Business View Magazine | January 2020

167 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE JANUARY 2020 THE R I CK HUSBAND AMAR I LLO INTERNAT IONAL A I RPORT University’s Veterinary School (the first in 100 years) in Amarillo, and the completion of a new state-of-the-art, AA Baseball Park in the heart of downtown Amarillo, which earned national honors as the minor league baseball facility of the year by Major and Minor League Baseball. As a result of the economic growth in Amarillo, the Airport saw significant growth in its air service options. As an example, Southwest Airlines, in April of 2019, added same jet service to Austin, Texas (a key market for Texas Panhandle Travelers). Southwest followed with commencing of a new non-stop route from Amarillo to Houston Hobby International Airport (HOU) with once weekly service. Shortly after the Houston Hobby service started in October of 2019, Southwest announced that the Houston service would be expanded to six days a week in April 2020 and would expand to 7 days a week in June of 2020. All this growth is directly related to the economic growth in the region and the Airport’s commitment to work with its airline partners to meet the needs of their customers.