Opinion: Long-overdue plans to make a $2.5 billion investment in redesigning the city’s airport finally are coming off the drawing board.
that will open in 2025. Click on the two previous links for Contributing Senior Reporter Shari Biediger’s coverage to read about both projects in far greater detail.
A future mayor will cut the ribbon five years from now if the project stays on schedule. Meanwhile, readers will see and hear a lot more of Jesus Saenz, the city’s director of airports, in the coming years as the city moves from design, winning federal approvals and negotiating contracts with the airlines to actual construction.
Austin’s city and business leaders deserve credit for implementing their airport expansion vision ahead of San Antonio, but the underlying force driving that vision was the city’s rapidly growing economy, tech-heavy jobs base and the need for more flights to more destinations to service Austin’s global business connections and its population’s disposable income for leisure travel.
Attracting more skilled, well-paid young professionals to move here, and building a better-educated workforce will be key to expanding the base of San Antonians who can afford to make good use of that new airport for both business and leisure.
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