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Air Elite Inducts First Latin American FBO

Aerocardal is World Fuel Services’ preferred ground handler and fuel distributor for bizav at Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport.

Aerocardal at Chile’s Merino Benitez International Airport recently renovated its facility and offers separate passenger lounges for international and domestic passengers as well as myriad other services for travelers.

By Curt Epstein • Business Aviation Services Editor

September 7, 2014

Santiago, Chile-based Aerocardal Limitada is the first service provider in Latin America to be accepted into the Air Elite Network. Aerocardal, an FBO with its own tank farm and fuel trucks, is now World Fuel Services’ preferred ground handler and fuel distributor for business aviation at Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport. Its newly renovated facility, which is open 24/7, has a 7,700-sq-ft terminal, one of the largest in Latin America. It features separate executive passenger lounges for international and domestic boarding, customs and immigration service, concierge, onsite car rental, flight-planning room, crew rest area, and showers. Video camera surveillance adds another level of security. The FBO has nearly three acres of ramp space in addition to more than 30,000 sq ft of hangar storage.

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