Location Flight Services

Location Flight Services, known as LFS, is an aviation trip support company. It has operated since 2012 from its operations base in Manama, Bahrain. Its operations control center and duty desk are staffed 24 hours a day, every day of the year. The company describes its platform as one for operators, dispatchers and executives.

Flight dispatch covers flight plans, air traffic control slots, weather, NOTAMs and fuel burn for every leg. Permits cover country lead times, civil aviation contacts and document templates. The company can secure landing and overflight permits inside tight windows. Fuel services use contracted Jet A-1 supply, comparisons of several FBOs, into plane confirmation and uplift reconciliation.

Ground handling is coordinated across owned hubs and trusted partners. LFS runs its own ground teams at 29 stations in 14 countries, including the Gulf, Saudi Arabia, the Levant, Egypt, North Africa, Europe and India. Crew logistics covers duty time, hotel bookings, pairings and transport, and it is shared with dispatch. The company holds IS-BAH certified ground handling.

Each trip gets a named dispatcher who owns it from request to wheels up. Written hand off notes pass between shifts. The company says it has direct working relationships with civil aviation authorities across its regions. Permits can be arranged at short notice, including urgent medevac, government and AOG movements.

It has coverage across Africa, the Far East and Europe. Its depth is in MENA, where it is based and runs its own ground teams. Elsewhere it works with vetted partners. The company has planned Atlantic crossings, including oceanic clearances, tech stops, alternate planning and fuel positioning on the North Atlantic tracks.

LFS flight dispatch serves charter and commercial operators, corporate flight departments, cargo operators and brokers. Clients can hand over every sector of a trip or use LFS for the legs their own team cannot cover, such as a new region or a night shift. Rates are agreed before departure.

The company offers flight planning, dispatch support and flight following as separate services. It also states that the operator keeps operational control, and LFS supports that work rather than replacing it. The site has a route planner, a METAR and TAF decoder, a NOTAM explainer, a credit account option and vendor registration.

Services

• Flight dispatch
• Permits
• Fuel services
• Ground handling
• Crew logistics
• Real-time operations
• Flight planning
• Flight following
• Credit account
• Vendor registration