Fuel
Avfuel Launches 50th-anniversary Celebration at SDC
The company reflects on its history and looks ahead at NBAA's Schedulers and Dispatchers Conference this week in Nashville.
Avfuel-branded FBOs at SDC 2023
Avfuel has brought a continent of its branded FBOs to Nashville for NBAA's 2023 Schedulers and Dispatchers Conference. The show will serve as a springboard for the fuel provider's 50th-anniversary celebration this year. (Photo: Curt Epstein/AIN)

For global fuel provider Avfuel, the 2023 NBAA Schedulers and Dispatchers Conference this week in Nashville, Tennessee, marks the start of its year-long golden-anniversary celebration. While today it has more than 3,000 fueling locations worldwide and a network of more than 650 branded FBO dealers, the company began in 1973 as a Midwest regional fuel supplier.

“When we leaped onto the market, no one was doing what we set out to do,” explained Avfuel president and CEO Craig Sincock. “We didn’t know we shouldn’t compete with the major oil companies who were the aviation fuel suppliers at the time. Maybe it wasn’t the best business plan, but it worked.”