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St. Maarten's FBOs Resume Full Operations
By: Curt Epstein
Caption: More than a month after it was ravaged by Hurricane Irma's category 5 winds, the island continues to pull itself together.
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Execujet's FBO on St. Maarten resumed operations last week, more than a month after the island was pummeled by Category 5 Hurricane Irma, the services provider has announced. The facility reopened last Tuesday, handling a transient Falcon 8X.

According to the Luxaviation Group subsidiary, fuel is available without restriction at the Princess Juliana International Airport (SXM) facility. Operations currently are daylight hours only, but this will change when runway lights and navigation aids are once again functioning, hopefully by the end of this month.

“We are proud of our staff at the Execujet St. Maarten facility,” noted group FBO director Ettore Poggi. “They have worked tirelessly to get our FBO fully operational as soon as possible.” Signature Flight Support affiliate Arrindell Aviation, which shares the airport’s general aviation terminal, also reported it is fully operational and supporting business aviation and commercial flights.

St. Maarten continues to rebuild its tourism infrastructure ahead of what it hopes is a busy holiday season. SXM’s main commercial terminal had its roof torn off by the storm, and the hard-hit island’s cruise ship terminal is expected to remain shuttered until next month.