Wednesday, September 04, 2013

High-end aviation company moving to Brunswick, Maine


(NECN: Amy Sinclair) - When the Brunswick Naval Air Station was decommissioned in 2011, it marked the end of an era in Maine and the start of the search to replace the thousands of Navy jobs that were lost. 


 Wednesday, the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority marked another milestone in that process, announcing that Tempus Jets is expanding its business into Hangar 6 at the Brunswick Executive Airport.

Tempus Jets is one of the largest private aviation firms in the country. The company's CEO says the size of the hangars and length of the runways were a good fit for their business. They plan to repair and refurbish large aircraft for their mostly billionaire client base.

"An airplane comes in that's been in commercial use like a plane you and I fly on and someone wants to turn it into a private aircraft.  So we take out those uncomfortable economy seats and put in larges sofas, chairs, showers, TV screens, bedrooms and turn it into a private aircraft," said Tempus Jets CEO Scott Terry.

Terry says he was familiar with the base because he served as a navigator for one of the squadrons in the early 1990s.

The company expects to employ around 50 people - a combination of mechanics, engineers and support staff - in the first year. Tempus Jets hopes to eventually employ between 200-400 people.

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