Airplane Service Company Investing $120M on FW Plant

MTU Aero Engines AG recently opened its refurbished 462,000-square-foot building at 2100 Eagle Parkway in AllianceTexas, Hillwood’s 27,000-acre master-planned development in north Fort Worth. There are currently 200 employees. The company expects to hire another 1,200.  

MTU signed a 30-year lease with the city of Fort Worth and relocated to the site in 2023. The building used to be the site of American Airlines’ original maintenance base and a Rolls-Royce engine plant.

One customer is Brazilian airline GOL Linhas Aéreas. Its workers will maintain and repair its CFM International LEAP-1B engines, which power Boeing 737 Max aircraft. GOL operates more than 60 Boeing 737 Max aircraft powered by the LEAP engines. The company invested $120 million to upgrade and expand it to add full disassembly, MRO, assembly and test capabilities.

The Alliance area has become a hot spot for aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul operations. Companies such as Embraer and Gulfstreamhave also expanded maintenance facilities in the area.

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