For many years, Volo Aviation quietly and steadily built an aircraft charter and management business headquartered at Sikorsky Memorial Airport in Stratford, Conn., but last year the company moved rapidly into the FBO business. It now owns five locations, at Hayward, Calif.; Houston (Ellington Field); Sarasota and Fort Pierce, Fla.; and Manassas, Va. Volo is also building a new FBO at Sikorsky Memorial and held a groundbreaking ceremony on September 18. The company has plans for further expansion, and is currently looking for a promising opportunity in Southern California. During the next five years, said president Thom Harrow, Volo’s vision is to build the FBO network to 20 facilities and double its aircraft management business.
When the company is choosing a location for its FBOs, Harrow said, “We always look at secondary airports in primary markets. When we locate at a secondary airport, we get more based customers.”
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