Thu, Feb 05, 2009
Mesa-Gateway Facility Employs 77 Workers
Cessna CEO Jack Pelton joined Scott Smith, mayor of the Phoenix
suburb of Mesa, AZ, on Thursday to officially mark the opening of a
new Citation Service Center at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport
(IWA).
Opened last month, the Mesa Citation Service Center is one of
nine company-owned service centers, and more than 30 authorized
service facilities around the world. The group forms one of the
most comprehensive business aircraft service networks in the
world.
"We're thrilled to be open for business in the Phoenix area, and
our first day's activities were robust with seven Citations coming
through the door," said Stan Younger, Cessna vice president,
Service Facilities. "The customer and employee experience here is
certain to turn Mesa into the premiere location in the Southwest
for Citation maintenance. The facility is twice as large and ramp
space is 10 times the size of what we offered in Long Beach, and we
have room for further expansion as the worldwide fleet of Citation
business jets grows."
The Mesa facility replaced a smaller service center in Long
Beach, CA. The Mesa facility employs 77 people, many of whom have
been hired from the Mesa area; so far, none of those jobs have been
affected by
recent layoffs at the planemaker.
Cessna says the new service center has developed a partnership
with Chandler-Gilbert Community College with five current students
attending on Cessna scholarships. Two current employees are CGCC
graduates who are former scholarship winners. Mesa's general
manager, Randall Soutiere is now on the Advisory Board at CGCC.
The company constructed a new 101,000-square foot facility that
includes 62,400 square feet of hangar space along with office and
backshop areas. Cessna has developed 12 acres of its tract flanking
three 10,000-foot runways and a 124,800-square foot aircraft ramp,
leaving room for expansion as needed.
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