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FBO Profile: Western Aircraft

Recent expansion extends the company’s maintenance and parts inventory capabilities.

Business is booming at Western Aircraft, in part because the company has benefitted from the sales tax exemption on installed parts instituted in 2012.

By Kim Rosenlof

January 5, 2015

Western Aircraft, owned by Greenwich AeroGroup and one of three FBOs on Boise Airport (KBOI) in southwestern Idaho, celebrated the completion of a $4.7 million expansion this summer that included construction of two new buildings and more than $2.4 million in facility improvements and specialized tooling. The two buildings added 26,000 sq ft of hangar and parts storage space to the 18-acre campus, taking the total company-wide hangar space past 125,000 sq ft and significantly expanding Western Aircraft’s maintenance capabilities and parts inventory.

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