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A fast-growing Empire rises by maintaining turboprops
Published: November 27, 2012
2012-11-27T17:42:01Z
The north end of the Coeur d'Alene Airport was vacant land a decade ago. Today, it's home to a growing empire.
Empire Airlines is a FedEx feeder carrier with a fleet of 52 planes operating in 16 states. Empire also ran a commuter airline between Coeur d’Alene and Boise for 11 years in the 1980s and ’90s. The lesser-known but faster-growing division is Empire Aerospace, which performs heavy maintenance on regional-sized turboprop planes, such as the 76-seaters flown by Horizon Airlines.