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PrimeFlight Expands into Mexico with Aerocharter Buy
By: Kerry Lynch
Caption: Aerocharter provides ground support at 16 airports in Mexico
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Sugar Land, Texas-based PrimeFlight Aviation Services expanded into the Mexico market with the acquisition of Aerocharter de Mexico through a stock deal. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
With the purchase, PrimeFlight gains Aerocharter’s operations at 16 airports across Mexico. “We are actively engaged in expanding our cargo and ground handling footprint across Mexico with the local expertise of the Aerocharter team backed by the global footprint and operational knowledge of our team,” said PrimeFlight president and CEO Dan Bucaro.
Along with cargo and ground handling, Aerocharter provides mail, security, shuttle, and ground support maintenance services. Included in the acquisition are Aerocharter’s operations at Cancun, Chihuahua, Ciudad Juarez, Culiacan, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, La Paz, Merida, Mexico City, Monterrey, Oaxaca, Queretaro, San Jose del Cabo, Santa Lucia, Tijuana, and Villahermosa.
Aerocharter CEO Luis Ramos Cabrero will remain with the business, which will continue under its current branding for the time being. Plans call, however, for folding it into the PrimeFlight branding. “Through this joint-venture partnership, our team will gain access to best practices and tremendous support from their strong corporate team with experience managing a global workforce," Cabrero said.
PrimeFlight Aviation Services provides airline and airport ground handling, fueling services, cargo handling, and a range of other ground support services, including for general aviation aircraft.