FBOs
SheltAir Aviation Services sets up shop at La Guardia
For the past month, business aircraft operators flying into New York La Guardia Airport (LGA) may have been surprised to see a fresh new name going on the

For the past month, business aircraft operators flying into New York La Guardia Airport (LGA) may have been surprised to see a fresh new name going on the fuel trucks and above the counter at the field’s sole FBO. As of the first of this month, the incumbent Signature was out, and SheltAir (a new name for the former Jet Center group of FBOs from Florida) has moved on up north for a piece of the Big Apple pie–and maybe more lucrative fruit to come.

For now, at least, the big winner is the airport operator, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ). A complex, two-state political entity that controls airports, bridges, tunnels and seaports in and around New York City, the PANYNJ oversaw a controversial and protracted bidding process at La Guardia (LGA) that dragged on for almost three years (AIN, March, page 1).