United Airlines recently opened a new $352 million technical operations center at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) that is bringing significant efficiencies to its operation. On top of that, it should receive the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Silver certification in the next few months.Although United and Continental Airlines completed their merger in 2010, the tech ops vestiges of the two at LAX really did not merge until this new facility opened on Nov. 11,2021.The former East and West facilities were more than 1 mi. apart, so after the merger, moving parts and people between them was very inefficient.
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