COEUR d'ALENE - Horizon Air's decision to outsource its aircraft heavy maintenance work is giving a boost to the Kootenai County economy.

Empire Aerospace, a division of express-freight shipper Empire Airlines, was recently awarded a long-term contract to complete heavy maintenance and aircraft modification work for Horizon.

Tim Komberec, the company's CEO and president, said this means the creation of 100 new jobs at Empire's 50,000-square-foot facility at the Coeur d'Alene Airport in Hayden.

"We're in the process of adding 75 new direct employees to the maintenance organization, and about another 25 contract employees, 100 overall," Komberec told The Press. Maureen Donlan, Cda Press More here.

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