{"id":20381,"date":"2021-12-19T22:28:11","date_gmt":"2021-12-19T22:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=20381"},"modified":"2021-12-19T22:28:58","modified_gmt":"2021-12-19T22:28:58","slug":"springfield-airport-and-american-airlines-open-new-hangar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/missouri\/springfield-airport-and-american-airlines-open-new-hangar\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Springfield Airport and American Airlines Open New Hangar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A new aircraft maintenance hangar officially opened December\n14 at the Springfield-Branson National Airport. It will be used by Envoy Air, a\nwholly owned subsidiary of American Airlines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Envoy has had an aircraft maintenance operation in\nSpringfield since the late 1990s but has outgrown its current maintenance\nhangar. To make sure that the facility stays in Springfield, along with its 75\nquality jobs, the airport built a larger hangar for approximately $11 million.\nEnvoy has agreed to lease it for 20 years, with two, 5-year renewal options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cEnvoy will maintain modern, bigger aircraft here and that\nhelps keep jobs in Springfield. There\u2019s also the potential for additional jobs\nand improvements to Springfield air service,\u201d says Brian Weiler, the airport\u2019s\ndirector of aviation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis new hangar is a result of the vision by airport\nleaders, the city of Springfield, and the chamber of commerce,\u201d says Dale\nMorris, Government Affairs, American Airlines. \u201cThat vision has been the main\npillar of this project. It\u2019s also a testament to the commitment from those who\ndedicated their talents to join American and Envoy on this journey. This new\nfacility reinforces our joint efforts to provide a safe and reliable operation\nthat will benefit our customers, team members and the city of Springfield.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The airport and the airline began talking about building a\nnew maintenance hangar several years ago. The effort picked up steam in 2019\nbut was nearly scrapped due to pandemic uncertainty. The facility was\nultimately determined to still be needed and the airport board, city council,\nSpringfield Chamber of Commerce, and the Missouri Department of Economic\nDevelopment worked together with American to push it forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe strongly value our long partnership with American and\nEnvoy,\u201d says Weiler. \u201cWe\u2019re proud to partner with them to complete this\nproject, which guarantees their jets will be maintained in Springfield for\nyears to come.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The new maintenance hangar has 60,000 square feet and is\ndesigned to hold up to three Embraer E175 aircraft. In the jargon of the\nindustry the facility is called an \u201cMRO.\u201d That stands for maintenance, repair\nand overhaul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The need for this new MRO hangar was driven by Envoy\u2019s\ntransition to bigger jets. The jets the airline have been servicing in\nSpringfield generally have 50 seats (the Embraer ERJ145). The bigger jets\n(Embraer E175) have 76 seats. The bigger jets are too big to fit in the old\nmaintenance hangar which has 22,500 square feet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new aircraft maintenance hangar officially opened December 14 at the Springfield-Branson National Airport. It will be used by Envoy Air, a wholly owned subsidiary of American Airlines. Envoy has had an aircraft maintenance operation in Springfield since the late 1990s but has outgrown its current maintenance hangar. To make sure that the facility stays […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20382,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-front-page-slider","category-missouri"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/SGF_Envoy_ribboncutting1-002-edit.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20381","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=20381"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20384,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20381\/revisions\/20384"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}