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Jerry Siebenmark

Western Aircraft has opened a 53,000-sq-ft hangar at Idaho's Boise Airport (BOI), marking the completion of the first phase of a $17 million MRO expansion by the Greenwich AeroGroup subsidiary. The new hangar joins eight other buildings and hangars totaling 90,000 sq ft on 18 acres at the southwest corner of BOI.

 


As part of the expansion, the Part 145 repair station and FBO is adding a total of 93,000 sq ft, the second phase, including a 40,000-sq-ft building that will house Western’s avionics and interiors shops, as well as administrative offices. The second phase is expected to be completed by the end of the year.

 


“This beautiful facility was designed with our current customers and prospective customers in mind,” said Western v-p and general manager Austin Shontz. “Our culture is based around a customer-centric approach and personalized service—something that our growing base of Gulfstream, Cessna Citation, and Embraer customers have embraced, spurring our need to construct more space to serve.”

 


Shontz told AIN in an <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2020-07-18/western-aircraft-double-mro-footprint">earlier interview</a> that the company expected to add 100 more workers with the expansion. In addition to the aforementioned airframers, Western is a factory-authorized maintenance and modification facility for Dassault Falcon, Pilatus, and Piper.

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