Pro Pilot Readers Name Elliott Aviation One of Nation’s Top FBO Chains

Recent updates to facilities at DSM (top), OMA (middle) and MLI (bottom), are just some of the many reasons readers of Pro Pilot magazine voted Elliott Aviation as one of the nation's top FBO chains.

MOLINE, Ill. – July 15, 2009 – Elliott Aviation has been named one of the top fixed base operation (FBO) chains in the United States by the readers of Professional Pilot magazine. Elliott Aviation Aviation ranked Number Five nationally among all FBO chains according to the 35th Annual Pro Pilot PRASE Survey released earlier this year.

A total of 1,743 Pro Pilot subscribers awarded Elliott Aviation's FBOS a cumulative score of 8.99 on a scale of one (poor) to ten (excellent) in six categories: line team, customer service representatives, facilities, amenities, promptness and efficiency and value for cost.

Elliott Aviation operates FBOs at its headquarters at Quad City International Airport (MLI) in Moline, Ill., Des Moines (Iowa) International Airport (DSM), Eppley Airfield in Omaha, Neb. (OMA) and at Flying Cloud Regional Airport in Eden Prairie, Minn. (FCM).

"We're honored to receive such high praise from professional pilots across the country," said John Mansfield, general manager of Elliott Aviation's facility at OMA and vice president of Elliott Aviation FBO Services. "Everyone at Elliott Aviation takes great pride in ensuring that our guests receive the highest level of service, and we are pleased to see these efforts rewarded in this year's PRASE survey."

Elliott Aviation is a full-service business aviation center offering comprehensive and customer focused aviation solutions. Serving the business aviation industry nationally and internationally, they have facilities in Moline, Ill., Des Moines, Iowa, Minneapolis, Minn., and Omaha, Neb. The company is a member of the Pinnacle Air Network, National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) and National Air Transportation Association (NATA), and has been selling and servicing business aircraft since 1936.