FBO PROFILE: Great Circle Flight Services, Anchorage

After nearly 30 years working in aviation in Alaska, mostly for airlines and in the fueling business, Louis Jennings got the opportunity to join the genera

By Matt Thurber • Editor-in-Chief

November 24, 2009

After nearly 30 years working in aviation in Alaska, mostly for airlines and in the fueling business, Louis Jennings got the opportunity to join the general aviation fraternity as general manager of Great Circle Flight Services at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. “This is the best job at the airport,” he said.

Great Circle is part of the Ross Aviation FBO chain, which is unique in that none of the FBOs in the network goes by the Ross brand name but each retains its original name. Ross purchased Great Circle Aviation in late 2007, two years after Shaen Tarter and Justin Charon opened the FBO in October 2005. Ross Aviation now owns 13 FBOs, including six Bradley Pacific facilities in Hawaii, three FBOs in the AirCenter brand (Santa Fe, N.M.; Denver; and Scottsdale, Ariz.); CorpAir in Fresno, Calif.; Laredo Air Center in Texas; and Miami Executive Aviation in Florida.

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