Southwest Airlines and isolved open Hyderabad centres

Hyderabad Stories published this report on 11 October 2026 as part of a review of May 2026. It was drafted with AI assistance from the reports listed at the end, each read in full; quotations are as those reports printed them. Photo above — File photo: the Financial District skyline, Hyderabad.

Two American companies opened Hyderabad centres in the same week of May 2026.

Southwest Airlines

On Wednesday, 20 May, Southwest Airlines inaugurated its Global Innovation Centre at the Argus building in Sattva Knowledge City, Gachibowli. IT and Industries Minister D. Sridhar Babu said the decision reflected global technology companies' confidence in Telangana's infrastructure, governance and talent.

isolved

US-based isolved, which provides human-capital-management software to more than 200,000 employers covering nearly 9 million employees, opened a 28,000 sq ft office at 23 Nordwest. The centre covers product engineering, AI capabilities, platform delivery and back-office operations including payroll and tax processing, and the company plans to hire 400 people in India by the end of 2027. "Hyderabad gives us the depth of talent and capability to accelerate product development," chief operating officer Pragya Gupta said.

Sources

• Southwest Airlines opens Global Innovation Centre in Hyderabad — UNI, 20 May 2026
• isolved expands India operations with new Hyderabad office — UNI, 20 May 2026