Since December, business aircraft have been able to park at the new Royal Terminal at Kuwait International Airport, and the facility opened for passenger services in April. The new $42 million FBO is owned by Royal Aviation Kuwait and is managed by Mercury Air Group. Plans call for Royal Terminal’s grand opening to be held this month.
Jet Aviation was originally going to manage the Kuwait FBO, but the project has grown since Jet Aviation dropped out of the running last March. The original plans called for only a corporate aviation terminal, according to Mercury Air Group vice president John Enticknap, but the design grew into “a small airline terminal,” he said. Half of the terminal is focused on general aviation operations and the other half on charters. Mercury’s management contract covers running the entire facility, and there is a separate contract/joint-venture agreement with the FBO’s owners to provide ground handling services on the ramp. Although a different company provides the fuel, customers deal only with Royal Terminal for all services and billing. “It’s different from traditional European and Middle East FBOs,” Enticknap said.
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