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AIN Announces Inaugural FBO Awards Gala
By: Curt Epstein
Caption: New Orleans will be the site of AIN's first-ever aircraft service provider awards event
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AIN Media Group is launching an in-person FBO Awards Gala to celebrate the top performers of the 2025 AIN FBO Survey. The release of the FBO survey results traditionally comes on April 1 in its digital and print publications, but that will change next year when they will be announced at AIN's inaugural FBO awards ceremony on March 27, 2025, at the National WWII Museum in New Orleans.
Among the awards to be presented will be the top-rated FBOs in the Americas and the rest of the world, the top-tier FBOs, the most improved FBO, and the top scorers in each of the five categories that make up the AIN FBO Survey: line service, facilities, passenger amenities, crew amenities, and customer service. FBO employees present who received special recognition in the survey also will be acknowledged.
Several sponsorship levels are available for FBOs and those that serve this community. Tickets are now available by sponsorship. Individual tickets will be available starting Jan. 15, 2025.
Since 1981, AIN has conducted its annual FBO survey in which the publication's readers—the industry’s most knowledgeable users of FBO services—are asked to rate the facilities they visit. AIN then shares the results of the survey every year in our annual FBO report and acknowledges those companies that rank in the top 5%, 10%, and 20% of all aviation service providers worldwide. The 2025 FBO Survey is currently open and will close on Jan. 17, 2025.