Southwest Airlines coming to Colorado Springs
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – As 2020 comes to a close the Colorado Springs Airport looks to 2021 as Southwest Airlines announced Thursday their intention to officially serve the people of Colorado Springs. Greg Phillips Director of Aviation at the Springs Airport says this is a huge move for them as Southwest becomes their fifth airline, adding more competition.
“And competition means lower fares. One of the things we hear often from our travelers is they would like to see lower fares at Colorado springs, we agree! So, having Southwest here gives us an opportunity to see that happen,” said Phillips.
We also spoke to people flying out of the Springs Airport, most everyone we spoke with loved the idea of bringing Southwest Airlines to COS.
William Trichell said, “I travel constantly and the more the better. More opportunity the better.”
While Shentell Guy added, “It’s a lot more affordable, they let you check bags for free and I have three kids so it’s expensive to fly usually with the whole family. So if they were here I would totally fly here instead of Denver.”
On top of helping the airport, Dirk Draper President and CEO of the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce & EDC says this will have huge benefits for Colorado Springs economy as well.
“One is opening access to outbound flyers to additional markets, additional flight service. Second, is bringing incoming flights, visitors coming to Southern Colorado and third is the employment benefit of 50 more jobs in the Colorado Springs area.”
Service is anticipated to begin in the first half of 2021. Additional details, including schedules and fares, will be available sometime soon although they do not have an exact date.
