"E" is for exciting -- for fans of low-fare airlines Southwest
The still-snow-clogged City of Brotherly Love had something to celebrated yesterday as Philadelphia International Airport's (PHL) Terminal E expansion and renovation was dedicated yesterday with seven additional gates for low-fare Southwest, plus more seating, new restrooms, a mini-food court with three new concessions and an atrium flooded with natural lighting. By the end of March, Southwest is scheduled to consolidate its PHL operations in Terminal E. It currently occupies four gates in Terminal D and five gates in Terminal E. Passengers are excited with the additional space and delighted that construction is over. Click here for the Philadelphia Inquirer's story that includes all sorts of other PHL facts and figures.
Southwest is expected to dominate the Philadelphia-Boston route along the congested Northeast Corridor, taking market share from costlier carriers (notable US Airways), giving Amtrak a run for its money and hopefully getting more cars off Interstate 95. Southwest characteristically celebrated with an online fare sale with introductory one-way fares as low as $59 through April 18 for flights from June 27 through Aug. 13.
This $45 million expansion is part of a the city-owned airport's $300 million modernization program that includes the Terminal D/E Connector in 2008 and also a 14-lane security checkpoint equipped with state-of-the-art screening technology and increased ticket lobby space and more baggage claim carousels.
Terminal E now also houses the airport's newest permanent artwork, Cloudsphere by Philadelphia artist Mei-ling Hom, whose whose work has been featured in numerous exhibitions, including exhibits at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Hom’s stunning creation was selected from a national Call to Artists by the City’s Percent for Art program.A small corner of the present airport was the city's first municipal aviation field dating back to 1925. Nineteen domestic and international carriers currently use PHIL.
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