United broke ground on a new 140,000-square-foot Ground Service Equipment (GSE) Maintenance Facility at George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) and will open a new Technical Operations Training Center there.

United expects the new $177 million GSE maintenance facility to open in 2027. It will support the airline’s fleet of more than 1,800 ground service vehicles and give United’s Ground Service Equipment maintenance team, comprised of more than 130 employees, even more resources to perform critical tasks like charging batteries, fabricating metal, and monitoring electronic controls with improved infrastructure and modernized workspaces.

A new, $16 million Tech Ops Training Center (TTC) will support the airline’s plan to deliver hundreds of new planes by 2032. The 91,000-square-foot facility includes sheet metal and composite training shops, desktop simulators, and scenario-based engine maintenance and inspection training.

United is the largest airline in Houston, with more than 14,000 employees and more than 500 daily departures.