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World Fuel Services Keeps Latin American Bizav on ‘Full’

World Fuel Services has innovated to make the fuel supply process more user-friendly for operators.

Providing aviation fuel throughout the Latin American region, including the Caribbean, World Fuel Services has a good perch from which to view the overall market. Maintaining relationships with regional fuel suppliers, including the St. Thomas Jet Center FBO, helps WFS optimize pricing and availability.

August 8, 2015

Providing business aviation fuel is different in Latin America, compared with the norm in North America and much of the rest of the globe. Supplier World Fuel Services (WFS) understands that the traditional model of an FBO selling jet A at a profit to underwrite its service role is not the way it works in this part of the world. With one or two exceptions, the U.S.-based company’s regional sales director Leny Omilion explained to AIN, “Due to supplier monopolies or government control, the FBO-handler [in South and Central America] is not permitted to sell fuel.” Instead, the FBO-handler provides its services for a fee, and the entity in control provides fuel.

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