World Fuel Services Expands Spend Management Tools

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World Fuel Services announces the addition of two new purchase cards to the AVCARD portfolio. The new Flight Department AVCARD is designed for Chief Pilots and Aviation Directors to control costs across their operations. The MRO AVCARD allows maintenance directors to better manage the unique requirements of aircraft maintenance. These new cards expand World Fuel’s suite of financial and flight operation tools delivering more ways to manage aircraft operational expenses.
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BaseOps International Plans Launch of BaseOps Online

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BaseOps International announced today the near future launch of BaseOps Online, its new web-based portal which will offer their customers a user-friendly and convenient way to plan flights and make a variety of trip planning arrangements online. BaseOps Online is slated for launch in early June 2014.
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Multi Service Aero® Cobranded AVCARD Preferred in Europe

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With the backdrop of the 2014 European Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (EBACE 2014), World Fuel Services announced today that the Multi Service Aero® Card (MS Aero) is now the preferred aviation charge card for cardholders in Europe. The new card combines the benefits of both AVCARD and MS Aero into one card. Cardholders benefit from the airPortfolio on-line account management system, automatic rewards through the FlyBuys Rewards Program and the ease of locating accepting merchants through World Fuel Services’ new FuelFinder app for iPad.
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Nantucket Memorial Airport (KACK) Chooses World Fuel Services Network & Phillips 66® Aviation

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World Fuel Services announced today that Nantucket Memorial Airport (KACK) has chosen to continue to partner with the World Fuel Services Network of FBOs for Phillips 66® Aviation-branded fuel supply, branded programs and marketing support. By securing this bid award, World Fuel Services will extend its business relationship with Nantucket Airport for another three years.
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FlyBuys® Rewards Program Continues Steady Membership Growth

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World Fuel Services announced today that membership in the FlyBuys Rewards Program has been growing steadily through the first half of 2013 in spite of the stall in overall industry growth. This successful growth and momentum is being attributed to the program’s recent international expansion, the simplicity of automatic point earnings and the flexibility of rewards redemption.
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World Fuel to Acquire AVCARD

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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.
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AVCARD Devotes Manpower to Fuel Negotiating

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Electronic automation, such as Avcard's multipurpose charge card, might be widespread and effective but on its own can't singlehandedly procure affordable fuel for general aviation operations. That challenging process takes extra legwork and minds these days and is the genesis behind Avcard's 24/7 fuel dispatch department, a complimentary service that was created to negotiate bulk fuel prices and pass the savings on to Avcard clients.
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