Professional Pilot, May 2017
JA GAINS WEST SIDE BASE AT DULLES Jet Aviation becomes DC area FBO Landmark IAD sells to Ross which in turn sells to Jet Av Jet Aviations top leadership and staff welcomed over 100 customers business executives and government leaders to their 9th location in the US serving the always busy Northern VA and Washington DC area By Pro Pilot staff L R Jet Aviation Sr VP General Mgr David Paddock Dir GM FBO services John Hovis and VP FBO Ops North America John Langevin provided opening remarks 70 PROFESSIONAL PILOT May 2017 Jet Aviation Senior VP Group Marketing Communications Heinz Aebi greeted visitors as they enjoyed wonderful fare during the gala event Photos by José Vásquez T he evening of Apr 20 2017 saw the grand opening celebration of Jet Aviations new world class FBO at IAD Washington Dulles Intl VA This 24 7 operation boasts 6 hangars and a 10 acre parking ramp All customers are met with a complete set of domestic and international line services cleaning and deicing for business aircraft up to a B747 and cargo airplanes up to an Antonov 124 A newly renovated best inclass terminal offers a VIP lounge flight planning center executive conference room and a co located car rental service Visitors arriving from overseas will appreciate international handling and on site Customs and Immigration clearance services Our new state of the art facility at Washington Dulles International Airport is a great fit to Jet Aviations Global FBO Network and we are thankful to have had the opportunity to celebrate our grand opening with customers colleagues and friends said John Langevin vice president FBO operations North America Jet Aviations Dulles FBO augments their other US locations most notably TEB Teterboro NJ on the East Coast Although both offer international handling IAD will significantly increase Jet Aviations support of global operators Jet Aviation announced the acquisition of the Dulles location from Ross Aviation on Jan 16 and has well over 20 FBOs worldwide Dulles is 1 of 2 airports owned by the US Govt The other of course being DCA Washington National where Signature Flight Support is the only FBO Signature is also at Dulles on the east side of the field
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