FORT WORTH ALLIANCE AIRPORT (WBAP/KLIF) – Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. announced Thursday that it will expand its operations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area with the construction of a service center at Fort Worth Alliance Airport. The facility is expected to open by the fall of 2021 and is expected to create around 50 new jobs.
Gulfstream will invest more than $35 million to build a nearly 160,000-square-foot repair and overhaul facility at Alliance. The building will include hangar space, back shops and employee and customer offices. Groundbreaking is scheduled for the third quarter of 2020.
Approximately 150 to 200 of Gulfstream’s 230 Customer Support employees at Love Field Airport in Dallas are expected to relocate to Alliance, while about 30 to 80 employees will remain at Love Field to continue to provide on-site and transient operators with maintenance and service. Gulfstream’s mid-cabin aircraft completions business in Dallas, which includes about 350 employees and five hangars, will remain at Love Field.
“Alliance Airport is a great location,” said Derek Zimmerman, president, Gulfstream Customer Support. “It is an established airport for business aviation operators, has an outstanding infrastructure and is appropriately sized for our operations. It is also the home of a growing aviation school, which will help us continue to develop both new and existing employees.”
Zimmerman said that the additional maintenance capacity, the state-of-the-art facility and substantial job creation are great news for customers, employees and the community.
More than 50 Gulfstream aircraft are based in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
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