Greensboro Economic
Development Alliance
342 North Elm Street
Greensboro, NC 27401
Office: (336) 387-8302
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Aviation Employers
Our outstanding East Coast location midway between New York and Miami as well as our stable weather are also strategic assets as companies seek to service customers in population centers throughout the eastern United States without disruptions. Below are a few of our corporate citizens.
FedEx Mid-Atlantic Air Hub, at Piedmont
Triad International Airport (PTIA), is the fifth and final FedEx
Express air hub in the United States. The hub serves primarily
East Coast destinations and is capable of sorting 24,000 packages
per hour. FedEx Express currently employs over 500 people in the region.
Honda Aircraft Company, Inc. established its world headquarters
as well as its manufacturing and testing facilities in Greensboro
at PTIA. This new division of Honda Motor Co. manufactures
the innovative, light HondaJet and employs 400
people. Honda Aircraft Company’s President and CEO, Michimasa Fujino
commented, “I am very fortunate that we found in Greensboro and
North Carolina a place and a people who share in our vision and
our values. This is a place with a long-term vision for economic
growth and prosperity.”
TIMCO Aviation Services is the largest independent third-party maintenance,
repair and overhaul provider in the U.S. TIMCO, which has 1,000 employees,
offers scheduled line maintenance and services both wide and narrow
body aircraft. In addition, the company provides modification services
for the conversion of passenger aircraft to cargo configuration,
special mission conversions for military and research flight operations,
and after market retrofits, as well as aircraft engineering services.
Aviation Companies
Timco Aviation Services
3rd party maintenance, repair, & overhaul provider
Employment: 1,000
Honda Aircraft Company, Inc.
World Headquarters, manufacturing & testing of Hondajets
Employment: 400
Purolator Facet, Inc.
Advanced filtration systems for aerospace
Employment: 250
Atlantic Aero, Inc.
Fixed base operators
Employment: 160
Cessna Aircraft Company
Maintenance for Citation aircraft
Employment: 86
Comair, Inc.
Aircraft overhaul & maintenance for Comair
Employment: 60
Landmark Aviation
General aviation, maintenance & avionics
Employment: 60
Genisis Aviation
Repair, overhaul, sales & service of aircraft components
Employment: 46
Aero Accessories
Overhauls, produces & supplies hard to find engine parts
Employment: 42
Causey Aviation
Private on demand jet transportation
Employment: 35
Danbee Aerospace
Sales, exchange & lease of aircraft & helicopter parts
Employment: 20
AUA Inc.
Aircraft insurance
Employment: 12
Carolina Aircraft, Inc.
Sales, brokerage & acquisition of airplanes
Employment: 5
Graco Supply & Integrated Srv.
Aerospace & MRO supplies
Employment: 5
Liberty Aircraft, Inc.
Sales & marketing for the Liberty XL-2
Employment: 3
NEXGA Aircraft, Inc
Preflown aircraft sales
Employment: 3