Coupled with sales tax exemptions for aircraft
modifications, maintenance service and parts, the
Salina Aviation Service Center is now an even more
attractive location for expanding and new aerospace
businesses.
"We now offer prospective or expanding aviation
service companies property-tax free capital
investments and they don't have to pass on any
sales tax to their customers for aircraft modifications,
maintenance service and parts," said Salina
Airport Authority Executive Director Tim Rogers,
A.A.E.
"These two tax incentives plus our suite of new
facility options and funded training support make the
Salina Aviation Service Center an attractive place for
aerospace and support companies looking for a
location where they can be more productive," Rogers
added.
Already known as America's Fuel Stop, the Salina
Airport is temporary home to thousands of business
jets and military aircraft on cross-country flights.
Flower Aviation and America Jet, two Salina FBO's
that specialize in aviaton fuel - pump more than four
million gallons every year for America's aviators.
The Salina Municipal Airport is home base
for numerous aviation businesses and operations.
These include America Jet at SLN, Aerospace
Systems & Technologies, Inc., EagleMed air
ambulance, Kansas Wing Headquarters - Civil Air
Patrol, Flower Aviation, Kansas Army National Guard
Aviation Support Facility,Kansas State University
Salina College of Technology and Aviation, Kansas
Highway Patrol Aviation, Professional Flight Training,
LC, Salina Aircraft Services, Virgin Atlantic
GlobalFlyer, Wells Aircraft, Inc., and the corporate
flight departments for ADM Milling Company, Blue
Beacon International, Geoprobe Systems, Pepsi Cola -
Salina, Plains Environmental, Premier Pneumatics,
Inc., and Bradley Trucking Co.
The SLN Aviation Service Center has available hangar
space and room for growth to accommodate a wide
array of aviation related industries. The SLN Air
Traffic Control Tower logs more than 86,000 annual
aircraft operations, including more than 7,000
business jets that refuel each year at SLN.
For more information regarding incentives and
expansion opportunities at "The SLN Aviation Service
Center," contact us at 785.827.3914 or www.salinaairpor
t.com.
