Another New FBO in the Works in Hawaii

Two months after it was announced that Hawaii’s Kona Ellison Onizuka International Airport would receive a new FBO terminal and private aviation hangar project comes word of a second. Av8 Partners, a consortium of companies that includes Airport Business Solutions, has been granted a 55-year ground lease at the south end of the airport, where it plans to begin construction soon on a complex.

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The Kona Jet Center will include a 7,000-square-foot terminal with a 40-foot-high atrium, lounges, conference rooms, Wi-Fi throughout the property, two large hangars capable of sheltering the latest ultra-long-range bizjets, and a 50,000-gallon fuel farm.  

The company expects the FBO to be operational by the end of 2019. It has selected Avfuel as its fuel supplier and will employ local customer-service representatives who will be trained in the Ritz Carlton aviation program, as well as NATA Safety 1st-educated line staff.