{"id":25366,"date":"2023-04-17T19:04:24","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T19:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=25366"},"modified":"2023-04-17T19:04:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T19:04:25","slug":"skyservice-business-aviation-opens-vancouver-fbo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/international-news\/skyservice-business-aviation-opens-vancouver-fbo\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Skyservice Business Aviation Opens Vancouver FBO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Skyservice Business Aviation has opened its Vancouver\nInternational Airport (“YVR”), Fixed-Based Operations (FBO).   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Skyservice\u2122 Vancouver FBO at Vancouver International Airport (YVR) second floor customer lounge. (CNW Group\/Skyservice Business Aviation Inc. – Mississauga, ON)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

“We are delighted to welcome customers to our newest\nFBO facility,” commented Benjamin Murray, President, and CEO of\nSkyservice. “Vancouver is an essential hub for Canadian commerce and\nrecreation and a key location for our clients. We intend to make further investments\nat the airport, including expanding our hangar footprint, providing on-site\nmaintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) capabilities, and operating\nsustainability initiatives.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Skyservice Vancouver is the company’s eleventh fixed-based\noperation and sixth World Fuel Air Elite location in Canada, providing\nextensive ground handling, fueling, and hangarage services along with bespoke\ncustomer service, aircraft management, and private jet charter services.  Skyservice operates two additional locations\ndedicated solely to MRO services in Muskoka, Ontario, and Montreal, Quebec, and\nis expanding into Napa, California this spring and constructing an additional\nprivate jet center in Seattle, Washington to replace its existing facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We are thrilled to announce our expanded relationship\nwith Skyservice, a trusted leader in aviation services. Our new agreement marks\nan important milestone in our growth strategy, allowing us to invest and expand\nwith Skyservice at Vancouver Airport”, said Malcolm Hawkins, senior vice\npresident at World Fuel Services. “As an essential location in the World\nFuel Network, Skyservice’s membership in Air Elite and commitment to providing\nthe highest standard of service will allow us to deliver exceptional\nexperiences to our flight department cardholders. We look forward to working\ntogether to provide unparalleled service and solutions to general and business\naircraft operators.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The FBO offers a multi-level passenger lounge with beautiful\nviews of the Pacific Mountain Range, three heated hangars, and a 175,000 sq ft\nramp space capable of accommodating aircraft like the Global 7500\/8000 and\nGulfstream 700\/800s. The Vancouver facility will enjoy the same comforts and\nluxurious amenities as Skyservice’s other award-winning FBOs once renovations\nare complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Skyservice is committed to sustainable operations and will\nprovide carbon offsets to clients. Skyservice was the first business aviation\ncompany, in partnership with World Fuel Services, to offer sustainable aviation\nfuel in Canada to business aviation clients at Toronto Pearson International\nAirport (YYZ). The company is targeting becoming carbon neutral by 2050.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Skyservice Business Aviation has opened its Vancouver International Airport (“YVR”), Fixed-Based Operations (FBO).   “We are delighted to welcome customers to our newest FBO facility,” commented Benjamin Murray, President, and CEO of Skyservice. “Vancouver is an essential hub for Canadian commerce and recreation and a key location for our clients. We intend to make further investments […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25366"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25368,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25366\/revisions\/25368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}