Infrastructure Investment, Atlantic Aviation has continued its rapid expansion with the addition of the Lynx FBO chain and its nine locations.


Lynx began operations in 2016 with the purchase of its first location, Destin Jet Center in Florida, and went on to acquire FBOs across the U.S. The other eight Lynx FBOs are at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport; Minneapolis-area Anoka County-Blaine Airport; New Jersey’s Morristown Airport; Oregon's Aurora State Airport; Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport in Little Rock, Arkansas; California's Napa County Airport; Providence, Rhode Island’s Theodore Francis Green State Airport; and Pittsburgh Allegheny County Airport. All represent new locations for Atlantic.


“The addition of Lynx strengthens our overall network and brings significant value to our portfolio,” Atlantic Aviation COO Tim Bannon told AIN. “The investment also includes the former Lynx employees who now have a much larger family of support and unlimited growth potential.”


Just months after its acquisition by KKR, Atlantic announced a merger with Ross Aviation. The company plans to rebrand those facilities to Atlantic with the exception of the FBO at Florida’s Witham Field, which it will be required to divest because it already operates the other facility there. This move will bring the chain to nearly 100 locations, including its first facility outside the U.S.—in Grand Cayman.