Private aviation company Jet Linx Aviation broke ground on a new airline terminal expected to be complete by summer 2022 on the grounds of Eppley Airfield.

Jet Linx is a locally focused private jet company founded in Omaha in 1999. The existing Jet Linx Omaha facility opened in 2004 as the company’s first local private terminal.

“It is an incredible milestone to be breaking ground and constructing a brand-new private terminal location, just steps from where we chose to launch our first local private terminal 17 years ago,” Jet Linx President and CEO Jamie Walker said. “We look forward to continuing to deliver the highest level of customer service possible and further elevating the private travel experience for the Omaha-area community from this new private terminal facility.”

Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert spoke glowingly of Jet Linx and their growth.

“It’s a great achievement today for a locally owned business to grow into a well-respected company,” Stothert said. “Your core values, which are integrity, dedication, enthusiasm, compassion and selflessness are evident to your customers and also to your success.”

Omaha restaurant entrepreneur, founder of Godfather’s Pizza and Omaha Airport Authority Board member Willy Theisen gave a practical, real-life scenario of the benefits of private aviation.

“I hold this day very, very important in my heart for the Walker family and all the employees, but for the concept,” Theisen said. “I’ve owned planes before, and this type of arrangement was not available. I had to go to Lacrosse, Wichita, Oklahoma City and back home at night opening Godfather’s Pizza stores. I went to all of them. We opened 900 stores. We opened 450 between ’77 and ’79. I personally flew 600 hours a year, so without general aviation I would not have made it.”

Slated to debut in June 2022, the standalone facility will be constructed just west of the current Jet Linx facility on Amelia Earhart Drive. The new aero-complex, designed in partnership with engineering, architecture, environmental and construction company HDR, will span 70,000 square feet and encompass a 10,000 square-foot private terminal with numerous seating areas, a private meeting room, executive lounge and fully stocked kitchenette and bar, in addition to a 60,000 square-foot hangar.

 The Omaha announcement follows the company’s announcement that Jet Linx Miami, its 20th location and first in Florida, is expected to open in early Fall 2021. Jet Linx also recently welcomed Jet Linx Minneapolis as its 19th location and is celebrating a new private terminal in San Antonio, a market they have served since 2011. Jet Linx plans to pursue additional enhancements to current private terminals in Scottsdale, Arizona and Dallas this year, and open additional new private terminal locations by 2022.