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ExxonMobil Exits U.S. GA Fuel Business

Continuing the recent trend of major oil companies scaling back their general aviation commitments, http://www.ainonline.com/news/single-news-page

By Curt Epstein • Business Aviation Services Editor

August 31, 2011

Continuing the recent trend of major oil companies scaling back their general aviation commitments, ExxonMobil announced it has decided to cease providing general aviation fuels in the U.S. The fuel conglomerate stated the move “pertains only to its U.S. general aviation business and does not impact the commercial business or military business in the U.S., nor does it signal any significant change in any of our other global markets.”

As a result of the withdrawal, ExxonMobil will dissolve its Avitat FBO network and end its relationship with World Fuel Services (WFS) subsidiary Western Petroleum, ExxonMobil’s exclusive domestic general aviation distributor, which serves approximately 125 FBOs in the U.S.

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