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Meridian Readies for West Coast Takeoff
By: Curt Epstein
Caption: The aviation services provider is set to expand its brand outside its Teterboro Airport facility.
Word Count: 223
As it prepares for the opening next month of its second FBO, Meridian has named Epic Fuels as the branded fuel supplier for the newly built Hayward (California) Executive Airport facility. The new FBO is on the other side of the country from its flagship Teterboro, N.J. location, where it has been a fixture since it was founded in 1958.

The West Coast location, which will accept the Epic card, will be the second service provider at the San Francisco-area airfield. It will feature a 6,300-sq-ft terminal and office building along with a 30,000-sq-ft hangar capable of sheltering the latest class of ultra-long-range business jets. The facility will also serve as a West Coast base for the company’s aircraft charter management fleet, and Meridian plans to eventually add a Part 145 repair station.

The company has a 50-year lease on the property and is planning a second phase of construction to add another 12,000-sq-ft terminal, two 40,000-sq-ft hangars and more ramp space to bring the facility to more than 10 acres.

“Starting up an entirely new operation that lives up to the Meridian name requires excellence on all fronts, and we’re confident that Epic Fuels is the right partner for us as we build an exceptional, world-class facility at Hayward,” said Meridian CEO Ken Forester.