Story ID: 019TouchingBasesAINFeb15EditedByAY_NM
Lux Air Upgrades at Goodyear
By: Curt Epstein
Caption: The company recently broke ground on a new $10 million FBO complex.
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Privately owned Lux Air, the lone service provider at Phoenix Goodyear Airport, marked a 25-year lease extension by breaking ground this month on a new $10 million FBO complex. For the past seven years the Arizona company, which recently began operating 24/7, had occupied the formerly city-run location, which offered customers minimal hangar space. That will change with the anticipated October opening of the new facility. Among the improvements will be 37,500 sq ft of hangar space capable of sheltering aircraft up to a G650 and 18,000 sq ft of adjoining tenant offices. A dedicated third-party aircraft maintenance provider will occupy one of the new hangars. The new terminal, which at 13,000 sq ft nearly triples the current space, will provide an upgraded pilots’ lounge with snooze rooms and shower facilities, and current plans call for an onsite restaurant.