Alliance FBO Earns Unprecedented Fifth Straight Award as One of Nation's Top Facilities.Business Editors FORT WORTH, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 31, 2001 For the fifth consecutive year, the fixed base operation (FBO FBO Federal Business Opportunities FBO FedBizOpps (formerly Commerce Business Daily) FBO Fixed Base Operator FBO For the Benefit Of (finance) FBO Fixed Base Operation FBO Faith Based Organization ) at Fort Worth Alliance Airport Fort Worth Alliance Airport (IATA: AFW, ICAO: KAFW) is located 14 miles (23 km) north of Fort Worth, Texas. Billed as the world's first purely industrial airport, it was developed in a joint venture between the City of Fort Worth, the Federal Aviation has been selected as one of the top five facilities of its type in the nation by pilots and quality assurance professionals. The Alliance FBO is the first to receive ExxonMobil's Tiger Spirit Gold Award for five straight years. The facility also received the highest rating in the southwest region, which includes seven states from Texas to California. The honor is given based on surveys of independent pilots who visit FBOs around the country and detailed inspections by ExxonMobil's professional quality Assurance Team. Not only has the Alliance FBO earned the Tiger Spirit Gold Award every year since opening in 1996, but it is ranked as one of the Top 20 FBOs in the world by Aviation International News and was named the top airport facility used by NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. for one of its races. The Alliance FBO offers a high level of service for the passengers and pilots of private planes, as well as military aircraft. The 55,000 square foot FBO features a 23,000 square foot aviation/office center and a 32,000 square foot hangar. Among its amenities are a plush lounge, a pilots room complete with a shower and sleeping area, and a flight control room for pilots to file flight plans and monitor weather. Twelve private jets are housed and maintained in the facility. The FBO is managed by Alliance Aviation Services(SM), an operating company operating company A business that engages in transactions with outsiders. of Hillwood(R), the developer of the 15,000-acre AllianceTexas(SM) development that surrounds Fort Worth Alliance Airport. "To earn the ExxonMobil Tiger Spirit Gold Award for five straight years is a tremendous honor, because it comes from our customers, the pilots," said Tim Ward Tim Ward can refer to:
"Being named an award winner is a great accomplishment and a reflection of the hard work of local men and women who take pride in treating the pilots who pass through their communities with the highest level of service," said Melissa Lenkerd, Business Development Manager, ExxonMobil Aviation. The Tiger Spirit Gold Award is one of several honors that have been earned by Fort Worth Alliance Airport entities. Earlier this month, the Fort Worth Alliance Airport Control Tower was named the national Tower of the Year by the Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control . The tower also has received special recognition for operating error-free since Fort Worth Alliance Airport opened in December 1989. Fort Worth Alliance Airport is managed by Alliance Air Services, an operating company of Hillwood. Hillwood (www.hillwood.com), a Perot Company(SM), is one of the world's premier real estate investment and development companies using technology, innovation and an uncompromising focus on quality to stay one step ahead of a changing world. Hillwood's signature projects include the dynamic 70-acre Victory(SM) project anchored by American Airlines Center For the arena in Miami, Florida, see . Current arenas in the National Basketball Association Western Conference Eastern Conference in downtown Dallas Downtown Dallas is the main business district in Dallas, Texas (USA), located in the geographic center of the city. The area officially termed "downtown" is bounded by the downtown freeway loop: bounded on the east by I-345 (although known and signed as the northern terminus of and AllianceTexas, a 15,000 acre development in North Texas that includes Alliance(R), the world's preeminent logistics and commerce center, the high-end corporate campuses and residential communities of Circle T Ranch(SM) and the high-tech residential community of Heritage(SM). Hillwood is a leading national developer of industrial buildings with properties in markets coast to coast. Hillwood's other holdings include prestigious golf courses in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , Houston and Frisco, Texas Frisco is a city in Collin County and Denton County, Texas (USA). It is a northern suburb of Dallas. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 33,714, while according to 2007 estimate, the city's population is approximately 95,000. ; residential communities in Dallas-Fort Worth, Maui and on the Kohala Coast of Hawaii; a resort shopping center in Maui and an entertainment mall in Tucson, Arizona. |
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