Story ID: 019TouchingBasesAINSept14EditedByAY_NM
Air Elite Inducts First Latin American FBO
By: Curt Epstein
Caption: Aerocardal is World Fuel Services’ preferred ground handler and fuel distributor for bizav at Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport.
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Santiago, Chile-based Aerocardal Limitada is the first service provider in Latin America to be accepted into the Air Elite Network. Aerocardal, an FBO with its own tank farm and fuel trucks, is now World Fuel Services’ preferred ground handler and fuel distributor for business aviation at Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport. Its newly renovated facility, which is open 24/7, has a 7,700-sq-ft terminal, one of the largest in Latin America. It features separate executive passenger lounges for international and domestic boarding, customs and immigration service, concierge, onsite car rental, flight-planning room, crew rest area, and showers. Video camera surveillance adds another level of security. The FBO has nearly three acres of ramp space in addition to more than 30,000 sq ft of hangar storage.

“We are excited to be the first to bring the Air Elite service designation to Latin America,” said Ricardo Real, Aerocardal’s general manager. “It has always been the goal of our team to provide the very best of service to private aviation travelers in Santiago.”

Air Elite was established in 2011, and to qualify for membership an FBO must meet certain airport, facility and service quality requirements. This latest addition to the network brings the number of locations to 31 worldwide.