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Title
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Overhaul Base Sees End of Era
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Description
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Article reports on the announcement by American Airlines that they will shut down the 7-million-square-foot maintenance complex at KCI. TWA opened the facility in 1956 and employed as many as 5,200 workers. Less than 500 workers are currently at the base.
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Date
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2009-10-29
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Time Runs Out For Base
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Description
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After five decades of service, the American Airlines overhaul facility located at Kansas City International Airport will shut down. Since acquiring TWA in 2001, American Airlines has slowly been decreasing its workforce. Two-hundred of the 400 union workers who were employed at the base will transfer to other bases and the rest are expected to retire.
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Date
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2010-09-24
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
