BBA Stamps Its Signature on the European Map

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EBACE marks the first public rollout of the British BBA Group's new branding structure, which brings some order and name recognition to a rapidly growing empire that includes Signature, the largest chain of FBOs in the world, and a major maintenance capability.

Signature Flight Support, based in Orlando, Florida, recently added the Lynton Aviation FBOs at London Luton and London City airports, as well as the Air Luxor FBO at Paris Le Bourget and Osprey Aviation at Southampton. All are now branded Signature as BBA continues to look for further expansion in Europe. Signature London Luton is the busiest FBO in Europe, clocking up 12,500 business aircraft movements last year.

CSE Citation Center is now part of BBA's Signature.

The Signature brand now encompasses CSE Aviation at Oxford, which in 1999 bought the IDS Citation Center aircraft maintenance company at Bournemouth. Now in new premises, it is the only service center in Europe except for Cessna's own Le Bourget facility that specializes only in Citations. Its new hangar, which can accommodate up to seven Citations at a time, is shared by BBA Group company Dallas Airmotive, which specializes in the PWC JT15D engines that power many Citations, as well as PT6 turboprops as well.

Signature Aircraft Engineering also has business jet maintenance facilities at London Luton and Oxford. All are represented here at EBACE on Booth 7254.

By John Morris