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West Star Aviation Chattanooga Adds Second Shift
By: David A. Lombardo
Caption: The addition is aimed at reducing customer downtime and bringing the same level of service to the company's Tennessee facility.
Word Count: 128
West Star Aviation is running a second shift at its Chattanooga location to reduce customer downtime. The after-hours team will perform all West Star maintenance and provide avionics support.

"We are excited to continue to grow our Chattanooga location and be able to provide similar…service as we can at all of our major maintenance facilities," said Tom Hilboldt, general manager.

The hours of the second shift will be 3 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and noon to 8:30 p.m. on Friday. In addition to its facilities in East Alton, Ill.; Grand Junction, Colo.; and Chattanooga, Tenn., West Star Aviation runs maintenance operations at Aspen-Pitkin County Airport in Aspen, Colo.; Centennial Airport in Denver; and Chicago Executive Airport in Chicago.