Executive aviation terminal at OR Tambo airport now handling international flights

The Fireblade Aviation Fixed-Base Operations (FBO) terminal at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport handled its first international flight last week, the company reported on Tuesday. A FBO is a private air terminal, to cater for VIP and VVIP passengers, flying into, out of and within a country on executive aircraft. Any and all international flights are controlled by national authorities. FBOs are common, worldwide (there are more than 5 000 in the US alone). They provide quick and easy access to, and exit from, a country for global leading business people, dignitaries, celebrities and charter clientele, while ensuring their privacy.