Professional Pilot, July 2016
2016 PRASE WINNERS Best Independent US FBO denotes 2015 ranking did not place in 2015 2016 FBO Airport Line CSRs Facility Amenities Promptness Value Overall 2015 rank team efficiency for price rating rank 1 Texas Jet FTW 973 972 906 939 973 962 954 3 2 Pentastar PTK 948 971 924 924 948 900 936 4 3 AirFlite LGB 928 928 944 916 939 933 931 4 GlobalSelect SGR 913 929 971 956 907 902 930 1 5 XJet APA 924 960 925 916 900 940 928 2 6 Banyan FXE 941 933 952 919 922 897 927 7 7 National Jets FL 964 944 871 889 946 929 924 6 8 Meridian TEB 921 950 923 905 907 895 917 9 9 Busines Jet Ctr DAL 928 924 920 926 906 886 915 8 10 Vail Valley Jet Ctr EGE 953 947 926 909 924 824 914 10 11 Monterey Jet Ctr MRY 957 939 878 900 935 857 911 5 12 Naples Airport AuthORITY A PF 956 929 878 861 894 858 896 11 13 Epps PDK 928 921 810 817 907 886 878 13 14 Clay Lacy VNY 900 894 756 772 850 850 837 15 Clay Lacy BFI 884 837 784 779 832 826 824 12 Those FBOs with only 2 locations are considered as 2 separate independents Most Improved US FBO 2016 rank 94 PROFESSIONAL PILOT July 2016 Texas Jet at FTW zoomed up to clinch 1 as Best Independent US FBO from 3 last year and was voted 2 in the overall competition for Best US FBOs for 2016 as contrasted with 5 in 2015 At left by the red Mercedes stands TJ Pres CEO Reed Pigman dark suit red tie and behind to his left is Gen Mgr Reggie Nichols Staff members are lined up under the TJ sign and alongside the Falcon In 2010 and 2009 Texas Jet was voted 1 US FBO and was also ranked 1 Independent Ranked by category scores and overall ratings Fast fuel is what most visiting corporate aviation flightcrews want and thats what AirFlite at Long Beach gives them As 6 in overall 2016 US FBO scoring 3 in this years Best Independent ranking and taking the Most Improved US FBO title AirFlite turned up the heat in this years survey This award is given to the FBO that made the largest gain in ranking position as compared with the previous year AirFlite LGB didnt rank in the top 40 in the list of 2015 US FBOs but moved up into the 6th position in 2016 Hence AirFlite LGB advanced by at least 35 positions to win Most Improved US FBO for 2016 Texas Jet FTW AirFlite LGB 2015 rank 1 LGB AirFlite Daugherty Field Airport Long Beach CA up 35 places
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