{"id":28306,"date":"2024-04-08T13:52:36","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T13:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=28306"},"modified":"2024-04-08T13:55:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T13:55:21","slug":"elixir-aircraft-to-open-new-u-s-facility-in-sarasota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/florida\/elixir-aircraft-to-open-new-u-s-facility-in-sarasota\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Elixir Aircraft to Open New U.S. Facility in Sarasota"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Elixir Aircraft<\/a> has announced a new site in the United States. Situated at Sarasota Bradenton Airport (SRQ) in Florida, this facility will focus on the reassembly of aircraft intended for delivery to clients in the U.S. The demand for Elixir aircraft in the American market is substantial, with over 200 units already pre-ordered. This expansion will result in the employment of approximately 200 new staff members at the Sarasota location, in addition to the existing 200 staff members in France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The 4th generation aircraft manufacturer has marked the next phase of their growth by signing a long-term lease for their new, main U.S. assembly and support facility located on the flight line at SRQ. The facility will consist of two custom and modern buildings. Elixir Aircraft will take occupation of the first 12,500 square feet fully renovated hangar in Q4 2024, mainly for initial re-assembly of aircraft delivered to U.S. clients. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then a new second building of 6,000 square feet adjacent to\nthe first shall be taken on by Elixir Aircraft in August of 2025, to continue\nwith re-assembly and hold spare parts stock for the east coast of the USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both buildings will support Elixir Aircraft\u2019s long-term\ngrowth and talent recruitment in America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elixir Aircraft envisions employing around 200 staff at\nSarasota Bradenton Airport by 2027. These men and women will provide numerous\nservices to Elixir Aircraft\u2019s North American clients including administration,\naircraft assembly and deliveries, maintaining stock of spare parts and\nproviding any support needed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to Sarasota, Elixir is currently putting in\nplace additional support facilities in Arizona and the Midwest USA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company\u2019s CEO, Arthur L\u00e9opold-L\u00e9ger, explains: \u201cWhen we\nstarted Elixir, we knew the American market will be key to the future success\nof the company. After years of looking for the right U.S. location, and many\ntrips to the area, we are excited to tell the world we will be in Sarasota,\nFlorida. We at Elixir Aircraft would like to thank the management team of\nSarasota Airport specifically Rick Piccolo Airport CEO, Joseph Filippelli SVP\nReal Estate and Lionel Guilbert SVP Operations, for making this decision and\nwhole process both easy and enjoyable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cyril Champenois, Elixir Aircraft Co-Founder, further\nexplains: \u201cWith over 200 aircraft already on order and pre-order in the U.S.,\nour new Sarasota facility is crucial to our growth globally. Sarasota located\non the East coast, with a passionate aviation and sailing community, is similar\nto our home city of La Rochelle France. We look forward to the future from an\noffice that feels like home. We have also factored in room to grow in the SRQ\narea, so the Elixir team and I envision many happy years ahead of us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In February 2024, Elixir announced an expansion of their\nheadquarters in La Rochelle, France to 14,000 m\u00c2\u00b2 (150,000 sq ft). This highly\nenergy-efficient and environmentally friendly industrial site will house all\nproduction activities. Elixir Aircraft aims to produce more than 300 aircraft a\nyear. To meet demand, Elixir HQ is expected to employ over a thousand people by\n2033.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Elixir Aircraft has announced a new site in the United States. Situated at Sarasota Bradenton Airport (SRQ) in Florida, this facility will focus on the reassembly of aircraft intended for delivery to clients in the U.S. The demand for Elixir aircraft in the American market is substantial, with over 200 units already pre-ordered. This expansion […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":28310,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-florida"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Elxir-aircraft-edit-3.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28306"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28315,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28306\/revisions\/28315"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}