All the leading forecasts agree that business aviation is an increasingly global phenomenon that will see growth rates for aircraft and flying activity rise faster in the still relatively immature markets of Europe, the Middle East and Asia. This should be excellent news for anyone in the business of running FBOs and the myriad service companies providing handling and flight planning. But in reality FBO growth in Europe appears still to be somewhat modest, and the expansion of support infrastructure in continents farther east and south is only now beginning to gather any momentum.
With some notable and recent exceptions, prospective FBOs appear to take a cautious attitude to expanding their operations in unfamiliar regions. Evidently the costs and the stakes are simply too high to take an “if we build it, they will come” approach to the emerging business aviation markets.
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