Story ID: 697
Signature Adds South Africa Location
By: Curt Epstein
Caption: Lanseria Jet Centre has signed on the dotted line to become a Signature affiliate FBO. 
Word Count: 288

Signature Flight Support (Booth C051) has signed an agreement with South Africa’s Lanseria Jet Centre, making the FBO the latest affiliate in the Signature Select program. That allows Lanseria, one of three service providers at Lanseria International Airport, to maintain its own name and ownership while participating in Signature’s worldwide network, which now numbers approximately 200 locations after the BBA Aviation subsidiary’s acquisition of rival Landmark Aviation in February.

Once the transition to a Signature Select location is complete, the location will offer a private passenger lounge with separate Wi-Fi-equipped meeting rooms, wine and refreshments, concierge, a dedicated crew lounge with private Wi-Fi, flight planning and weather services, secure car park and a private crew bus for airport transfers. Onsite line maintenance, aircraft detailing, water and lavatory services will also be available along with fuel coordination. The non-slot controlled airport, which serves the suburbs of Dainfern, Fourways and Sandton, is open 24/7 with onsite customs and immigration service.

“We couldn’t be more pleased to be part of the Signature network as a Signature Select location,” said Steve Anderson, CEO of the Johannesburg-area FBO. “Our decision to join as a Signature Select was driven by the unsurpassed value proposition, not only for our customers, but also the best practices in the industry that have made Signature Flight Support the world’s leading FBO network.”

“Signature’s presence in South Africa at Cape Town is now complemented by this agreement with Lanseria Jet Centre,” noted Mark Johnstone, managing director of BBA Aviation Flight Support for EMEA. “Johannesburg and Cape Town are the two largest aviation hubs in South Africa and this provides our customers with consistent, world-class flight support services.”