United Airlines recently invested $16 million to open a 20,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art Inflight Training Center in Fairfax County, Virginia, located nearby the airline’s hub at Washington Dulles International Airport. The center should open in 2025, with construction currently underway.

The facility will train up to 650 United flight attendants monthly, focusing on both safety and service. Classrooms, cabin and door trainers, and mock fuselage will be available at the center, which will be the training home for flight attendants out of IAD, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.

“At United, we have the industry’s best flight attendants, and we’re thrilled to be opening a new best-in-class facility in support of their ongoing training right in the backyard of our Washington Dulles hub,” said John Slater, senior vice president of Inflight Services, United Airlines. “This new training center is yet another step in our long-term investment in our people and our commitment to growth here in the Greater Washington region.”

This opening follows last year’s expansion and renovation of United’s global inflight training center in Houston.

“I want to thank and congratulate United for choosing Fairfax County as the location for this world-class training facility. Not only will this be beneficial to the growing regional flight attendant workforce but for the overall growth of air travel to and from the Greater Washington region,” said Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Jeffrey C. McKay. “The national and global connectivity that United provides with its more than 250 daily flights from the Washington Dulles International Airport is vital to our local and regional economic vitality.”