Great News! Southwest Airlines is supposed to be coming to the Greenville Spartanburg International Airport (GSP). The low-fare airline’s arrival will mean an economic boom to the area. The airport manageer said the airline’s arrival at GSP would have a $150 million positive economic effect on the Upstate. The airport is anticipating Southwest’s ticket prices would be about $100 lower than what current carriers charge. The lower Southwest fares, he said, would cause other carriers to lower their ticket prices as well.
Why is this good news to our area? Lower prices would mean more travelers. And more travelers would mean more money spent at and around the airport, as well as more jobs at and around the airport.
Along with the addition of Southwest will come a nearly $100 million renovation to the airport to accommodate more traffic, as well as update the 50-year-old building.
The design phase of the renovation is expected to start in 2011, with the groundbreaking happening in 2012.
Edwards said the design would tear the core terminal down and rebuild it, connecting the two terminals and updating both airport for its environmental impact and customer appeal.
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