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Colorado Springs Airport passenger traffic falls to 37-year low in 2020
Passenger numbers on outgoing flights at the Colorado Springs Airport last year fell to a 37-year low, but a rebound is expected this year with the arrival in March of Southwest Airlines and expansion by other carriers. The 363,845 passengers leaving the airport in 2020 was down 56.7% from 2019 and the lowest annual total…
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United resuming Colorado Springs flights to LA, adding others
United Airlines next month will resume daily service between Colorado Springs and Los Angeles and add local flights to Denver and Houston, Colorado Springs Airport officials announced Friday. The Chicago area-based carrier suspended the Los Angeles service and reduced flights to the other two cities in late March after nearly all states imposed stay-at-home orders…
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Loss of U.S. Space Command a ‘missed opportunity’ for Colorado Springs; what next?
John Suthers has plenty of economic development wins as mayor — a massive Amazon distribution center and Southwest Airlines expanding to Colorado Springs to name two — but he called the loss of the U.S. Space Command to Huntsville, Ala., his biggest setback. “We haven’t had a whole lot of economic development bad news, but…
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Even without pandemic, 2020 was a hectic year in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As government leaders, health officials, and frontline and essential workers navigated what a “new normal” would look like for Coloradans amid the pandemic, 2020 was nevertheless a hectic year of growth in Colorado. Despite new public health restrictions that limited or halted some operations completely,…
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Even without pandemic, 2020 was a hectic year in Colorado
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As government leaders, health officials, and frontline and essential workers navigated what a “new normal” would look like for Coloradans amid the pandemic, 2020 was nevertheless a hectic year of growth in Colorado. Despite new public health restrictions that limited or halted some operations completely, this year Colorado Springs and the Pikes Peak region saw…
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BUSINESS | Southwest Airlines comes to Colorado Springs
Greg Phillips, aviation director for the city of Colorado Springs, and Lexi Muller, community outreach lead for regional partnerships for Southwest Airlines in Colorado, discuss Southwest plans to begin 13 flights March 11 from Colorado Springs to Chicago’s Midway International Airport, Dallas Love Field Airport Denver International Airport, Las Vegas and Phoenix. (Video by Wayne…