Story ID: 559AtlanticSLCNBAA15
Atlantic to Open at SLC
By: Curt Epstein
Caption: While it operates from a temporary facility, the company plans to construct a state-of-the-art FBO.
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Atlantic Aviation (Booth N6129) will begin operations next month at Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC), where it was selected as the winner of the request-for-proposal process for a second FBO. The Utah location will be the Plano, Texas-based company’s 66th FBO in the U.S.

“We are very pleased to enter the Salt Lake City market,” said Lou Pepper, Atlantic’s CEO. “Salt Lake is a dynamic and growing city and a great complement to the Atlantic network.” Since 2011, SLC has been served by one FBO when the two existing locations there were consolidated. That business was acquired by current service provider Tac Air the following year.

Under the terms of the agreement, Atlantic’s leasehold will eventually include more than 17 acres of space including four hangars totaling 31,600 sq ft. The company will operate temporarily out of the 4,000-sq-ft former Keystone Aviation terminal building, as it plans to break ground in next year's second quarter on a $25.5 million FBO complex that will include a new 12,500-sq-ft terminal, an additional 30,000-sq-ft hangar capable of sheltering the latest generation of ultra-long-range business jets and a new fuel farm. Atlantic has already invested $1.7 million in new refuelers and ground service equipment for the facility, which will be staffed 24/7. U.S. Customs and Border Protection is available on the field and will clear aircraft on the ramp upon appropriate notice.