French Airport Operator Buys Spanish FBO Network

Sky Valet, the growing FBO brand owned and operated by France’s Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur Group, acquired Spain’s largest private aircraft ground handler with its purchase of Gestair FBO from the Gestair Group. The acquisition, part of Sky Valet's development strategy to establish a pan-European FBO network, brings the company's ground handling services to eight Spanish airports: Madrid (which also has a 24/7 operations center), Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Ibiza, Girona, Valencia, La Coruña and Santiago de Compostela.

“The acquisition of Gestair FBO fully meets the development objectives of the Sky Valet network, given its leadership and prestige on the Spanish market, the quality of its infrastructure, the high level of professionalism and the proactive attitude of its staff for the continuous improvement of high-quality services,” said Dominique Thillaud, chairman of the management board of Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur Group. Sky Valet, which was launched a year ago at EBACE, provides FBO services at Cannes Mandelieu and Golfe de Saint Tropez airports. Last month it added the former Unijet FBO facility at Paris Le Bourget to its portfolio as well.