Southwest Airlines Opens New Technical Operations Hangar facility at Denver

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Southwest Airlines celebrated Thursday the completion of a major infrastructure investment with the opening of a new Technical Operations complex at Denver International Airport. The nearly three-year, $100 million, 130,000 square foot project includes a large aircraft maintenance hangar and room for offices, training, and warehousing to support the carrier’s Technical Operations Team.

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“As we continue to grow and welcome more Customers at Denver International Airport, we’re laser-focused on the work that happens behind-the-scenes that enables us to provide a great Customer experience,” said Mike Van de Ven, Southwest Airlines’ President & Chief Operating Officer. “This new hangar facility is a critical investment that supports our commitment to maintaining a safe, reliable fleet so we can connect our Denver Customers to the people and the places that matter most in their lives.”

The new hangar adds an important location within Southwest’s network to support scheduled, overnight maintenance of its fleet of nearly 730 Boeing 737 aircraft.

The facility includes:

A 130,000 square-foot hangar with offices, a training area, warehouse space, and maintenance shops;
Space inside the hangar for three Boeing 737s and room for eight additional 737s outdoors;
And serves as the new home for Southwest’s more than 100 Denver-based Technical Operations Employees.

The Technical Operations Team will begin moving into the facility in the coming weeks. The hangar joins six other Southwest Airlines® aircraft maintenance hangars located throughout the country including Atlanta, Chicago (Midway), Dallas (Love Field), Houston (Hobby), Orlando, and Phoenix.