A Southwest Airlines passenger jet.
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Specifics are still being worked out, but it’s expected that the airline will begin in the latter half of 2021, perhaps as early as July.
Brittany Quick-Warner at a press conference today, flanked by Eugene officials and members of travel and economic development groups.
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Brittany Quick-Warner of the Eugene Chamber of Commerce says it’s been a city-wide effort to land Southwest for regional air travel.
“We had over 50 individual businesses or public partners who came together to make a pledge, to fly local, to fly Southwest, she said at a press conference.