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Maine FBO Adds to Terminal
By: Curt Epstein
Caption: The structure is twice as big as the previous one.
Word Count: 130
Northeast Air, a family-owned FBO at Portland International Airport in Maine, has completed a $3.5 million renovation of its 20-year-old terminal, with a new two-story, glass-fronted 4,000-sq-ft addition that has doubled the size of the structure. Dedicated entirely to customer use, the new space provides an enlarged pilots’ lounge and flight-planning area, two private snooze rooms, a shower, 20-seat A/V-equipped conference room and upgraded customer service desk. The project also installed a porte-cochere on the street side to provide protection from the elements, 50 new parking spaces and landscaping.

According to company vice president Mark Goodwin, the project, a decade in the planning, was finally facilitated by the city’s demolition of a neighboring 1950s-era general aviation terminal. Northeast Air acquired the property’s lease soon after.