Cabin Interior and Electronics
DunnAir Business Jet Completion Center Is Done
Founder Dale Dunn launched DunnAir Business Jet Completion Center in 2004, and the company opened for business in Tucson, Ariz., in February 2005 with high

Founder Dale Dunn launched DunnAir Business Jet Completion Center in 2004, and the company opened for business in Tucson, Ariz., in February 2005 with high hopes for success. Today, the 255,000-sq-ft hangar is empty, the phones have been disconnected and no one from DunnAir was available for comment regarding the closing. Jim Garcia, senior director of business development for the airport authority, confirmed that DunnAir had shut down, noting that the center had been using only two bays of the hangar but was paying $108,000 a month to rent the entire facility and experiencing financial difficulties.

Faced with lease negotiation difficulties and delays in getting an FAA repair station certificate, DunnAir opened more than six months later than planned. By late last year the company had laid off most of its workforce while investment conditions were restructured.

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