Aircraft maintenance, charter, and management provider New World Aviation began operations in 1998 at Lehigh Valley International Airport (KABE) in Allentown, Pennsylvania. This placed it close to the busy Northeast corridor, where it could tap into the heavy business jet market. The aviation services business occupies a 1970s-era 85,000-sq-ft hangar, which once housed the corporate flight department for former conglomerate ITT before its breakup in 1995. In addition, New World occupies a newer 20,000-sq-ft hangar to handle its recent growth.
President, CEO, and managing partner Darrell Frey joined the company five years ago, after spending 32 years with Gulfstream in roles such as director of the airframer’s field and airborne support team and general manager of its Savannah, Georgia service center. He noted that New World has expanded over its history from seven technicians in its FAA Part 145 repair station to 50 today. Some of those employees have been there since the company’s founding.
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