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AOPA's FBO Fee Transparency Crusade Grows
AOPA’s Know Before You Go initiative, aimed at promoting transparency in FBO ramp fee pricing, is expanding.

AOPA’s Know Before You Go initiative, aimed at promoting transparency in FBO ramp fee pricing, continues to gain steam two years after it was launched. With hundreds of general aviation organizations—ranging from major alphabet groups such as NBAA, NATA, GAMA, HAI, and EAA, to local flying clubs—signing on, the measure now has the backing of thousands of pilots.

Among the FBO chains, AOPA said only three—ACI Jet, Cutter Aviation, and Wilson Air, comprising 12 locations—have fully complied with the initiative's voluntary pricing transparency guidelines. Signature Flight Support posts its ramp fees for piston aircraft, AOPA pointed out, but not for larger business aircraft such as jets or turboprops, while Atlantic does not post any of its fees or pricing online. Combined, these two large FBO chains represent more than 200 locations across the U.S.

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