United Airlines Will Spend $100 million to Expand Pilot Training Center Amid Pilot Shortage

United Airlines is expanding its Flight Training Center in Denver, Colorado, to support its efforts of hiring 10,000 pilots by 2030.

Michael Wildes

Thursday, June 02, 2022 at 05:17 PM ET

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United expects to add more than 2,000 new pilots in 2022. [Courtesy: United Airlines]

Key Takeaways:

United Airlines is investing approximately $100 million to expand its Denver Flight Training Center with a new four-story building, expected to be completed by the end of 2023.
This expansion is crucial for the airline's goal of hiring 10,000 pilots by 2030 and addressing the worsening pilot shortage across the industry.
The new facility will add 12 advanced flight simulators, bringing the center's total to 52 full-motion simulators, alongside new training classrooms and offices.

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United Airlines is expanding its Flight Training Center in Denver to support its efforts of hiring 10,000 pilots by 2030. The company said it would add a new four-story building on the 23-acre campus in Denver’s Central Park neighborhood to house 12 additional advanced flight simulators, training classrooms, conference rooms, and offices. It is expected to be completed by the end of 2023 and will cost approximately $100 million.

Executives from the airline were joined by Denver’s mayor, Michael Hancock, and Phillip Washington, CEO of Denver International Airport (KDEN), at a groundbreaking event to kick off the expansion project that is expected to complete before the end of 2023. Meanwhile, United was represented by executives Marc Champion, the managing director of the Flight Training Center; Toby Enqvist, United’s executive vice president and chief customer officer; and Matt Miller, United’s vice president of airport operations in Denver.