I would certainly add my support and hopes for SWA service in and out of Knoxville in the near future, especially as the expansion at Tyson McGhee Airport continues. As a Sevier County resident, I frequently interact with tourists to our area. While hardly a scientific poll, it would be difficult for me to overstate how many times every day I incounter people that visit here and specifically mention how they wished SWA serviced Knoxville. I think the business community would respond favorably as much or more so than the tourism industry. Knoxville is located in such an incredible part of the country, in year-round beautiful and history-rich eastern Tennessee, the gateway to Smokey Mountain National Park. It is so easily accessed from all over the US, it really should be the poster child image for the phrase, “Wanna’ get away?”! So who else wants to join the “Bring Southwest to Knoxville” campaign?
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