Sweet Aviation now operates two Indiana FBOs with its acquisition of Goshen Air Center, the lone service provider at Indiana's Goshen Municipal Airport.
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Sweet Aviation—a division of Surack Enterprises, which owns several aviation businesses—has purchased Goshen Air Center, the sole FBO at Goshen Municipal Airport (KGSH) in Indiana since 1992. The facility includes an 8,000-sq-ft terminal with a pilot lounge and snooze room, showers, refreshment bar, three conference rooms, onsite car rental, and crew cars.
It also includes 28,000 sq ft of hangar space that can accommodate aircraft up to a Dassault Falcon 2000. That hangar also houses the location’s Part 145 maintenance station and Garmin-approved avionics repair shop.
Among the first changes Sweet Aviation plans to introduce are expanded line service hours, with the terminal open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. daily. The company has experience as a single-source provider since it also operates the lone FBO at Indiana’s DeKalb County Airport (KGWB) and offers various services at Smith Field (KSMD) and Fort Wayne International (KFWA) airports.
Surack also owns Aviation Specialty Insurance, rotorcraft manufacturer Enstrom Helicopter, and charter provider Sweet Helicopters. Company founder and owner Chuck Surack purchased a hangar for the latter at KGSH in 2017 to accommodate clients traveling to Notre Dame University and the greater Chicago area.
“I am so grateful to be able to welcome Goshen Municipal Airport into the Sweet Aviation family,” said Surack. “Goshen Air Center is a great success story with a solid foundation.”
As part of the deal, Sweet Aviation also acquired operator Aircraft Charter Services and added a pair of Cessna Citation XLS and two Citation Encores to its KFWA-based charter fleet, which currently includes the Cirrus Vision Jet, Pilatus PC-12, and Cirrus SR 22.
LIfe Is (Now) Sweet at Indiana's Goshen Municipal Airport
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Sweet Aviation—a division of Surack Enterprises, which owns several aviation businesses—has purchased Goshen Air Center, the sole FBO at Goshen Municipal Airport (KGSH) in Indiana since 1992. The facility includes an 8,000-sq-ft terminal with a pilot lounge and snooze room, showers, refreshment bar, three conference rooms, onsite car rental, and crew cars.
It also includes 28,000 sq ft of hangar space that can accommodate aircraft up to a Dassault Falcon 2000. That hangar also houses the location’s Part 145 maintenance station and Garmin-approved avionics repair shop
Among the first changes Sweet Aviation plans to introduce are expanded line service hours, with the terminal open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. daily. The company has experience as a single-source provider since it also operates the lone FBO at Indiana’s DeKalb County Airport (KGWB) and offers various services at Smith Field (KSMD) and Fort Wayne International (KFWA) airports.
Surack also owns Aviation Specialty Insurance, rotorcraft manufacturer Enstrom Helicopter, and charter provider Sweet Helicopters. Company founder and owner Chuck Surack purchased a hangar for the latter at KGSH in 2017 to accommodate clients traveling to Notre Dame University and the greater Chicago area.
As part of the deal, Sweet Aviation also acquired operator Aircraft Charter Services and added a pair of Cessna Citation XLSs and Encores to its KFWA-based charter fleet.