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Meridian Starts Second Location
By: Curt Epstein
Caption: The new facility will be the company's second and its first on the West Coast.
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Teterboro, N.J.-based aviation services provider Meridian will break ground next month on its second FBO location and first on the West Coast. It will set up shop at Hayward Executive Airport, which is home to more than 350 aircraft. When it opens in the summer next year, the facility will bring the number of FBOs at the airport to two. The initial phase of the project calls for construction of a 6,300-sq-ft terminal with a private conference room, crew lounge and snooze rooms, 30,000 sq ft of hangar able to accommodate G650/Global 7000-size aircraft, a fuel tank farm and 3.5 acres of ramp space. Later phases will add 12,000 sq ft to the FBO space, another 80,000 sq ft of hangarage and seven acres more ramp area. The location will be the West Coast base for Meridian’s aircraft management division and will provide maintenance.