Citadel Completions Hosts Louisiana Economic Development (LED)
Lake Charles, LA – Citadel Completions hosted the State of Louisiana’s Secretary of Economic Development, Don Pierson, and his team this week. We were excited to discuss local recruitment and future Citadel plans, and provide a tour of Citadel’s expansive facilities including our future design center area, hangars, manufacturing shops, and administration building. We concluded […]
Citadel Completions Hosts First Boeing 747-400 Project
Lake Charles, LA – In mid-April, responding to a short-notice customer need, Citadel Completions welcomed a uniquely-configured Boeing 747-400 into its facility at Chennault International Airport. For several days, the 232-foot long aircraft, with a 211-foot wingspan, was comfortably and completely housed within Citadel’s primary hangar, undergoing some minor maintenance and inspections. Citadel’s on-going interior […]
Celebrating 1st Anniversary, Citadel Continues to Grow
Lake Charles, LA – Earlier this week, Citadel Completions welcomed a VVIP-configured Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) into their facilities at Chennault International Airport. Over the next few weeks, Citadel will be performing a refurbishment of the airplane’s customized, luxury interior, including replacing carpet, updating seating and upholstery, restoring wood surfaces, and other modifications. Citadel will […]
Citadel Completions Re-Delivers First Project
Lake Charles, LA – On January 11, 2019, Citadel Completions re-delivered its first project at its Chennault International Airport facility. The privately-owned Boeing 747 arrived in October 2018, and Citadel completed the project in early January. Preflight checks were performed on the ground before the aircraft took off and, after a successful in-flight systems check, […]
Citadel Completions Receives FAA Part 145 Certificate
Citadel Completions reached another important milestone today, officially receiving it’s Part 145 Repair Station Certification from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. Citadel is already performing maintenance on aircraft registered in Bermuda under its Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority certificate received earlier in the year. Now with the FAA certificate, Citadel can begin accepting maintenance and modification […]
Gov. Edwards and Citadel Completions Announce Louisiana Aerospace Project
Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards and Citadel Completions LLC announced the company will make a $17.6 million capital investment and hire more than 250 people for an aircraft center dedicated to interior jet modifications and maintenance at Chennault International Airport in Lake Charles. For the project, Citadel Completions will create 256 new direct jobs with […]