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"An aviation maintenance and overhaul firm from the state of Washington said it plans to bring about 600 jobs to the maintenance base at Kansas City International Airport.\u00A0\u00A0 \u00A0Aviation Technical Services, based in Everett, Wash., announced plans Thursday to lease 607,000 square feet at KCI's Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul base. It also plans to invest $57 million in the base.\u00A0\u00A0 \u00A0The Kansas City Star reported the firm expects to hire 540 new employees and 40 contract workers within three to five years. ATS officials said the number of jobs could eventually grow to 1,000.\u00A0\u00A0 \u00A0The KCI plant will service wide-body and narrow-body commercial and military transport jet aircraft. ATS president and CEO Matt Yerbic said it would handle more than 150 aircraft a year when fully operational.\u00A0\u00A0"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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