Reading Regional Airport has two firms looking at potential hangar sites on the airfield – the newest of them to house corporate jets and the other a huge firm still interested in bringing hundreds of jobs to refurbish airliners.
Both have been looking at the site of the historic Hangar 501, built in World War II and razed in 2008, but also at other sites on the airfield.
And both would benefit from the state’s move last week to eliminate the sales tax on repair and maintenance of fixed-wing aircraft.
Airport manager Terry P. Sroka said that could bring many new jobs to the state.