Mon, Sep 26, 2005
Move Could Force Out Existing Company
The San Diego Regional
Airport Authority is expected Monday to weigh a proposal by airport
officials to get into the maintenance, parking, and refueling
business for private aircraft, essentially taking over from the
company currently providing those services at San Diego
International.
JimsAir -- the fixed base operator that currently handles GA
needs at the southern California airport -- is expected to fight
the proposal before the committee, according to the San Diego Union
Tribune.
The idea stems from a separate proposal currently before the
committee, that would relocate general aviation areas at the field
in order to improve movement and safety on a taxiway.
A report prepared for the Regional Airport Authority states the
organization could see "increased revenue opportunity" from taking
over or sharing the workload JimsAir currently performs. Such a
move would essentially put the airport in competition with the
FBO.
Another option would be to open a second, competing fixed base
operation at the field.
Bryan Enarson, VP of
Development for San Diego Regional Airport Authority, said the
committee is not prepared to recommend a course of action --
yet.
"We're trying to frame the policy questions," Enarson said. "The
board will have to give us some direction on how to go forward and
how they want to manage the [airport] capacity issue."
While a consultant for JimsAir said the company is willing to
share the airport with a competing FBO, the company is fiercely
opposed to an authority takeover from the San Diego Regional
Chamber of Commerce and the Port Tenants Association, a group of
businesses positioned around the airport.
JimsAir has also applied for an extension to its lease that
would allow the company to upgrade and expand its facilities.
Enarson stated any negotiations on that matter would have to wait
until the decision on opening another FBO, or taking over from
JimsAir, is resolved.
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