Le Bourget FBOs Invest More to Conquer a Tight Market

With seven FBOs vying to serve stagnant traffic at Paris Le Bourget, the pressure is on to have the best facilities.

May 22, 2014

Uncertain market conditions have done little to deter FBOs at Paris Le Bourget Airport from investing in development projects for their facilities. Most recently, Universal Aviation on April 30 officially opened its completely refurbished facility in the French capital. On June 12, Landmark Aviation (Booth 615) is set to unveil its own upgrade, and this will be followed in October by the opening of a new four-star Marriott hotel in November and a new entrance to the airport on the east side of the site.

In 2015, Advanced Air Support, which is partnered with ExecuJet Aviation (Booth 5629), is set to move into its new building, acquired from Air France Industries. In 2016, Embraer Executive Jets (Booth 6615) expects to double the size of its existing maintenance and customer support operation, with the opening of a new 64,585-sq-ft (6,000-sq-m) facility at the Dugny site on the west side of the airport, for which construction work is starting in September. Dassault Falcon Service (Booth 1034) has also continued to expand its capacity and capability at the airport.

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