COLORADO SPRINGS — The Colorado Springs (COS) Airport will soon be going international! The first international flight from the airport will depart on June 7 headed for Cancún, Mexico.
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It will be a seasonal non-stop flight on Southwest Airlines that will operate every Saturday. With the new international travel comes a 16,000 square foot federal inspection station facility.
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New international terminal taking shape at the Colorado Springs Airport
The facility is designed to streamline U.S. Customs and Border Protection screening of incoming passengers. The total cost of the facility is estimated at $8.4 million, but no local taxpayers dollars were used.
Officials from the airport hope this addition will help bring more travelers through Colorado Springs.
"Currently, we have one single flight on each Saturday, that's the scheduled flight with Southwest Airlines," said Alex Kovacs, Acting Director of Aviation at the COS Airport. "The goal is, obviously, to grow this facility. It has a capacity of 200 people per hour. Our goal is obviously to add more flights as soon as possible, and we have a dedicated team working on that."
The new direct flight is scheduled to run through the summer and return in the fall for flights in November and December.
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