GNV, GREATER GAINESVILLE CHAMBER WELCOME CONSORTIA AEROSPACE GROUP
Consortia Aerospace occupies the former Silver/Eclipse building at GNV, a modern aircraft maintenance
hangar completed in 2007; the firm operates R&D battery facility out of adjacent (former AFSS) building
GAINESVILLE, Fla., Nov. 17, 2021— Gainesville Regional Airport (GNV), the Greater Gainesville Chamber, dignitaries and members of the business community welcomed Consortia Aerospace Group (formerly Chippewa Aerospace Group) to North Central Florida as a new general aviation tenant on the airport at a Nov. 16 celebration. The engineering service firm, headquartered in Conway, SC, now occupies the former Silver Airways/Eclipse Aviation building, a modern, 61,000+ square foot aircraft maintenance hangar located at 4505 NE 40th Terrace, as well as the adjacent 8,300 square foot former AFSS (Automated Flight Service Station) building, located at 4352 NE 40th Terrace.
“Consortia Aerospace Group is very excited to occupy our new facilities at KGNV,” says Consortia Aerospace CEO Julie Myers. “The location and the assets in this community are an ideal location for us to continue to provide our services to a wide variety of domestic and foreign aerospace companies, commercial and business aviation companies, and private aircraft owners.”
Julie Myers, Consortia Aerospace Group
GNV and the Greater Gainesville Chamber collaborated with Consortia Aerospace Group on solutions for space, personnel, and introducing them to the GNV community. GNV officials had been aggressively searching for a comprehensive tenant for the facilities, left vacant since the departure of Silver Airways in 2015. Consortia Aerospace took possession of the buildings May 1 and has been actively assembling personnel and preparing the space to accommodate their operations.
“As a leading engineering service firms in the aerospace industry, Consortia Aerospace Group is making an investment in our area that will not only bring jobs, but new opportunities in the vibrant aviation and aerospace research and development industry to our region,” says airport CEO Allan Penksa. “This will be a great economic benefit to both the surrounding community and to the airport.”
“We are excited to be closing out the end of 2021 with an economic development announcement and welcome event for Consortia Aerospace Group as part of our 5-year strategy, COLLABORATE 2025,” said Gil Levy, Chair of the Greater Gainesville Chamber Board of Directors. “Manufacturing is incorporated into all five of our targeted industry sectors for the Greater Gainesville region making this a great win for our workforce and business community.”
For more information on Consortia Aerospace Group, please visit cagaero.com.
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About Consortia Aerospace Group
Consortia Aerospace Group is an aviation services corporation headquartered in Conway, SC with operations in Tucson, Ariz. and now Gainesville, Fla. Our goal is to achieve and aggressively maintain a leadership position in our industry. With over twenty years of experience, Consortia Aerospace Group is an INTEGRATIVE company, providing concept to completion aviation engineering services, including certification, AS9100:ISO9001 manufacturing, and aircraft modification installations. For more information, please visit cagaero.com.
About Gainesville Regional Airport
Gainesville Regional Airport (GNV) serves North Central Florida and the Heart of Florida through all facets of aviation: commercial airlines, general aviation, law enforcement and various government operations, medical missions and air cargo. Located in Gainesville, Florida, just minutes away from the University of Florida, GNV provides a close, convenient and competitively priced “gateway” to the Heart of Florida. The airport normally operates 16 daily departures on American Airlines and Delta with nonstop service to the international hubs of Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas Fort Worth and Miami, providing access to 343 destinations around the world in one stop. GNV is served by a full-service fixed base operator, University Air Center (UAC). With more than 440 part- and full-time employees and tenants at the airport, GNV has an annual economic impact on North Central Florida of more than $374 million. In 2019, 558,246 commercial passengers set an all-time record for passenger traffic from GNV. For more information, please visit flygainesville.com
About The Greater Gainesville Chamber
The Greater Gainesville Chamber is five-star accredited chamber by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a designation that places us in the top one percent of Chambers nationwide. The Chamber has more than 1,300 members who employ more than 80,000 people. For more information, please visit gainesvillechamber.com
