The ability to keep fees 'stable' and 'very attractive' for existing carriers is another positive aspect to the arrangement, he adds.Ī few years after entering the refueling business, MLI found itself needing new equipment, recalls Carter. 'We waive hookup fees to new airlines, creating the potential for us to attract more airlines in the future,' relates Carter. In addition to creating a new revenue stream for the airport, assuming fueling services gave MLI control over the fueling fees charged to its airlines. 'Quality control measures are strictly adhered to and all fueling personnel are trained in safe fuel handling procedures,' Carter specifies. It also hired an operations manager to oversee six full-time operators and one part-time employee who provide service from 4 a.m. Under the authority's oversight, the airport purchased a refueling truck from Trans State and added two more used Garsite trucks (a 20). After it declined, however, Metropolitan Airport Authority seized the opportunity. Although the airline had hoped to continue its refueling service, Carter says the airport decided to 'go a different route' and began providing fuel to its remaining five carriers via a limited liability corporation named QCIA Airport Services.Ĭarter first approached the airport's fixed-base operator, Elliott Aviation, about expanding its fueling operation to include commercial aircraft. Oversight Engineer: McClure Engineering Companyĭiscontinue flight service there, explains MLI director of aviation Bruce Carter.

Trans States Airlines opened the door for the airport to assume its refueling operations when the airline decided toĬompletion: Phases 1 & 2 completed in May Phase 3 to be complete by Sept.

When Quad City International Airport (MLI) in Moline, IL, lost one of its six air carriers in 2003, it gained a new profit center in the process.

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