Press Release

Issued by Air Service Basel.

June 20, 2016

Air Service Basel (ASB) is celebrating a successful week of operations during this year's Art Basel exhibition, which took place in Basel from 13th-19th June 2016.

Air Service Basel's FBO at the EuroAirport successfully hosted record traffic of over 380 movements, with over 80 private and business jets flights on the peak day of the event and accommodating over 750 clients for the Basel event, which altogether represents a remarkable increase of 10% compared to the previous year.

The majority of movements included long range and large cabin size business jets. To support with the expected surge in demand during Art Basel, ASB brought in additional team members from its joint venture FBO Cat Air Service in Zürich.

“Art Basel is an extremely important event and one of the busiest time of the year for our Basel FBO,” says Claudio Lasagni, ASB's CEO. “This year, we handled a record number of flights for visiting guests from all over the world, and I am delighted that our team successfully met that demand, while still offering the highest standard of safety and service that our clients expect.”

He adds that “as every year, the outstanding co-operation and teamwork of the various partners and authorities at the EuroAirport Basel with Air Service Basel's FBO team was a major contributing factor to the tremendous success.”

Air Service Basel is a full service FBO with state of the art hangar facilities, as well as an EASA and FAA approved maintenance organisation, and a Beechcraft authorized service center for King Air products, based at the EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse (LFSB/LSZM) in Switzerland.

Art Basel 2016 brought together 286 premier galleries from 33 countries, presenting the very best contemporary and historical material by around 4,000 artists. The show attracted an attendance of 95,000 across the six show days.

The city of Basel is uniquely situated at the border between Switzerland, France and Germany. With its world-class museums, theatres, concert halls, medieval old town, and new architecture, it ranks as one of Europe's most alluring cultural cities.