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Desert Jet Begins Operations at New FBO
By: Curt Epstein
Caption: With its permanent facility under construction, the full-service aviation company opened its FBO in a temporary building.
Word Count: 163
Desert Jet Center, the newest FBO at California’s Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport (TRM) in Palm Springs, began operations last week from a temporary facility on the airport’s main arrival ramp. It is providing fueling from its recently completed, Epic-supplied tank farm, which holds 48,000 gallons of jet-A, and offers aircraft storage in a leased hangar.

In May, the company broke ground on a permanent $5 million, five-acre FBO facility, its first, which will provide a 10,000-sq-ft terminal, office and maintenance space, along with a 22,500-sq-ft hangar that can accommodate G650-size business jets thanks to its 130-foot-wide, 28-foot-tall doors. It is scheduled for completion by the end of this year.

In addition to a self-serve fueling station, TRM is currently also served by Signature Flight Support and Ross Aviation, the latter in the former Landmark Aviation location that Signature parent BBA Aviation was forced to divest as a condition of its purchase of the Landmark FBO chain.