{"id":8331,"date":"2017-03-11T19:05:48","date_gmt":"2017-03-11T19:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=8331"},"modified":"2017-03-11T19:06:56","modified_gmt":"2017-03-11T19:06:56","slug":"southwest-airlines-announces-major-investment-in-phx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/arizona\/southwest-airlines-announces-major-investment-in-phx\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Southwest Airlines Announces Major Investment in PHX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-8332 size-large\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/PHXfromEast-Southwest_390edit-1024x629.jpg\" alt=\"PHXfromEast-Southwest_390edit\" width=\"648\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PHXfromEast-Southwest_390edit-1024x629.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PHXfromEast-Southwest_390edit-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PHXfromEast-Southwest_390edit.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/>Southwest Airlines recently announced that it will increase its presence at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport over the coming years. Accompanied by Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton, Southwest\u2019s President Tom Nealon told a gathering of the PHX Aero Club that the airline has committed to occupying a future eight-gate concourse at Terminal 4. The concourse, which will be the eighth and final concourse at Terminal 4, is scheduled to open in 2021. Southwest, one of Sky Harbor\u2019s two largest carriers, currently occupies three concourses at Terminal 4.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve never wavered in our commitment to serving Phoenix\u2019s travelers,\u201d said Tom Nealon, Southwest Airlines President. Our customers tell us they love the hospitality they receive at Sky Harbor and we\u2019re looking forward to welcoming them into our new space when the new concourse opens in just a few short years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nealon also announced today that Southwest is investing more than $40 million to expand the carrier\u2019s maintenance facility at Phoenix Sky Harbor. Southwest is adding a hangar and doubling the number of maintenance bays from two to four at the Phoenix facility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSouthwest Airlines has always been a vital partner for Phoenix, and their continued investment in Sky Harbor and commitment to this market demonstrates how important we are to them,\u201d said Mayor Greg Stanton.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPhoenix Sky Harbor is prepared for additional growth to serve this community,\u201d said Phoenix City Councilwoman, Kate Gallego, District 8. \u201cWe are so pleased to have such a strong partner in Southwest Airlines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s announcement by Southwest Airlines, our longtime partner and one of our largest carriers, validates the investment the City of Phoenix has made in Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport,\u201d said District 5 Councilman Daniel Valenzuela, Chair of the Downtown, Aviation, Economy and Innovation Subcommittee. \u201cPhoenix Sky Harbor is more than one of the busiest airports in the nation, it is also a fierce economic driver not only in the City of Phoenix but also for the entire region and the state, providing a return on investment with a total economic impact of nearly $30 billion, and supporting over 240,000 regional jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Southwest Airlines recently announced that it will increase its presence at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport over the coming years. Accompanied by Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton, Southwest\u2019s President Tom Nealon told a gathering of the PHX Aero Club that the airline has committed to occupying a future eight-gate concourse at Terminal 4. The concourse, which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8332,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,116],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arizona","category-front-page-slider"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PHXfromEast-Southwest_390edit.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8331"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8334,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8331\/revisions\/8334"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}