FBOs
FBO Survey Sees Growth in 2017, Optimism for 2018
In the annual FBO Survey by the Aviation Business Strategies Group, respondents saw increased optimism which they hope translates to increased fuel sales.
An increase in business aviation flight hours yielded a similar boost in fuel sales, FBO operators reported.
An increase in business aviation flight hours yielded a similar boost in fuel sales, FBO operators reported.

On the eve of the NBAA Schedulers and Dispatchers Conference this week in Long Beach, California, the Aviation Business Strategies Group (ABSG) released the results of its annual FBO Survey and Industry Forecast. According to the company, 53 percent of FBOs surveyed indicated they saw a year-over-year increase in fuel sales in 2017. While nearly a third of surveyed FBOs reported lagging fuel sales from 2016, the top-fifth performing facilities saw fuel sales climb by more than 8 percent last year, noted ABSG co-principal John Enticknap. “In fact, several that we talked to reported back-to-back months of record fuel sales.”