FedEx said to be in talks to take over Dreamlifter center
EVERETT —The Boeing Co. is reportedly in talks with FedEx to sub-let the Dreamlifter facility at Paine Field, which Boeing leases from the Snohomish County airport.
“Boeing is close to finalizing a deal to transfer the lease of its Dreamlifter Operations Center … to air cargo carrier FedEx, according to a document reviewed by The Seattle Times that outlines terms of the discussion,” the newspaper reported Monday.
When contacted Tuesday, the principal parties weren’t talking, but airport officials at Paine Field said they have not received a request to transfer the lease, which would be subject to review. The county-owned airport owns the Dreamlifter building, which is just south of the Boeing Future of Flight Aviation Center on the Mukilteo side of the airport.
The Dreamlifter center opened in 2013. Snohomish County foot the cost for the $30 million facility. But primary operations were moved to Boeing’s South Carolina assembly plant in 2018. The Paine Field facility consists of three stalls for big airplanes, 25,000 square feet of warehouse space, 10,000 square feet of office space and an aviation refueling station.
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