Sheltair is a Fort Lauderdale, Florida based Company offering services in FBOs, Properties and Construction. The company serves aviation communities through their network of fourteen fixed based operations[(FBOs)] throughout Florida, Georgia, and New York in the United States of America as well as through their properties and construction division covering eighteen airports. The company offers aircraft parking, fueling, cleaning, ground support,passenger/crew services, hangar, ramp and office space options.[1]
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Sheltair has come a long way since it’s founding in the 1960s. What started as a construction company that developed residential neighborhoods and retail centers, has grown into a multi-state company that has built over three million square feet of aviation-related property, leases over one million square feet of office space and boasts a network of 14 fixed base operations (FBOs). Sheltair is the largest privately owned group of FBOs in Florida, and its facilities can be found at 20 airports throughout Florida, Georgia and New York.
Founded as Holland Builders, Inc., in 1963, the company expanded to include a property leasing division, Sheltair Aviation Facilities, in the 1980s in order to manage their growing portfolio of aviation related office space. The concept of Sheltair was derived from the concept, “shelter for aircraft.” In 1988, the Company began their venture into the services sector of the General Aviation industry and opened up two FBOs with the construction of the Fort Lauderdale Jet Center and the Daytona Beach Jet Center offering fuel and ground services. As “Jet Center” became a prevalent surname for FBOs across the U.S., the company saw the need to rename this division in the late 1990’s/2000’s. The name Sheltair was carried over to the services segment of the business due to the significant amount brand equity in aviation properties. “Sheltair Aviation Services” was used to describe the FBO business and to describe the facilities management and leasing business as “Sheltair Aviation Facilities.” Over the next several of years, all three divisions – Sheltair Aviation Services, Sheltair Aviation Facilities and Holland Builders – were in a period of expansion, adding multiple FBO and leasing locations reaching the current total of 14 FBOs, 18 airport properties leasing hangar and office space totaling a presence at 20 airports. Today, the company still remains under the ownership of original founder and CEO, Jerry Holland.
Today, it is the alliance of the construction, leasing and FBO divisions that makes this company one of the most unique and successful businesses in the aviation industry. Recent strategic planning has brought all three divisions under one simplified and unified name, Sheltair. The combination of aviation experience, skilled long-time associates and management expertise are the reasons Sheltair is recognized today as a leader in aviation.
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