8 February, 2019: Sheltair, a privately-owned aviation development company has appointed Craig Foster as General Manager of their new FBO and hangar complex at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (KBJC).
Foster is the suitable candidate for the Sheltair team as he has more than twenty years of FBO management experience, playing crucial roles in FBO startups, new facility development, negotiating airport leases and charter and maintenance operations. He will be taking care of Sheltair’s first corporate presence west of the Mississippi. He will also have to underscore the company’s strategic decisions so to meet the growing needs and dynamic general aviation community in that part of the country.
Before moving to a management position Foster began his career with a startup FBO at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, CA (KSNA). He was named Regional Director overseeing Orange County and Palms Springs FBOs for Atlantic Aviation after it was acquired in 2005. He was the recent past President of the Southern California Aviation Association and was also the President of Jet Source (KCRQ).
Foster holds a B.A. from Walla Walla University in Business Administration. He also has a private pilot’s license along with an instrument rating.