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Aviat Mall FBO at Wilmington Survives Less Than a Year

Aviat Mall closed after failing to meet the airport’s minimum standards and defaulting on its rent payments.

By Curt Epstein • Business Aviation Services Editor

May 14, 2015

Aviat Mall, the second FBO at North Carolina’s Wilmington International Airport (ILM), which opened last summer, closed this month after failing to meet the airport’s minimum standards and defaulting on its rent payments. Known primarily for its pilot-centric product sales business, the location at ILM was the company’s first foray into the aviation service business. “The FBO business is capital intensive, and I don’t think they realized how much it would take,” said airport manager Julie Wilsey.

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