A United States federal judge has thrown out Southwest Airlines’ motion against the city of San Antonio , Texas, after the airline attempted to keep the current gate and terminal lease agreements with San Antonio International Airport (SAT). Keeping the current gate agreement According to a report by AviationWeek , Southwest Airlines has failed in its attempt to keep its current lease agreement with San Antonio’s airport, which expired on September 30. The new lease agreement, which came into effect on October 1, would have kept the airline at Terminal A and not Terminal C, which is currently under development.
Southwest Airlines requested that the judge presiding over the case, Xavier Rodriguez, suspend the airport’s lease agreements with other airlines while it continues negotiating with the airport. Rodriguez concluded the case by saying that he felt like he was being used as a pawn in the two parties’ negotiations, noting that he would not be mediating for the airport and the airline over gate allocations, according to the San Antonio Report. If the airline does not sign the new lease agreement by the end of the month, the airline will have to pay higher airport usage fees going forward.
More gates Initially, Southwest Airlines refused to renew the lease agreement with the airport. In a statement the carrier provided to Simple Flying on September 13, its spokesperson said that the airline did not favor the gate allocation within the use and lease agreement. “We .
