The growing success of UK FBO Ocean Sky is another sign of the improving picture for business aviation in Europe. The FBO offers inbound Atlantic-crossing fliers and inter-Europe travelers a full-service alternative at Glasgow Prestwick International Airport, helping them avoid the crowded big-city skies and ramps.
Prestwick, which has the longest commercial runway in Scotland, used to be the traditional stop for refueling after Atlantic crossings, but the airport closed to nighttime traffic in the early 1990s, according to Eddie Allison, Ocean Sky’s managing director of FBO operations. The airport, however, is now open 24/7, and growing business opportunities encouraged Ocean Sky to invest more than $1 million in its Prestwick FBO last year. When Ocean Sky took over the facility in March 2006, it was a small land-side facility without a ramp and mostly military customers. Now the facility is a true FBO, with 25 acres of ramp space, its own 10,000-gallon fuel truck providing AirBP jet fuel and personnel on duty around the clock.
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