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Corey307 t1_iyk7sic wrote

Reply to comment by airhogg in Frontier Airlines pulls out of Burlington by airhogg

Southwest declined service at Burlington because the city lacked a hotel right by the airport and because Southwest wanted their own terminal which isn’t possible. This was a few years ago when the previous airport head was planning to build a hotel on site or adjacent and that came to nothing.

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HardTacoKit t1_iykdy0r wrote

They are supposed to be starting construction on that hotel in the next few months, according to the news story a couple months ago.

https://vtdigger.org/2022/07/14/construction-on-hotel-at-burlington-international-airport-expected-to-start-in-the-fall/

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Corey307 t1_iyktolq wrote

Sure it might happen, there was talk about it before the pandemic but then nothing got built.

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GreenPL8 t1_iyksgy5 wrote

The hotel is for... Staff to sleep?

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mtn970 t1_iyktpby wrote

Staff hotel for crew RON's (Remains Over Night).

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Corey307 t1_iyktn3f wrote

Could be, from what I heard Southwest wasn’t impressed by the local amenities. The major sticking point was probably them not having their own terminal.

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