Texas Jet joins the Paragon Aviation Group®

Houston, TX- May 9, 2011

Paragon Aviation Group® announces the addition of Texas Jet to the network. Located at Meacham Airport (FTW) in Fort Worth, TX, this first class operation is the newest FBO member to the group effective May 1, 2011.

Not only a premier FBO at Fort Worth, their service has been recognized as best of the best in most industry surveys. Texas Jet has been rated the top U.S. FBO in the Pro Pilot PRASE survey for 2009 and 2010. This year they took the number one Star FBO Award in Fltplan.com Pilot Choice Awards for 2011.

“Joining the Paragon Network™ of premier independent FBOs will give Texas Jet another competitive advantage in our head to head battle with a large FBO chain,” said Reed Pigman, Founder and President of Texas Jet. He further commented, “This will translate into more customers and more money to our bottom line.” 

With over 35 years of aviation experience Pigman commented on the Paragon program stating, “Independent FBO owners and their customers are going to love this.”

President of Paragon, Mike Delk said “Having Texas Jet join our network is very exciting for Paragon.  Having the number one US FBO for the last couple years, as recognized in Pro Pilot, reassures us that Paragon is what premier independent operators need to improve their competitive position in today’s marketplace.”

Paragon represents a group of first-class independent FBOs and small chains that have the same operational principles; customer-focused service, quality, safety, reliability and value. By delivering tangible benefits to its members through leverage in buying power on FBO services and customer information through state of the art flight tracking software provided by Argus.  Each FBO joining PAG goes through a comprehensive audit of facility and services offered to ensure the quality of the member base. A base of core standards have been developed for each FBO to adhere to and maintain to remain in the network.

Paragon Aviation Group® is owned and operated by Delk’s Valley Oil, a family business comprised of Mike Delk, Megan Barnes and Molly LeBlanc. With their combined industry experience of over 60 years they have introduced an exciting new industry platform for premier aviation service providers.