10/2/2006

Jet Aviation Inaugurates Newly Renovated FBO at St. Louis Downtown Airport

Jet Aviation recently began operating Midcoast Aviation’s newly renovated FBO facility at the St. Louis Downtown Airport in Cahokia, IL. The strategically located facility is now a Jet Aviation FBO as part of the company's acquisition of Midcoast Aviation, which was completed earlier this year.

The spacious St. Louis Downtown Airport facility is Jet Aviation’s fifth FBO in North America, where the company has additional facilities in Bedford/Boston, MA; Dallas, TX; West Palm Beach, FL and Teterboro, NJ. Located in close proximity to downtown St. Louis, the FBO is the most convenient airport for corporate and private aircraft when flying to St. Louis, MO. The facility’s official inauguration as a Jet Aviation FBO took place on September 28, 2006.

Jet Aviation St. Louis provides premium ground and support services around the clock, NATA-certified Safety First ramp agents and efficient fueling. Enhanced amenities include guest concierge, a full service restaurant and bar, a new refreshment center for quick snacks and coffee and a new passenger lounge. Additionally, the FBO provides wireless Internet connections, private business areas for guests, a pilot lounge and sleep room. Adjacent to the Jet Aviation FBO is the company’s newly acquired maintenance and completions facility, Midcoast Aviation, which features eight hangars totaling 500,000 square feet. The class IV repair station is authorized to service all makes of business aircraft.

"The FBO location is a convenient midway point in the country and will allow us to provide clients the added benefit of being closer to downtown St. Louis than any other airport," said Norbert Ehrich, senior vice president of FBO services for Jet Aviation’s Palm Beach, FL; Boston/Bedford, MA; and St. Louis, MO facilities. "We look forward to welcoming guests and crew members to our newly renovated state-of-the-art facility in the Midwest."

Jet Aviation was founded in Switzerland in 1967 and is the leading business aviation service company today. More than 4,500 personnel are employed in over 60 facilities and stations worldwide. The company provides maintenance, completions and engineering services, fixed base operations, along with aircraft sales, charter services, and management on a global basis. Jet Aviation's U.S. and European aircraft management and charter services divisions jointly operate a fleet of more than 170 aircraft and provided close to 60,000 hours in global flight operations in 2005. For more information, please visit www.jetaviation.com.

Midcoast Aviation, an affiliate of the Jet Aviation Group of Companies, is a full service corporate jet aircraft, maintenance, modification and completions provider with operations at St. Louis Downtown Airport and Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. The company is an Authorized Service Center/Facility for Dassault Falcon Jet, Raytheon Corporate Jets and Bombardier Aerospace, and is the only active Bombardier-Authorized Service Facility for Global aircraft in the U.S. The company also specializes in servicing the complete line of Gulfstream aircraft.