{"id":7236,"date":"2020-01-08T20:19:50","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T02:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=7236"},"modified":"2020-01-08T20:19:50","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T02:19:50","slug":"southwest-airlines-opens-its-largest-hangar-facility-at-william-p-hobby-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=7236","title":{"rendered":"Southwest Airlines Opens Its Largest Hangar Facility at William P. Hobby Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>$125 Million\u00a0Maintenance facility showcases commitment to Houston through new infrastructure investment to support long-term growth for Southwest<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"691\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/preview-768x432-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/preview-768x432-2.jpg 691w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/preview-768x432-2-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><figcaption>Southwest Airlines opens new hangar facility at William P. Hobby Airport in Houston<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>DALLAS,\u00a0Jan. 8, 2020\u00a0\/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0Southwest Airlines Co.\u00a0(NYSE: <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/LUV?p=LUV&amp;.tsrc=fin-srch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"LUV (opens in a new tab)\">LUV<\/a>) today officially opened a new maintenance facility at William P. Hobby International Airport, highlighting the importance\u00a0Houston\u00a0holds for the nation&#8217;s largest domestic airline* and underscoring its commitment to Safety while investing in the Bayou City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 240,000 square foot maintenance complex, now the largest in the airline&#8217;s network, includes offices, training facilities, warehouse space, and a 140,000 square foot hangar. This allows for the nearly 400 Houston based Technical Operations Employees to work simultaneously on up to six 737 aircraft indoors and has space for an additional eight aircraft outside the hangar bays. It replaces Southwest&#8217;s smaller Technical Operations facility at Hobby Airport, which opened in 1988.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This state-of-the-art hangar will support our Technical Operations Team&#8217;s unwavering commitment to Safety and maintaining our fleet to the highest standards,&#8221; said\u00a0Gary Kelly, Southwest Airlines Chairman and CEO. &#8220;I&#8217;m very proud of our hundreds of Technical Operations Employees in\u00a0Houston\u00a0for the work they do every day to support our growing operation from\u00a0Houston&#8217;s\u00a0Hobby Airport, which includes almost 200 departures per day during peak seasons to nearly 70 destinations across\u00a0the United States,\u00a0Latin America, and the\u00a0Caribbean.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"691\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/preview-768x432-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/preview-768x432-3.jpg 691w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/preview-768x432-3-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><figcaption>A Boeing 737 sits inside Southwest\u2019s new hangar at William P. Hobby Airport in Houston<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We thank Southwest Airlines for its nearly 50-year partnership and commitment to the&nbsp;Houston&nbsp;community,&#8221; Mayor&nbsp;Sylvester Turner&nbsp;said. &#8220;Between the direct employment of 5,000 local residents, continued growth in flight activity, and this investment in infrastructure, the airline represents&nbsp;$3 billion&nbsp;in economic impact for&nbsp;Houston&nbsp;each year, and that&#8217;s something that makes us proud and thankful.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Having similar values allowed McCarthy Building Companies and Southwest Airlines to form an integrated team to address the many entities and hurdles involved with constructing such a high profile project at a major airport.&nbsp;This was instrumental in the success of this project and the teams&#8217; ability to deliver it on time,&#8221; said&nbsp;Jim Stevenson, McCarthy&#8217;s Houston Division President. &#8220;We are proud of our partnership with Southwest and pleased to be part of this important maintenance hangar project that will have such a high impact on its operations.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The airline is currently investing in aircraft maintenance build-outs at&nbsp;Baltimore\/Washington&nbsp;International Airport and&nbsp;Denver&nbsp;International Airport, as well as an expansion of its maintenance facility at&nbsp;Phoenix&#8217;s&nbsp;Sky Harbor International Airport. Including the projects in&nbsp;Denver&nbsp;and&nbsp;Baltimore, the airline expects to have eight maintenance hangars throughout&nbsp;the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Broadcast-quality photos and videos are available for download at the carrier&#8217;s online newsroom,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2686164-1&amp;h=111181751&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.swamedia.com%2Fhoustonhangar&amp;a=swamedia.com%2Fhoustonhangar\">swamedia.com\/houstonhangar<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"690\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/preview-768x432-3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/preview-768x432-3-1.jpg 690w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/preview-768x432-3-1-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><figcaption>(Left to Right: Mario Diaz, Director, Houston Airport System, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, Gary Kelly, Southwest Airlines Chairman and CEO, Original Houston Technical Operations Employees Brad Shelton, Paul Mould, B.J. 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