SHREVEPORT, La. – SkyWest Airlines, the nation’s largest regional airline carrier, has selected Shreveport Regional Airport as its newest maintenance base and facility to help support its fleet of nearly 500 regional aircraft.
The SkyWest facility is expected to create 150 direct new jobs with an average annual salary of $70,000 – about 27% above the parish average wage. Louisiana Economic Development estimates the project will result in 375 indirect new jobs, bringing a potential 525 new jobs in the Northwest Region.
“SkyWest’s decision to locate a maintenance facility here represents the whole of government approach we have been taking during my administration, rallying state and local stakeholders to put local economies first,” Governor Jeff Landry said. “I want to thank SkyWest for recognizing the skilled workforce we have built in Louisiana, and I want to thank all of the entities that came together to make this project possible.”
The SkyWest project aligns with Louisiana Economic Development’s strategic plan, which names aerospace and logistics as two priority sectors due to Louisiana’s long history as an aerospace leader, having established NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans in the 1970s. The state continues to have competitive advantages in the sector, with a skilled workforce, supply chain access through five of the nation’s 20 largest ports and a lower cost of doing business.
“With its long history of excellence and high-impact job opportunities, SkyWest is exactly the type of company identified in our strategic plan that will help Louisiana build the most robust, innovative and dynamic economy in the Southeast,” LED Secretary Susan B. Bourgeois said. “More than 8,000 Louisianans work in the aerospace and defense industry, and we are proud to add another company to our state’s portfolio that is demonstrating so much potential for growth.”
SkyWest’s Shreveport hangar will become SkyWest’s 13th maintenance base, and the airline expects the base will be operational in the second half of 2025.
“We’re excited to select Shreveport Regional Airport as our newest maintenance base,” said Joe Sigg, SkyWest’s Vice President of Maintenance. We appreciate the welcome from the local community and the state of Louisiana and look forward to growing our team of skilled technicians to maintain the industry’s premier fleet of regional aircraft.”
To win the project in Caddo Parish, LED offered SkyWest a competitive incentives package, including the comprehensive workforce development solutions of FastStart; a $750,000 performance-based grant using matching funds from LED, Caddo Parish and the Caddo Parish Industrial Development Board and an up to $200,000 energy efficiency grant by AEP SWEPCO.
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