Eighty-five fixed base operators, formerly with Exxon, have joined the Phillips 66 Aviation network of branded dealers, the nation’s largest.
World Fuel Services Corporation (NYSE: INT) and ExxonMobil Aviation have partnered together to launch the Avitat Premier Card program. This new affinity card was made available in October 2010 and can be used to obtain discounted fuel and aviation-related services at participating Exxon and ExxonMobil Aviation-branded Avitat FBO locations throughout the United States and the Bahamas.
The upcoming merger between World Fuel Services (WFS) and AVCARD is expected to generate significant growth opportunities for both companies. “We will now be able to market our flight support and third-party services to all of AVCARD's customers, while at the same time providing AVCARD's robust data capture and reporting solution to our current customers, as well as those of our strategic partners,” said Paul H. Stebbins, WFS chairman and CEO, in a company statement.
Sales of aircraft at this week's Dubai Airshow have already exceeded $75 billion and are a fresh indicator of business aviation's fast-paced growth in the Middle East. "Interest in Boeing Business Jets and VIP models continues to grow in the Middle East, and, in fact, 29 percent of our customer reside there, followed by 26 percent in North America and 23 percent in Europe," says Vicki Ray, a Boeing spokeswoman.
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