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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nEnvoy provides regional flight service to American Airlines\nunder the American Eagle brand and ground handling services for many American\nAirlines Group flights. The company was founded in 1998 as American Eagle\nAirlines, Inc., following the merger of several smaller regional carriers to\ncreate one of the largest regional airlines in the world. Envoy is\nheadquartered in Irving, Texas, with hubs in Dallas\/Fort Worth, Chicago, New\nYork and Miami, with a ground handling operation in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
American Airlines has been flying commercial air service\nsince 1936 and transporting passengers to and from Springfield since 1946. In\nrecent years American has grown to become the largest airline in Springfield.\nIn 2019 it flew 41% of total passengers with daily service to Chicago,\nDallas\/Fort Worth and Charlotte. Envoy has maintained smaller aircraft from a\nhangar in the general aviation area since 2004 but that hangar cannot\naccommodate the larger aircraft being flown more in the Springfield market. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The installation, which will be owned by the airport and\nleased to Envoy, will allow Envoy to service more modern Embraer E-175 aircraft\nthat hold 76 passengers. It will have space to house three aircraft inside,\nwith additional room for more aircraft outside, dedicated areas for parts\nstorage, training, employee parking and administration. While this expansion\nproject has been in development for more than a year, current circumstances\nhave only increased the need for these particular aircraft. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe new facility will allow scheduled overnight maintenance\nfor up to three E-175 aircraft and provide line maintenance for the daily\nAmerican Eagle service from Springfield to American\u2019s hubs in Charlotte,\nDallas\/Fort Worth and Chicago,\u201d said Jay Murray, Vice President of Maintenance\nat Envoy. \u201cIt will be staffed by Envoy\nemployees, including Mechanics, Inventory Control Clerks, Management and\nSupport personnel. We thank state and local officials at the\nSpringfield-Branson National Airport, the airport Board of Directors, and the\nChamber of Commerce for their continuous efforts and partnership. This new\nfacility will continue to support our operation and help create new jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nSpringfield-Branson National Airport leaders have worked for\nmany years to build relationships with corporate real estate leaders at\nAmerican, laying the foundation for this project. Talks about this specific\nexpansion began in summer 2019 and have continued throughout the pandemic\nthanks to the efforts of airport leaders and Springfield\u2019s Partnership for\nEconomic Development, which includes the Chamber and SBDC, City of Springfield,\nCity Utilities and Greene County. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis was a team effort and we are excited these\nnext-generation aircraft will be maintained and operated in Springfield for decades\nto come,\u201d said airport director Brian Weiler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chamber economic development staff worked with American to\naccess statewide incentives, including Missouri Works and Missouri One Start\nCustomized Training to help meet the airline\u2019s specific needs for this\nfacility. In addition to creating new jobs and investment, this expansion\ndemonstrates American\u2019s commitment to ongoing air service in the Springfield\nregion. The project will also benefit Missouri as a whole with new jobs that\nwill attract and retain talent from aviation training programs around the\nstate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019re excited to see Envoy Air grow and expand in the\nSpringfield region,\u201d Governor Mike Parson said. \u201cThese new jobs and investment\nare great news for the state of Missouri that will help reinforce our\nconnectedness to neighboring states and the entire country.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Aviation industry leader Envoy Air Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of American Airlines Group, has announced plans to expand its aircraft maintenance operations in Springfield by moving into a new and bigger facility at the Springfield-Branson National Airport. This expansion will allow Envoy to maintain more modern aircraft, which will create more jobs in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17626,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-missouri"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Envoy-Springfield-Branson.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17625"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17629,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17625\/revisions\/17629"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}