FBOs
Hawthorne Global Aviation Services Changes Hands
Hawthorne Global Aviation Services, which operates six FBOs in the eastern and central U.S., has been sold to a new joint-venture investment partnership.
For the first time in more than a decade, Hawthorne Global Aviation Services—an FBO chain with six U.S. locations—is under new ownership.
For the first time in more than a decade, Hawthorne Global Aviation Services—an FBO chain with six U.S. locations—is under new ownership.

In the latest transaction in a heated FBO consolidation market, Hawthorne Global Aviation Services, which operates six FBOs in the eastern and central U.S., has changed hands. Moelis Capital Partners had owned the company—which traces its aviation industry roots back 90 years—since 2011 and it has now been purchased by a new joint venture between global investment manager Wafra and Nova Infrastructure in a move that will infuse new funding into the brand and could see it add more locations.