They are trying to determine where Southwest Airlines will be located in the airport and just how many gates it will have.
SAN ANTONIO — The back and forth between Southwest Airlines and the City of San Antonio may be settle in federal court on Tuesday.
Both sides are meeting in a San Antonio courtroom to try to work out where Southwest Airlines will be in the airport and just how many gates it will have.
Southwest Airlines was founded in San Antonio in 1967, and since then it has grown, and that growth really is at the heart of the issue.
The airlines says the city told them, when the new terminal was completed, Southwest Airlines could have 10 of the 17 gates in the new terminal.
Now it says it says the city is reneging on the deal and only giving it just six gates in Terminal A. Southwest Airlines filed the suit last year and both sides have gone back and forth several times.
In March, the city tried to get the lawsuit tossed out of court, which led to Southwest Airlines getting the FAA involved asking it to review the city’s conduct and see if it was complying with federal requirements.
Both sides will meet for a procedural hearing and the court could issue a declaratory judgement ending the suit and determining where Southwest Airlines will be and how many gates it will have when the new terminal is completed in 2028.
City officials have made it clear that in conversations with the airline, Southwest has no intentions of actually leaving San Antonio.