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Alaska Airlines Opens $200M Training Center in Washington
Alaska Air Group has opened a new 660,000-square-foot Global Training Center in Renton, Washington.
The facility will help the airline consolidate training for Alaska and Hawaiian frontline workgroups. The company invested more than $200 million in the facility, which includes full-motion simulators, mock bays, VR rooms and employee amenities. The center supports pilot, flight attendant and customer agent training, adds capacity with 10 full-motion simulators and 89 classrooms, and complements existing Honolulu training facilities.
The facility features 34 conference rooms and a 140-seater auditorium on an eight-acre campus. “This is the first time in our nearly 95-year history that employees across frontline workgroups will train under the same roof,” said Alaska Airlines Chief Operating Officer Jason Berry.
The site, which is just a few miles from Alaska Airlines’ headquarters, was previously owned by Boeing and built specifically for aviation training. Alaska Air Group purchased the property from Unico Properties in 2024.
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