FBO Best Practices Series #7: Find the Free Money

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By John L. Enticknap and Ron R. Jackson, Aviation Business Strategies Group - ABSGgroup.com

Welcome to our blog series on FBO Best Practices. With each blog post in this series, we’ll discuss “Best Practices” in running an efficient and effective FBO operation.

Best Practice #7: Find the free money! From fuel hedging to lowering your credit card interest rates, there’s free money in any FBO operation just waiting to be found.

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EPIC and U.S. Bank Multi Service Aviation Network Announce Global Card Acceptance

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Pilots no longer need a wallet full of charge-card options when traveling domestically or internationally. EPIC® and U.S. Bank today announced the release of the enhanced EPIC Card℠, cobranded with the U.S. Bank Multi Service Aviation Network-the first card issued by a fuel supplier to provide global acceptance via U.S. Bank’s exclusive, aviation-specific network.
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Aero Mark (IDA) Joins Avfuel Network, Celebrates 30th Anniversary with Triple Avtrip Points Through September

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Aero Mark, the full-service FBO operating at Idaho Falls Regional Airport (IDA) has partnered with Avfuel to join the fuel supplier’s branded FBO network. As a member of the Avfuel FBO Network, Aero Mark now offers the jet fuel savings program Avfuel Contract Fuel and Avfuel’s popular loyalty rewards program, AVTRIP. Aero Mark will also benefit from Avfuel’s sophisticated processing systems, training programs, and marketing support. To commemorate the occasion, Aero Mark is offering triple AVTRIP Points on qualifying fuel purchases through September 30, 2014.
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Signature Flight Support Acquires Three New Caribbean Locations In Antigua, St. Kitts And Nevis From FBO 2000

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Signature Flight Support, a BBA Aviation company, announced today that it has acquired the assets of FBO 2000 including its locations at V.C. Bird Antigua International Airport (ANU), R. Bradshaw International Airport (SKB) in St. Kitts and Vance W. Amory International Airport in Nevis (NEV).
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Avfuel Expands Branded FBO Network with Addition Of Apex Aviation (VEL) And Wells Aircraft (HUT)

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Avfuel Corporation continues to expand its branded FBO network with addition of Apex Aviation at Vernal Regional Airport (VEL) in Utah and Wells Aircraft at Hutchinson Municipal Airport (HUT) in Kansas. Both FBOs will have full access to Avfuel’s training and operational systems (including fuel safety and customer service training, transaction processing systems, marketing programs and more) and will offer Avfuel Contract Fuel and AVTRIP loyalty rewards.
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Terry Yeomans to Join IBAC as Ground-handling Standard Director

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IBAC is pleased to announce that Terry Yeomans will be the first Director of the International Standard for Business Aircraft Handling (ISBAH) Program from Aug., 10 2014. Terry brings to IBAC 30 years of experience across the spectrum of business aviation activity, including working in operations, charter sales, ground handling, flight planning, and coordination of handling services.
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Global Ground-handling Standard Available Today

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The International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) and the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) released the International Standard for Business Aircraft Handling (IS-BAH). A set of global industry best practices for business aviation ground handlers, IS-BAH features at its core a safety management system (SMS) designed to meet the coming requirements of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
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Taking Note - Lessons from the Might-Have-Been Motor City

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A classic summer sojourn, we motored to luray caverns, hard by Virginia’s Skyline Drive. There, we ooh’d and ahh’d at the folds of hanging, rock hard veils, the millions-year-old stalagmites, the crystalline pools perfectly reflecting the riot of stalactites above and halls the size of cathedrals — one even complete with an organ that draws notes from the surrounding formations. It is a subterranean wonder.
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FBO Best Practices Series #6: Make the Customer Your Fan

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By John L. Enticknap and Ron R. Jackson, Aviation Business Strategies Group - ABSGgroup.com

Welcome to our blog series on FBO Best Practices. With each blog post in this series, we’ll discuss “Best Practices” in running an efficient and effective FBO operation.

Best Practice #6: Make the customer your fan by building a team environment designed to differentiate your service from the competition.

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Astin Aviation (CLL) Joins Avfuel Network; Offers Triple AVTRIP Points Sept.-Nov. 2014

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Astin Aviation of College Station, Texas, (CLL) has joined the Avfuel network of FBOs to offer Avfuel Contract Fuel, AVTRIP rewards points and more. In addition to fuel and related services, Avfuel will supply marketing programs, training support, and processing systems. Astin Aviation is offering triple AVTRIP points on qualifying purchases throughout September, October and November 2014.
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Flight Display Systems to Reveal its Ultra High Definition Display and Worldwide Moving Map

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Flight Display Systems will be taking the wraps off of its Ultra High Definition Display prototypes at the 2014 NBAA in Orlando Florida. As technology advances, providing more options for media streaming and video and options, the technology available for aircraft has been racing to keep up.
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