Long-time Maine aviation services provider Mac Air Group has broken ground on an FBO at Portland International Jetport (PWM). The $6 million facility will provide a 13,000-sq-ft, two-story terminal with a crew lounge and quiet room, flight-planning center, crew cars, showers and fitness center, along with a passenger lounge, conference room, on-site car rental, concierge and catering service. Plans call for 30,000 sq ft of hangar space to shelter aircraft up to a Global 6000. Mac Air says the facility will provide quick turns.

The company had previously operated an FBO at PWM, before divesting the aircraft handling service to concentrate on its Part 145 maintenance, aircraft charter and sales operations. That facility was later acquired by current FBO operator Northeast Air. Mac Air will continue to provide maintenance on the opposite side of the airport, which has a 7,200-foot main runway. Completion of the new pre-fab steel facility is anticipated early next year.