United Airlines Breaks Ground on Technical Ops Center at Bush

HUMBLE, TX -- United Airlines, the city and the Houston Airport System have announced the
ground breaking of a $162 million technical operations center at George Bush Intercontinental Airport.

The project, which is expected to be completed in 2018, is part of United Airlines facilities expansion at the Houston hub, and is being done in partnership with the City of Houston and the Houston Airport System.

"With flights from Houston to destinations around the globe, this new facility and the employees who work here will provide critical support to our worldwide operations," Greg Hart, United's, executive vice
president and chief operations officer said in a statement. "This significant investment in our Houston facilities will enable us to support more aircraft than ever before in Houston and allow us to return them to
serving our customers more quickly, while providing a workplace that our people can take pride in."

Once it is completed, the new 200,000-square foot facility will provide needed spaces for widebody aircraft, including Boeing 767s, 777s, 787s, Airbus A350s, and provide an improved work environment with better

ergonomics, safety and efficiency for United's maintenance technicians and support personnel.

The new center will have a new warehouse distribution center, a technical
service building and administrative offices, and will consolidate United's Houston maintenance facilities, placing engineers in the hangars adjacent to technicians and aircraft for optimal efficiency. In addition, the expanded facilities will generate approximately 200 new jobs.

"Once again, our strong partnership with United Airlines brings us to the beginning of another important project here at George Bush Intercontinental Airport. From work to build not one, but two new
terminals, to now this new facility, United and the City of Houston prove that public-private partnerships benefit everyone involved," Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said in a statement. "United recognizes the fact that Houston is a tremendous place to do business and they understand that this community embraces them and wants to see them succeed."