Construction Complete On New American Airlines Hangar In Tulsa

August 19, 2009 -- The Tulsa World reports construction is complete on American Airlines' new $9.8 million, 81,400-square-foot, widebody aircraft hangar at Tulsa International Airport.

Mechanics are expected to begin maintaining, repairing and overhauling airplanes in the fabric-covered hangar by November.

"We're going to have two (Boeing) 757 MAUI lines in the new hangar by the end of the year," Carmine Romano, American's Senior Vice President of Maintenance and Engineering, tells the World. "It gives us two bays for widebodies that we would not otherwise be able to do in Tulsa and (facilities for) close to 200 people, including production supervisors."

The hangar is the first constructed in the airport's North Development Area, which is connected to American's main facilities by a series of taxiways, according to the World.