AIN’s FBO Dinner & Awards Gala 2025
The National World War II Museum's Freedom Hall was the venue for AIN's inaugural FBO Awards Gala. © AIN Media Group More than two hundred attendees were on hand to toast the best of the best in the FBO industry. © AIN Media Group Banyan Air Service landed in the top five percent of all FBOs worldwide according to AIN's readers. © AIN Media Group AIN's Curt Epstein marshaled attendees to the side entrance of the museum. © AIN Media Group Attendees from as far away as the Caribbean came to enjoy the networking as well as the atmosphere of the museum. © AIN Media Group Andrew Davis led the festive evening as the master of ceremonies. © AIN Media Group Curt Epstein (l.) congratulates Monterey Jet Center's operations manager Michael Heilpern for its performance in the AIN survey. © AIN Media Group Clay Lacy Aviation at California's John Wayne - Orange County Airport earned the highest score this year in the CSR category. © AIN Media Group Mary Miller of Signature Aviation was the recipient of AIN's first FBO Lifetime Achievement Award. © AIN Media Group Edsel B. Ford II owner of Detroit area Pentastar Aviation accepted the award for highest rated FBO in this year's AIN FBO Survey. It is the company's fifth consecutive year landing at the top of the ratings. © AIN Media Group Marci Ammerman, v-p of marketing at Avfuel Corporation presents the trophy for the highest rated FBO in AIN's 2025 FBO Survey to Edsel B. Ford II, owner and chairman of Pentastar Aviation. © AIN Media Group Clint Kummer (l.), Signature Aviation's regional v-p for the central region and Dillon Paul, general manager of Signature's Minneapolis and St. Paul FBOs accepted an award for placing in the top twenty percent of FBOs worldwide in this year's AIN survey. © AIN Media Group AIN's hardworking events staff gave gala attendees a night to remember. © AIN Media Group Joel Hirst, Avfuel's s-v-p of sales speaks with Chris Little Desert Jet Center's chief marketing officer. © AIN Media Group AIN president Ruben Kempeneer, welcomes attendees to AIN's inaugural FBO Awards Gala. © AIN Media Group Multi-talented Andrew Davis kept the crowd lively and engaged. © AIN Media Group Avfuel Corporation was a major sponsor of the event and Joel Hirst the company's s-v-p of sales spoke of the importance of the FBO industry before the crowd of two hundred gala goers. © AIN Media Group Nancy O’Brien AIN's senior director, industry affairs and events introduced the recipient of AIN's FBO Lifetime Achievement Award.
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