Southwest Airlines, famous for offering peanut snacks on their flights, has weighed in on the proposed pie in the sky single terminal proposal for KCI.
And it's not pretty.
From the Star yesterday, "We're the anchor tenant, so costs are important to us" Executive VP Ron Ricks from Southwest exclaimed. The new terminal proposal would "triple our costs". Yikes. Interestingly, according to Ricks, the airlines have not had a voice in the planning for the future of KCI. Wow. But never fear, the task force established by Mayor James intends invite the airlines "early this winter". If you read the Star article the theory that, If you build it they (the airlines) will come may not be true, especially if gate costs triple. In the meantime passenger counts at KCI have struggled this year, one month surpassing last year's count and then sinking below the next month. Airport mogul Van Loh was not interviewed by the Star for the article.
I flew Southwest late last month, non-stop to Baltimore. The flight allowed me to make a 2PM meeting without having to connect or have an overnight...both cost saving and allowing me to spend a night at home in my own bed. Southwest operates 24 non-stops out of MCI. At risk if costs go up? I hope not because in this instance without that non-stop I would have an extra overnight with the costs...yuck.
The more that comes to light on this deal the uglier it gets...and the promise of a "no tax increase" build loses its luster.
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Sly must be a cut tax and spend spend spend decider
Lets go it alone
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