{"id":7655,"date":"2020-02-28T19:34:12","date_gmt":"2020-02-29T01:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=7655"},"modified":"2020-02-28T19:34:12","modified_gmt":"2020-02-29T01:34:12","slug":"american-airlines-announces-550-million-investment-in-tulsa-maintenance-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=7655","title":{"rendered":"American Airlines Announces $550 Million Investment in Tulsa Maintenance Base"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Facility employs more than 5,500 team members with 600 jobs added in 2019<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hangar-7-and-the-Tulsa-Base.jpg?fit=640%2C361\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hangar-7-and-the-Tulsa-Base.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hangar-7-and-the-Tulsa-Base-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hangar-7-and-the-Tulsa-Base-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Hangar-7-and-the-Tulsa-Base-768x433.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>American Airlines announced today it will invest $550 million at its Base Maintenance facility in Tulsa (Tech Ops \u2013 Tulsa). It is American\u2019s largest Base Maintenance facility and is an integral part of operating the carrier\u2019s fleet of nearly 1,000 mainline aircraft safely and reliably.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tech Ops \u2013 Tulsa is home to more than 5,500 team members \u2014 600 of those positions were added in 2019 \u2014 and conducts nearly half of the airline\u2019s overall maintenance work. The new project includes construction of a new widebody-capable hangar and base support building. The investment also provides for improvements to the existing infrastructure, including roof replacements, utility and IT upgrades, and ramp repairs. This is the largest investment ever made at a maintenance location in American\u2019s history.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This investment underscores American\u2019s long-term commitment to the Tech Ops \u2013 Tulsa team, State of Oklahoma and City of Tulsa by making improvements to ensure success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe American team in Tulsa and around the world is the best in the business when it comes to operating the safest and most reliable fleet of commercial aircraft,\u201d said American\u2019s Chairman and CEO Doug Parker. \u201cTulsa has been core to American\u2019s operation for more than 70 years, and this investment in the base, along with the new positions we added at Tech Ops \u2013 Tulsa in 2019, will ensure our customers can continue to rely on our fleet as the safest and most reliable for decades to come.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new 193,000-square-foot hangar will be able to hold two widebody aircraft \u2014 or up to six narrowbody aircraft \u2014 and will replace two existing hangars that can no longer fully accommodate the size of American\u2019s current aircraft. This will allow team members to continue maintenance work on the more than 900 aircraft that visit the site annually while also adding to the widebody hangar capacity in American\u2019s system. The 132,000-square-foot base support building will include offices for teams in administrative functions for aircraft overhaul, engineering and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1650\" height=\"1275\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Tulsa_Infographic.jpg?fit=640%2C494\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Tulsa_Infographic.jpg 1650w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Tulsa_Infographic-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Tulsa_Infographic-1024x791.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Tulsa_Infographic-768x593.jpg 768w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Tulsa_Infographic-1536x1187.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1650px) 100vw, 1650px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWith this historic investment, American Airlines continues to display their commitment to Oklahoma. As one of the largest employers in our state, American Airlines plays an integral role in our economy and provides quality jobs for our citizens,\u201d Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt said. \u201cI am proud that Oklahoma is one of the top states in the nation for the aviation and aerospace industry, and I am honored to have American Airlines choose Oklahoma, once again, to grow their business.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oklahoma Governor Stitt, City of Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum and Tulsa Regional Chamber President and CEO Mike Neal joined American leadership and nearly 2,000 team members this morning at a ceremony to unveil the project.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis investment marks the largest single capital investment in our city\u2019s history while also reflecting the long-term commitment of American Airlines to Tulsa,\u201d Bynum said. \u201cAs a city, we are grateful that one of the largest employers in our community is a true partner with the kind of foresight that will create more opportunity in the next era of the aerospace sector.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The $550 million investment will take approximately seven years to complete and will involve upgrades to nearly every building. The new hangar and base support building construction is expected to begin in early 2021 and will take approximately 18 months to complete.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf there were any doubts about American&#8217;s long-term commitment to Tulsa, this transformative investment should put them to rest once and for all,\u201d Neal said. \u201cThrough the Chamber-led regional economic development partnership Tulsa\u2019s Future, and in collaboration with the City of Tulsa and State of Oklahoma, we\u2019ve been able to support American\u2019s continued growth in northeast Oklahoma. It\u2019s been a personal privilege to work with American\u2019s leadership team and Tulsa-area employees for more than 14 years, and we at the Chamber look forward to further strengthening this partnership for decades to come.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1320\" height=\"880\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/CEO-Doug-Parker.jpg?fit=640%2C427\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/CEO-Doug-Parker.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/CEO-Doug-Parker-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/CEO-Doug-Parker-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/CEO-Doug-Parker-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1320px) 100vw, 1320px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Click the link below for more info on AA&#8217;s Tulsa Operations! <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/news.aa.com\/news\/news-details\/2020\/American-Airlines-Announces-550-Million-Investment-to-its-Tulsa-Maintenance-Base-OPS-INF\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/news.aa.com\/news\/news-details\/2020\/American-Airlines-Announces-550-Million-Investment-to-its-Tulsa-Maintenance-Base-OPS-INF\/default.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Airlines announced today it will invest $550 million at its Base Maintenance facility in Tulsa (Tech Ops \u2013 Tulsa). It is American\u2019s largest <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10172,4510,10174,797,4813,89,5637,8222,5992,2203,10169,10176,1397,10195,10171,868,10182,1103],"tags":[6610,4911,167,464,420,118,116,3790,160,1002,1318,988,1925,1024,2053,8088,1604,3796,1946,10551,3102,2665,1483,8309,4229,4798,10553,1659,1913,10555,2307,4927,2510,2687,412,7131,7002,3234,3959,5510,10552,8090,10554,5148,8145,10556,3248,3104,3804,3389,1691,1658,7793,10516,3027,3896],"class_list":["post-7655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aerospace","category-aerospace-news","category-airline","category-airline-news","category-airplane-news","category-aviation-news","category-business-news","category-consumer-news","category-economic-news","category-finance-news","category-news","category-stock-news-2","category-stock-news","category-transport","category-transportation","category-transportation-news","category-travel","category-travel-news","tag-added","tag-administrative","tag-aerospace","tag-aircraft","tag-airline","tag-airlines","tag-american","tag-announces","tag-aviation","tag-base","tag-building","tag-business","tag-carrier","tag-ceo","tag-chairman","tag-complete","tag-construction","tag-customers","tag-doug-parker","tag-employs","tag-engineering","tag-facility","tag-fleet","tag-functions","tag-hangar","tag-improvements","tag-includes","tag-infrastructure","tag-investment","tag-it","tag-jobs","tag-mainline","tag-maintenance","tag-members","tag-news","tag-oklahoma","tag-ops","tag-project","tag-ramp","tag-reliable","tag-reliably","tag-repairs","tag-replacements","tag-roof","tag-safely","tag-safest","tag-sector","tag-support","tag-team","tag-tech","tag-transport","tag-transportation","tag-tulsa","tag-upgrades","tag-utility","tag-work"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7655"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7659,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7655\/revisions\/7659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}