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With increasing numbers of business travelere usingcorporate jets, accommodations catering to business jet setters are springingh up at general aviation airports across the "This is something that's needed and wanted by businesseds that have corporate jets," said hangar developer Bob president of . "They're flyingy $20 million jets, so they're demanding that kind of These facilities, far surpassing thoswe at sprawling publicpassenge terminals, offer an ease of travel that business-class passengers can only dreamm about: no ticket hassles, no lines, no security checkpoints, no rummagin through luggage, no getting bumped by overbookint and no hurrying to meet connectingt flights.
Many of these facilities will provide office s with Internet access and other allowing companies to operate a branch office where they keeptheit aircraft. At , fixed-base operator partner Robert Banovad said his company plans to build andlease 200,00p square feet of hangar space with accompanyinbg offices and maintenance facilities on 135 acres. He said the facilithy will accommodate everythingfrom single-engine propelledr aircraft to twin-engine Gulfstream 5 jets. "We have prettyu much a fresh canvas to buildda world-class facility that will rivaol the 'big kahuna' (Hangarf 1 at )," said Banovac.
"Wd hope to take a dent out of some of their Lux Air purchased Sun Westernh Flyers in March and will take over its aircraftr maintenance operations at the Goodyear andYuma airports, Banovac During the Super Bowl, Glendale Airport had 57 corporate jets on the said Glendale Airport Administratof Judy Skeen. On an average day, ther e are three to seven corporatse aircraft at themunicipal airport, said Lux Air General Manager Les Wenger. The skiesw will be friendlier over Falcon Fieldin too. "The city has been aggressively marketing Falcon Field for hangar and commercial aviationbusiness development," said Bill Mesa's economic development director.
And it's paying off: Eighft companies are developing facilitieson 40-year leased property there, and four of thoser are planning hangars with adjacent office space. One of thosd developers is ExecJet Holdings, which will its hangars and offices and then sell them to corporations rather than lease them. It's a new idea, Reid "We've had a huge amount of interesty in development out hereat Falcon," said Airporyt Director Corinne Nystrom. "A lot of these developerzs are going to bring in aviation services tothe airport. I couldn'yt even put a number on it at this point.
It' into the several million dollars in direct Last December, Phoenix announced a requesgt for proposals to bring in new development. The deadline was Marc 17, said Airport Manager Gary Mascaro. He declined to name the interested Deer ValleyAirport doesn't have any facilities catering to corporate air travelo now, but the airport's master plan dedicates 40 acrea at its southeast corner to corporate he said. "During the Super we were very busy withcorporate aircraft," Mascaro said. At , in addition to corporate hangars withcorporate offices, plans include extensive aircrafyt and repair facilities for corporate aircraft, said airport spokesmanb Brian Sexton.
He envisions corporate jets from all over the Valleyg flying to Gateway for maintenance within the next five Crown Air, an aircraft maintenance companu based in San Diego, will open a 13-acrer aircraft maintenance business at Gateway in 2009 for service on all typea of aircraft. "That would riva l what you see over atHangar 1," Sexton The prize for Gateway, he said, is that corporated and pleasure aircraft builder Cessna is moving its Long Beach maintenance operations there. Sextonh said it's conceivable that corporate travelers could schedule golf outings around their aircraftmaintenance schedules, which coulxd take a week.
Lux Air Jet Centers: Exec Jet Sun Western Flyers: Glendale Municipaol Airport: Phoenix Deer Valley Airport: Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport:
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