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2016 FBO Survey: The Americas

Companies sharpen focus on service.

Air Flite took the top spot in AIN's 2016 FBO survey. (Photo: Air Flite)

By Curt Epstein • Business Aviation Services Editor

April 4, 2016

AIN 2016 FBO Survey

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As business aviation activity in North America continues to rebound from the depths of the downturn, that has meant good news and growing prosperity for many of the companies that service those aircraft. According to industry data provider Argus, in its 2015 Business Aviation Review, the industry posted a year-over-year rise in flight activity in 24 of the 25 months since December 2013. Last year it saw a 2.1-percent rise in flight activity and a 2.7-percent gain in flight hours. “We actually consider 2015 to be kind of a breakout year,” said Atlantic Aviation CEO Lou Pepper. “I don’t mean it was great, but it just seemed to look like a lot of the fundamentals that have driven the business prior to the downturn are coming back.”

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