Maintenance and Modifications
Completions and refurbishments July 2004
After several years of cost reductions, layoffs, closings and general malaise, there are definite signs that a slow economic recovery is starting to have a

After several years of cost reductions, layoffs, closings and general malaise, there are definite signs that a slow economic recovery is starting to have a positive effect on the business aviation industry, and many in the interior completion and refurbishment business are breathing a sigh of relief.

Last year at this time, Jim Renfro, president and owner of Highlands Aviation, allowed as how he was spending most of his time on the road “drumming up business and hanging on.” A year later Renfro’s independent refurb shop in Avon, Fla., is booked through the end of the summer, “and most if it is turbine equipment.