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MidairUSA to Locate Major Facility At Melbourne International Airport
Posted by Gale Bray on
Wednesday, December 15th, 2010 at 8:06pm.
MELBOURNE, FL (Dec. 15, 2010) — Midair S.A., an international aviation company headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, announced today the location of a major U.S. aircraft maintenance operation at Melbourne International Airport.
Midair S.A. projects the 180,000-square-foot facility will have a work force of 300 to 450 within three years with average annual wages of $45,564. The $28 million facility will include two hangar bays designed to accommodate Boeing 747-400 aircraft for interior reconfigurations, as well as extensive maintenance, repair, painting and overhaul functions. The site will be operated by subsidiary MidairUSA Inc. of Rome, N.Y.
During the planning and negotiating process, the airport designated MidairUSA as…
AAR to Relocate Airlift Group to Melbourne, Florida
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Tuesday, December 14th, 2010 at 1:08pm.
WOOD DALE, Ill., Nov. 8, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AAR (NYSE: AIR) announced today that it has selected Melbourne, Fla. as the new location for its airlift services and specialized aircraft modifications businesses, which the Company acquired in April 2010. Since completing the acquisition, AAR has installed a new leadership team and is rebranding the businesses as part of its overall integration strategy.
"When we acquired Aviation Worldwide Services and its subsidiaries earlier this year, we shared our plans to relocate the operations, transform the leadership team with our people to instill AAR values and rebrand the business," said David P. Storch, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of AAR CORP. "I'm very pleased with the…