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Mississippi Airport Completes Sale of FBO
By: Curt Epstein
Caption: When it awarded a five-year management lease on the facility in 2012, the Tupelo Airport Authority noted it wished to exit the FBO business.
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Having been awarded management of the airport-owned FBO at Mississippi’s Tupelo Regional Airport in 2012, Airport Management Solutions (AMS) completed its purchase of Tupelo Aviation Unlimited from the airport authority earlier this month. The initial deal included the possibility of the purchase of the 12,400-sq-ft facility at the conclusion of the five-year lease as the airport authority stated that it wished to exit the FBO business.

The Avfuel-branded FBO includes a large conference room, kitchenette, crew lounge, passenger lounge, snooze rooms, flight planning room, crew cars, showers and free Wi-Fi. It offers 77,000 sq ft of hangar space and can accommodate aircraft up to a Boeing 757 on its ramp.

“On October 1, AMS made a major commitment to its based tenants, the airport and the Tupelo, Mississippi area,” said AMS director of business development Erick Larson. “We look forward to continuing to provide the aviation community with exceptional service at reasonable prices.” AMS, which provides light turbine maintenance on the field, also manages the FBO at Greenville Mid Delta Airport in the western part of the state.