Southwest Airlines’ decision to build a new 240,000 square foot facility at Houston Hobby Airport was driven by greater maintenance capacity requirements for its Boeing 737 fleet. The Dallas-headquartered airline, which currently operates more than 700 of the aircraft type in addition to an order backlog of more than 200 737 MAX aircraft, announced its plans for the new facility on Jan. 5 to replace its maintenance location in the Texan city. “Our existing facilities were built ...
