Flying Colours breaks ground for new hangar at headquarters
Peterborough, ON. – 13 December 2018 – Flying Colours, the North American maintenance, repair, overhaul and completions business has broken ground as work starts on building its largest hangar to date. Industrial construction company Vicano Construction Ltd braved the cool Ontario weather to formally begin the fourth phase of expansion plans at the Canada-headquartered business aviation company this month.
On completion in mid-2019 the new building will house a climate controlled, dedicated paint-shop, a spacious hangar large enough to hold up to A220-size aircraft, as well as offices, customer meeting rooms, interiors workshops and aboard room. The investment of approximately CAD$25 million will add a further 100,000 square feet to the Peterborough footprint.
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At the company’s Chesterfield, St. Louis facility a fifth hangar, a leased building, is undergoing preparations to open for business in January 2019 adding a further 40,000 square feet to the KSUS facility.
More than100 team members are currently being recruited across both sites to bolster