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Pennsylvania Airport Takes Over Two FBOs
By: Curt Epstein
Caption: Airport authority acquired and consolidated the two FBOs on the field
Word Count: 211
The Reading (Pennsylvania) Regional Airport Authority has now taken over as the aviation service provider at Reading Regional Airport/General Carl A. Spaatz Field (KRDG). Last year, the authority agreed to purchase the two existing FBOs on the field with plans to merge them into one business now known as Reading Aviation.
Previously home to Millennium Aviation, the FBO’s 18,000-sq-ft terminal offers passenger and pilot lounges, a 16-seat conference room, 1,000 sq ft of office space, crew cars, laundry and dishwashing service, and an on-site restaurant. Over the next two years, the rebranded facility—which is open daily from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.—will undergo an upgrade that will add snooze rooms, more conference/meeting space, and offices for customer use.
In addition, the airport now also controls more than 70,000 sq ft of hangar space capable of sheltering aircraft up to a Dassault Falcon 900. Besides the consolidation and name change, the FBO has also switched fuel providers to join the Avfuel dealer network.
“The Reading Airport Authority is proud to now oversee the operation of KRDG’s FBO,” said airport director Zackary Tempesco. “In doing so, we’re better able to serve as a gateway for a growing part of southeastern Pennsylvania.”