FBOs
Aircraft Growth Outpacing FBO Infrastructure Limits
Operational pressures are forcing fundamental changes in safety culture and infrastructure planning
NATA Industry Townhall
Jason Sahl, director of safety at FBO chain Million Air and chair of NATA’s safety committee (third from right), and Juliet Jordan, managing director of industry affairs and innovation at NATA (fourth from right), participated in NATA’s Industry Townhall: Collaborating on Solutions and Leveraging Opportunities. © Jessica Reed/AIN

As business jets continue to grow in size and hangars remain unchanged, FBO operators find themselves managing an increasingly complex balancing act that’s about to get even more complicated. The industry faces not only the immediate challenge of fitting larger aircraft into finite ramp and hangar space, but also preparing infrastructure for advanced air mobility (AAM) operations that will demand new charging systems, safety protocols, and financial arrangements—all while grappling with workforce shortages that are spreading existing staff dangerously thin.

The convergence of these challenges was highlighted last week during NATA’s Air Charter Summit, where panelists outlined operational pressures that are forcing fundamental changes in safety culture and infrastructure planning across the FBO industry.

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