Tucson Jet Center has had a presence at Arizona’s Tucson International Airport (KTUS) for more than three decades, starting out as a flight school and charter provider before transitioning to FBO services. Amanda Lawver, its current owner, began there as a weekend CSR back in 1999, and 20 years later she bought it.
“The first thing I did was I gutted the entire place from top to bottom,” she told AIN. “This place hadn’t been updated since 2003, so needless to say, it needed a facelift.” The cost of the renovation to the 3,000-sq-ft terminal was half a million dollars. It offers a coffee and refreshment bar, pilot lounge with snooze room and flight planning area, shower facilities, a theater room, six-seat a/v equipped conference room, and business center. Valet parking is available, as are complementary car washes for based customers. “That’s become a lot more popular,” Lawver said. “A lot of people ask for certain things to be done, and we do take care of it for them if they are our regular customers.”
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