Airline To Add Tempe Center

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Airline to add Tempe center
750 employees will work at site

Jonathan J. Higuera
The Arizona Republic
Oct. 28, 2005 12:00 AM

A month after the official merger between US Airways and America West Airlines, the airline has announced that promised new jobs will begin moving into the Valley in April.

US Airways said Thursday that it plans to open an operations center in Tempe, which will house about 750 employees, a combination of US Airways employees accepting relocation offers and new local hires.

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[BottomFeeder]

Airline to add Tempe center
750 employees will work at site

Jonathan J. Higuera
The Arizona Republic
Oct. 28, 2005 12:00 AM

A month after the official merger between US Airways and America West Airlines, the airline has announced that promised new jobs will begin moving into the Valley in April.

US Airways said Thursday that it plans to open an operations center in Tempe, which will house about 750 employees, a combination of US Airways employees accepting relocation offers and new local hires.

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Wow, that is quicker than the 2 or 3 years that has been mentioned around the rumor mill.

Wishing the best to all the US East ops folks.

 

[MarkMyWords]

That is not the Ops Center as in OCC that is moving. That is yet to be determined.

 

[UWCactus]

That is not the Ops Center as in OCC that is moving. That is yet to be determined.

US AIRWAYS SIGNS LEASE TO EXPAND IN TEMPE
US Airways has signed a lease agreement for 148,000 square feet at Rio West Business Park (west of CHQ on Rio Salado Parkway) to house select groups of employees in Tempe. An estimated 750 employees are expected to move into the new facilities, including customer relations and other support departments. Plans call for an April 2006 move-in.

To clarify, a Friday report in the Arizona Republic described the new space as being an “operations center.†The reporter’s use of the word “operations†differs from an airline’s use, in which “operations†includes SOC, OCC, dispatch, etc. The new space is earmarked for the various support departments; however, no decision has been made regarding the combined operations center’s location. Currently, operations has an “East†presence in Pittsburgh and a “West†presence in Tempe.