Air BP and Gama Aviation double general aviation fuel sales at Sharjah International

Specifcally at Sharjah International Airport a successful collaboration with Gama Aviaton's FBO has resulted in a doubling of general aviation fuel sales year on year. 

The rise in general aviation sales at the airport has been supported by an increase in direct into-plane client sales and more significantly, the strengthening collaboration between Air BP and global aviation services company Gama Aviation. Buoyed by the resounding success of its new fixed-based operation (FBO) at Sharjah, which opened in 2012, Gama Aviation and Air BP have already established a successful ongoing relationship serving the general aviation sector. 

Air BP supports fuelling of Gama Aviation’s 90 strong managed executive aircraft fleet, as well as providing fuel for Gama Aviation’s FBO customer base. Significantly, Air BP is now Gama Aviation’s largest fuel provider in the Middle East. Both companies anticipate the relationship will continue to go from strength to strength as SHJ is repositioned as one of the leading executive aviation airports in the region. Gama Aviation’s FBO is the airport’s sole business aviation handler and offers clients closer proximity to downtown Dubai. 

Strategically located midway between Europe and the Far East, Sharjah, represents a key location in Air BP’s Middle East network. Miguel Moreno, general manager of general aviation, Air BP comments: “The successful relationship between both parties at Sharjah Airport, and the Middle East region as a whole, is of huge importance to us.  We consider, along with Gama Aviation, that Sharjah International Airport will become an increasingly important business aviation hub in the region. Since Gama opened its FBO, it has established itself as the preferred business aviation gateway to Sharjah, and the Northern Emirates. We value our mutually beneficial relationship with Gama Aviation.” 

Oliver Hewson, commercial manager of the Middle East and North Africa region, Gama Aviation adds: “At Gama Aviation we focus on unparalleled service, in the air and on the ground. It is important to us to offer a high quality fuel supplier like Air BP and we value the relationship we’ve developed. Air BP’s professionalism, level of customer service and responsiveness are all contributing factors to the increasing popularity of the Sharjah FBO. Our customers really appreciate the benefits of the on-demand, fast, fuelling in Sharjah.”