Avionics
Able Aerospace Opens $9M Facility Expansion
The Arizona-based MRO and parts provider also expects to add 100 more jobs over the next two years.
From left, Able Aerospace Services general manager Michael Vercio; City of Mesa Mayor John Giles; Textron Aviation senior vice president of parts, programs and flight operations Brad Thress; Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport president and CEO J. Brian O’Neill. (Photo: Able Aerospace Services)
From left, Able Aerospace Services general manager Michael Vercio; City of Mesa Mayor John Giles; Textron Aviation senior vice president of parts, programs and flight operations Brad Thress; Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport president and CEO J. Brian O’Neill. (Photo: Able Aerospace Services)

Able Aerospace Services has opened a $9 million building expansion at its headquarters facility at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport (IWA) in Arizona, the unit of Textron Aviation announced this week. The 60,000-sq-ft expansion allows Able to add new technology to its aircraft component repair and overhaul, as well as add new products and services such as aftermarket support for large rotorcraft and commercial fixed-wing parts.