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Expanding the Friendly Skies: Southwest and United Airlines

Friday, May 18th, 2012 at 8:00 pm
Sunday, May 20th, 2012 at 5:30 pm

GUESTS:

Scott Wells
Leader In-Flight Base
Southwest Airlines

Brian Znotins,
Managing Director of International Planning
United Airlines

Dr. Praveen Kumar,
Chair Finance Department, Executive Director
UH Global Energy Management Institute (GEMI)
C.T. Bauer College of Business
University of Houston

Earlier this year, Southwest Airlines released plans to fly internationally out of hobby airport - adding possibly up to 10,000 jobs to Houston's economy. But United Airlines said it opposed the plan and claimed the expansion would actually cost Houston 3,700 jobs at Bush Intercontinental, and would diminish Houston's ability to compete with other large cities. This week on Houston 8 - the pros and cons of the proposed Hobby expansion.

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