The federal government gave a $2.5 million boost Wednesday to help build new facilities at the Provo airport needed to expand an aircraft refurbishment company — and create 400 new high-paying jobs now, and up to 800 eventually.
“It’s kind of a big deal,” said Provo Airport Manager Steven Gleason. “It’s going to be spectacular for the airport. Right now we have about 650 full-time employees that work at the airport. This will take us over 1,000.”
Duncan Aviation currently operates in Provo at a temporary 15,000-square-foot hangar. A first phase of expansion will build 220,000 square feet of office and hangar space and add 400 jobs.