The first agreement outside the USA and Europe for the extended use of Air
BP's Sterling card has been signed with the Dubai Department of
Civil Aviation (DCA). The deal extends the card's power to cover
all services provided by Dubai International Airport on top of standard
fuel payment.
"The agreement will greatly simplify flying for the 10,000
Sterling card holders, as they can now settle all their aviation
expenses at Dubai using a single card," said Peter Hadley,
Air BP's General Aviation coordinator for Europe.
HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of DCA and chairman
of Emirates said, "Dubai International Airport has pioneered
many services and this first will be especially welcomed by the
many private aircraft expected this autumn to attend Dubai 2003
and the Dubai 2003 Air Show (in December)."
Earlier in the year Air BP took over responsibility (through Forster Aviation
Services) for all fueling of civilian corporate jets at RAF Northolt,
the joint-user field near near London-Heathrow. Investment there
includes a new state of the art fuel storage facility and branded
fueling vehicles. Air BP also began its first Air BP Italia agency
at Crotone Airport, south of Rome, on September 1.
According to Hadley, Air BP's busiest corporate aviation card business
for fuel volume in Europe is from their London-Stansted operation
and their greatest number of fuel uplifts was performed in Geneva,
Switzerland.
Air BP supplies aviation fuels (currently over 26 million tonnes
annually) and lubricants to all sectors of the industry, and technical
services and engineering consultancy to partners worldwide. It
is represented at over 1,600 airports, in more than 90 countries,
with local offices in almost half of them.
