Jet Aviation Geneva: Different challenges for European, U.S. Facilities

One of the great challenges for an FBO company seeking to build a chain is to strike gold not only with facilities in the U.S.

By Matt Thurber • Editor-in-Chief

July 5, 2007

One of the great challenges for an FBO company seeking to build a chain is to strike gold not only with facilities in the U.S. but also in countries whose culture and business environment call for distinctly different recipes for success. Jet Aviation has long offered customers its brand of service at a variety of U.S., Middle Eastern, European and Asian locales. The company has FBOs in Singapore, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Germany, Switzerland, the UK and the U.S.

As more business jet operators fly to different countries, chains with multiple bases around the world are seeing increased business from customers seeking a familiar FBO face. A visit to Jet Aviation’s Geneva base after the EBACE show in May demonstrated the contrasts and similarities between the company’s facilities in the U.S. and Europe.

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