The Business Jet group of services, Business Jet Access (BJA) and Business Jet Center (BJC), is a family-owned enterprise. The Business Jet brand was established in 1993 when Robert Wright and son Michael started BJA, an aircraft management, charter, maintenance and consulting services business, on Dallas Love Field. Four years later the Wrights added an FBO, Business Jet Center. In 2003 BJC acquired and renovated the historic passenger terminal on California’s Oakland International Airport and opened its second FBO.
As BJA’s charter and management program continued to grow, the company developed maintenance expertise working on its own fleet. With 10 aircraft on its Part 135 air carrier certificate, BJA routinely worked on a BAC 1-11, Challenger 300, Citation VII, Falcon 900B, Gulfstream GIII and GIV-SP, Hawker 850XP and King Air 350. The company opened the maintenance shop to the public last year. It is now an FAA Part 145 repair station. BJA is also an Argus platinum operator and holds a Phase 1 certificate of registration for implementation of the International Standard for Business Aircraft Operations. Service Expansion A growing maintenance operation did pose one problem: lack of space. Late last year the company renovated a newly acquired 50,000-sq-ft facility sitting on seven acres on the west side of Dallas Love Field. The new space includes two large hangar bays and a main office terminal building. By the end of the year it had also hired John Burnum as director of business development to focus on expanding the MRO segment.
