Signature Flight Support Assumes Marathon Flight Services

Kissimmee, FL – November 9, 2007 – Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, Signature Flight Support has spread its wings and landed at Kissimmee Gateway Airport (ISM). Signature assumed Marathon Flight Services’ facilities at ISM in late July after purchasing the business.

Signature selected ISM as a new location due to the market’s continued growth, and the airport’s ideal position to serve Central Florida’s bustling tourism and convention businesses.  In the coming months, Signature intends to complete a now underway fuel farm project, implement its various customer service and amenity programs, as well as link the destination into its network of more than eighty (80) world wide locations.

"We are excited to have an internationally-recognized FBO at the airport," Terry Lloyd, Director of Aviation said. "Signature will further assist us with putting this airport on the map for top-notch business aviation services."

Signature Flight Support, a BBA Aviation PLC company, is the world’s largest fixed-based operation (FBO) and distribution network for business aviation services.  Signature services include fueling, hangar and office rentals, ground handling and a wide range of crew and passenger amenities at strategic domestic and international locations.  Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, Signature currently operates at 85 locations in the United States, Europe, South America, Africa and Asia.  Signature can be found online at www.signatureflight.com.

About Kissimmee Gateway Airport
Located just eight miles from Walt Disney World and 10 miles from the Orange County Convention Center, Kissimmee Gateway Airport accommodates general aviation air service 24 hours a day with two paved runways, 5,000 and 6,000 feet each. The airport also offers full-service F.B.O.s, flight training, aircraft storage, aircraft restoration, P-51 Mustang pilot training and T-6 Warbird adventure flights, and an industrial park. Its air traffic control tower operates from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Built in 1942, Kissimmee Gateway Airport is owned and operated by the City of Kissimmee. For more information, visit kissimmeeairport.com.

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