BANGOR, Maine — An aircraft servicing and maintenance company that has been growing since its 2010 move to Bangor is pushing for another expansion.
C&L Aerospace leases a trio of hangars at Bangor International Airport and now wants to lease and renovate a fourth vacant hangar in the same area.
The city’s economic development staff outlined the proposal during a Business and Economic Development Committee meeting Tuesday night. They plan to work with C&L to apply for a federal Economic Development Administration grant to help cover some costs associated with the renovations that would be needed at that hangar.
C&L CEO Chris Kilgour declined to say this early in the process what purpose the new hangar space would serve.
The company and its 140 employees handle plane maintenance — everything from painting and seat upholstery to engine overhauls — for small commercial, charter and corporate aircraft from around the globe.
In 2010, C&L purchased the aircraft maintenance portion of the struggling Telford Aviation Services. Kilgour, a New Zealand native, moved his family and his company headquarters from Australia to the United States. C&L started off with just 20 employees. It has grown steadily since.
The company’s expansion efforts have received boosts from the EDA in the past.
In 2014, C&L unveiled its newly renovated $5 million headquarters at Bangor International Airport. That project, as well as an aircraft painting facility that opened later in 2014, were partly funded by a $580,000 EDA grant.
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