Mayor Roger Reinert described the city’s aviation sector as a “critical economic engine for our region” Wednesday as the Duluth Airport Authority revealed the findings of a recently completed economic impact study.
Reinert spoke during a news conference hosted by Cirrus Aircraft, a Duluth-based airplane manufacturer that recently invested upward of $25 million to remodel a former jetliner maintenance base into its state-of-the-art Innovation Center, according to Pat Waddick, the company’s president of innovation and operations.
