New Mountain Aviation owners want charter company to fly higher

BROOMFIELD — Buying an icon in Rocky Mountain charter flights apparently doesn’t preclude moving forward.
“We were really looking for a company that had just a phenomenal infrastructure, and what Rich (Bjelkevig, the former owner) built here was unbelievable,” said Gregg Fahrenbruch, one of three investors who bought Mountain Aviation of Broomfield in August 2014.

But what was a $25 million-a-year air charter business is promising to reel in $40 million a few years later, said Fahrenbruch, who still proudly hoists the Mountain Aviation brand as its new chief executive. While the infrastructure and return business were there…