Have something you want covered? Contact the reporter at Follow him on Twitter local journalism. 'It's exciting to watch southeast Mesa maintain its momentum as a thriving economic engine for the entire city,' he said.

The $230 million project is expected to create a total of 17,000 jobs, both for the development and indirectly as a result of it, according to the city.Īnd now CAVU Aerospace. Mayor John Giles, in a written statement, welcomed the new company. Gateway airport carried a $1.3 billion annual economic impact and supported more than 10,000 jobs in the region, according to a 2013 Arizona State University study.Īmong the recent expansions are Able Aerospace Services, which is investing $9 million to expand its headquarters with plans to add 100 jobs through 2020.Īnother development, SkyBridge Arizona, looks to create a joint U.S.-Mexico customs and cargo hub at Gateway. The airport handles 288,000 takeoffs and departures a year, making it the 32nd busiest airport in the U.S., according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.

'Gateway is driving a lot of the economic activity that's going on in that area,' said Kim Lofgreen, Mesa's marketing and business development manager. The Mesa location is in the Landing at PMG, a recently opened industrial subdivision north of the airport, near Ray and Sossaman roads.

The nine-year-old company has three other facilities in Arkansas, New Mexico and California. The jobs will pay an average salary of $50,000 a year, according to the city.ĬAVU Aerospace will invest $5 million on an 80,000-square-foot facility called CAVU Component Repair, which will repair wide, narrow-body and regional aircraft for Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier and Embraer aircraft types. View Gallery: Top 10 largest employers in MesaĪ new aircraft maintenance facility is planned near Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport and expected to create up to 75 jobs over the next three years.

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