Alaska Airlines has marked the ceremonial ground-breaking of a new maintenance hangar in Portland, Oregon. Following final permitting approvals, the facility will be built next to the airline’s existing Horizon Air operations centre and maintenance hangar at Portland International Airport (PDX).
The project will add around 125,000 ft² of indoor aircraft maintenance space for the mainline fleets of Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines. A further 60,000 ft² will house offices, engine, machine and sheet metal workshops, alongside support facilities. Once completed, the hangar will enable maintenance teams to work on up to three narrow-body aircraft or two wide-body aircraft simultaneously. This will help return grounded aircraft to service more quickly while easing demand on Alaska’s primary maintenance bases in Seattle and other hubs.
The investment underlines Alaska Airlines’ long-term commitment to Portland and the nearly 3,000 Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and Horizon Air employees based in the region. The facility is expected to create more than 100 highly skilled roles for maintenance technicians, engineers and service professionals.
Alaska Airlines has served Portland since 1979 and remains the city’s largest carrier, operating more than 130 daily departures this summer. The new hangar further strengthens the airline’s recent investment programme at PDX.
