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Growth in the air is leading
to growth on the ground for
Executive AirShare at its
original base of operations. The nation’s
third-largest fractional aircraft provider
has broken ground on a new facility at Wichita’s Col. James Jabara Airport (AAO). It will provide greater efficiency for the company and its shareowners.
Executive AirShare, founded in Wichita in 2000, earlier this year signed a seven-year lease with Midwest Corporate Aviation for more than 27,000 square feet of hangar space at Jabara, on the city’s east side. In addition to hangar renovations, EAS is
proximity efficiencies, streamlining the shareowners’ experience,” says Harry Mitchel, Executive AirShare’s chief operating officer. “All of our Wichita logistics – maintenance work,
fleet inspection, scheduling and recordkeeping – will become more effective at Jabara. It just makes sense to have everything in one place and that’s at the home of Wichita’s primary executive and business aviation destination.”
The Jabara facility offers 35 percent more hangar space than its current facility at Eisenhower National Airport, located on the city’s southwest side. The Wichita move follows a facility upgrade at Executive AirShare’s base at Fort Worth Meacham International Airport in 2015 and the company’s move to its new headquarters in Lenexa, Kansas,
in April.
“Wichita’s upgrade keeps our company’s trajectory upward,” says Keith Plumb, Executive AirShare president and CEO. “It strengthens our commitment to provide the
Executive AirShare Moving Into New Wichita Facility
constructing a new 7,000-square- foot office adjacent to the hangars for its Wichita staff. When the office opens this fall, Executive AirShare will transfer all of its team members, maintenance control and support staff from Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport (ICT) to Jabara.
“With 95 percent of our flight activity going in and out of Jabara, this move takes advantage of
Keith Plumb Executive CEO
Harry Mitchel Executive COO
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