United Airlines’ Denver flight training centre expansion taking off

Between all the construction activity and almost nonstop flight simulations, United Airlines’ Flight Training Centre in Denver is a particularly busy place these days. The airline is nearing the halfway mark of a US$40m project to consolidate its global pilot training operations in the Mile High City, transforming its 1960s Stapleton campus into a modern facility that can handle the training needs of all 12,500 United pilots worldwide. Denver beat out Houston and Chicago to win the consolidated flight training centre last year. By the time the consolidation is complete at the end of 2017, United will have nearly doubled the number of flight simulators it has in Denver to 32 — including modules for the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner and Airbus A350 — without adding a single square foot to its building footprint. <br/>