Signature Aviation—which has more than 200 locations in its worldwide FBO network—has ended its flight representation at Singapore Changi Airport (WSSS). While it did not operate an actual FBO or office there, Signature had in the past stationed employees at the airport to meet arriving private flights, assist customers through customs, and help them with any departure issues.
But the discrepancy in traffic levels between Changi and the dedicated private aviation airport Seletar (WSSL) proved too much to justify the activity and expense.
“Changi is so commercial airline-focused that it's very challenging to operate out of that facility,” said Signature CEO Tony Lefebvre. “The traffic preference is clearly going into Seletar, it's closer to the city as well so it just makes sense.”
According to industry data tracker WingX Advance, more than 93 percent of the nearly 4,800 private aviation flights into Singapore last year landed at Seletar.
While Signature does not have a presence at Seletar, it does supply sustainable aviation fuel to the Bombardier service center there. Though it has a partnership with a local operator where it can refer its customers’ flights, the company is keeping an eye on the airport.
“I’d say it’s an area that we are interested in, and for the right opportunity we would pursue it,” Lefebvre told AIN.