Signature's Portfolio Bulges with New FBO Acquisitions

Signature Flight Support's acquisition spree passed new milestones this fall.

In October, Signature acquired Marathon Flight Services at Kissimmee, Fla., Gateway Airport and Carolina Air Center in Hilton Head, S.C. This month, Signature announced it had acquired Regent Aviation's FBOs in St. Paul and at the Rochester International Airport in Minnesota.

Developing high-tech facilities is another mission of the BBA Aviation company. Signature has spent nearly $120 million in the past five years to design, construct and/or renovate 16 facilities. Locations of the FBOs include Atlanta, Boston, Long Beach, San Francisco, Paris, Palm Springs and San Francisco.

Signature's network now covers 85 global locations, with 49 in the United States. In turn, BBA now reports that it has 55 FBO holdings in the United States and 92 globally. Other brands in the BBA portfolio are Executive Beech and ASIG.