United Airlines Extends Lease on Maintenance Operations Center at San Francisco International Airport

SAN FRANCISCO, March 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — United Airlines and the San Francisco Airport Commission have signed a 10-year lease extension on the airline’s Maintenance Operations Center at San Francisco International Airport, United’s largest maintenance facility.

“The lease extension on our San Francisco Maintenance Operations Center benefits our people, our customers and the Bay Area,” said Greg Hart, United’s senior vice president of technical operations. “United’s investment underscores our commitment to San Francisco, the Maintenance Operations Center and its role in supporting the industry’s premier trans-Pacific hub.”

United has extensive maintenance facilities at its hubs in Chicago, Denver, Houston, San Francisco and Los Angeles and is currently constructing new widebody hangars at Newark Liberty International Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport. The airline anticipates completing construction on both by year end.

Maintenance Operations Center

United’s 130-acre San Francisco Maintenance Operations Center employs nearly 3,500 maintenance professionals who maintain airframes, engines and components and perform significant cabin modifications on aircraft.

In May, United maintenance technicians at the facility will complete the final modification in a three-year process that involved outfitting dozens of the airline’s Boeing 777 aircraft with all-new United Global First and United BusinessFirst cabins.

Technicians are currently installing satellite-based Wi-Fi on domestic and international widebody aircraft, with the first equipped aircraft having entered service in January.