Business View Magazine | November 2019

173 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2019 FAA-CERTIFIED AIR AGENCY REPAIR STATION 325 Airport Road, Washington, PA 15301 | (724) 228-6400 Friend AirCare has earned a reputation for quality and integrity. Beginning in 1978 the company has built a global customer base of corporate and private operators for both turbine and jet powered aircraft. Servicing the Cessna Citation, Beechcraft King Air and Piper Cheyenne fleets has become the mainstay of Friend AirCare. Our offerings have grown to include: Avionics, Inspections, Maintenance, Parts, and Repairs www.friendaircare.com WASHINGTON COUNTY A I RPORT T-hangar. The corporate entities that have jets and turboprops have the option to lease space in a corporate managed hangar or build their own hangar.” Washington County Airport currently houses 10 corporate hangars and 7 aviation businesses. The changes to the aviation market have been wide-ranging over the last 20 years, encompassing the deregulation of airline markets, more cost-focused airline business models, technological developments and, of course, more business focused airports. The resulting competitive pressures on airports have required a form of management which allows for the institutionalization of constant improvements. “We are definitely in competition with other Airports in the surrounding Pittsburgh area,” admits McGowen. “And we – the Redevelopment Authority, the County, the FBO, and the aviation businesses based at our Airport – collectively compete. We do it in a lot of different ways. For instance, we as the County always want to keep our airfield Audia Aviation supports the Washington County Airport and the Redevelopment Authority of Washington County AUDIA AVIATION