Cirrus may expand into aircraft maintenance base

Cirrus Aircraft, Duluth’s largest manufacturer, continues to grow, and it’s running out of room.

But the mostly-vacant former Northwest Airlines maintenance base in Duluth could provide the airplane maker with some temporary breathing room as it looks for a longer-term solution. In recent years, the facility had been used by AAR Corp. to service commercial aircraft, but that business closed up shop in May 2020 as the pandemic threw airlines around the world into a tailspin.

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