It was nine years ago when South Carolina’s Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport (KGSP) decided it would take over the operation of its lone FBO, which had had just one operator since the airport’s founding in 1962. When the previous operator’s lease expired at the end of 2016, the airport rebranded the facility as Cerulean General Aviation to distinguish it from its cargo and commercial aircraft handling divisions, which were also reorganized under the Cerulean name. Despite the intervening pandemic, the decision has been a beneficial one for the airport.
“Taking it over allowed us to have a little bit more control over the customer experience across all touchpoints of the airport,” said Tiffany Cherry, communications manager for the Greenville-Spartanburg Airport District, adding that financial concerns were at play as well in the decision. “It gives us a diversified revenue stream between GA, our land development, fueling, and cargo. When the pandemic hits and the commercial traffic declines, you have these other ones that help you through situations like that.”
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