Business aircraft operators have long asked for a second FBO option at Savannah (Ga.)/Hilton Head (S.C.) International Airport (SAV), and they got their wish in March when SheltAir Aviation Services
opened. SheltAir now competes against Signature Flight Support SAV, which has been the airport’s sole FBO for several decades (though before 1992 it was a Butler Aviation facility; Butler and Page Avjet merged in 1992 to form Signature).
But eight months after SheltAir opened, many operators still aren’t aware that it is even there. “Unfortunately, a lot of pilots still use the printed FBO directories, and our facility here won’t be included until the 2010 editions come out,” lamented SheltAir SAV general manager Michael Lerma. Still, SheltAir has managed to gain about 30-percent market share at the airport, though Lerma obviously would like 50 percent or more.
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