Singapore Technologies Aerospace has sold the lease on its recently closed Dalfort Aerospace narrowbody-airliner maintenance facility to Virginia Aerospace for $6.5 million. ST Aero acquired Dallas Love Field, Texas-based Dalfort in 1997, but closed the loss-making facility in October. ST Aero owns US maintenance centres Mobile Aerospace and San Antonio Aerospace, the former Dee Howard facility acquired in 2002.
Source: Flight International
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