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BY WESLEY GARDNER
United Airlines o cials held a groundbreaking ceremony March 25 for the airline’s upcoming $177 million, 140,000-square-foot Ground Service Equipment Maintenance Facility at George Bush Intercontinental Airport. The details According to a March 25 news release, the facility will support the airline’s eet of more than 1,800 ground service vehicles at IAH, which includes the vehicles and tools that are used to support airplanes when they’re on the ground. Additionally, o cials celebrated the opening of United Airlines’ $16 million, 91,000-square- foot Technical Operations Training Center on Work begins on United Airlines maintenance facility
March 25. The facility includes sheet metal and composite training shops, desktop simulators and scenario-based engine maintenance, and inspection training spaces. “With these new facilities ... we are enhancing our ability to maintain a world-class eet while empowering our employees with cutting-edge tools and training,” Phil Gri th, vice president of airport operations for United Airlines’s Houston hub, said in a statement. A closer look Paul Joklik, managing director of Ground Service Equipment and Facilities for United Airlines, said the maintenance facility will provide additional resources for crews to perform tasks, including charging batteries, fabricating metal, and monitoring electronic controls with improved infrastructure and modernized workspaces. United Airlines o cials said the new mainte- nance facility is expected to open in 2027. The facility is expected to create 4,000 construction jobs, per the release.
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“This investment re ects our long- term vision for Houston as a critical hub for United’s operations and our commitment to sustainability, e ciency and growth.” PHIL GRIFFITH, VICE PRESIDENT OF AIRPORT OPERATIONS, UNITED AIRLINES’S HOUSTON HUB
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