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   Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport

   The first Frontier Airbus 319 airplane arriving from Denver taxis to the gate, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]

Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport

An Allegiant airplane prepares to leave, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]

Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport

The first Frontier Airbus 319 airplane arriving from Denver parks at the gate, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]

Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport

The first Frontier Airbus 319 airplane arriving from Denver taxis to the gate, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]

Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport

A military plane lands, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]

Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport

The first Frontier Airbus 319 airplane arriving from Denver taxis to the gate, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]

Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport

Passengers disembark from a Frontier Airbus 319 airplane arriving from Denver, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]

Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport

The first Frontier Airbus 319 airplane arriving from Denver parks at the gate, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]

Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport

The first Frontier flight into Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport is shown on the arrival screen, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]

Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport

The first Frontier Airbus 319 airplane arriving from Denver taxis to the gate, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]

Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport

The first Frontier Airbus 319 airplane arriving from Denver parks at the gate, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]

Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport

An Allegiant airplane taxis to the gate, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]

Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport

A worker refuels a Frontier Airbus 319 airplane after it arrived from Denver, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]

Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport

Allegiant airplanes along with a Frontier airplane, the newest airline to provide service to Mesa, are parked at the gate shown, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]

Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport

A military plane lands, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]

Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport

Allegiant airplanes are parked at the gate shown, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa. [Tim Hacker/Tribune]

Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport

Ralph Freso, Tribune -- GATEWAYBUCKS -- Passangers make their way through the terminal at Phx-Mesa Gateway airport following the arrival of their flight. The airport is planning a new building and renovations that will assist in the flow of passangers. May 22, 2009.

Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport

Lynn Kusy, executive director of the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport speaks to the airport board during a presentation of the future expansion of the airport, Monday, June 18, 2012 in Mesa. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]

Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport

Lynn Kusy, executive director of the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport speaks to the airport board during a presentation of the future expansion of the airport, Monday, June 18, 2012 in Mesa. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]

Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport

Work currently continues on the passenger terminal expansion at the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, Monday, June 18, 2012 in Mesa. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]

Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport

Lynn Kusy,left, executive director of the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport speaks to the airport board during a presentation of the future expansion of the airport, Monday, June 18, 2012 in Mesa. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]

Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport

Work currently continues on the passenger terminal expansion at the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, Monday, June 18, 2012 in Mesa. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]

Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport

Passangers wait for their baggage at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport. The airport is likely to deliver another jolt to East Valley tourism, with Allegiant airline’s plans to increase the number of flights by more than 50 percent this year. [Tribune file]

Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport

Passangers wait for their baggage at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport. The airport is likely to deliver another jolt to East Valley tourism, with Allegiant airline’s plans to increase the number of flights by more than 50 percent this year. [Tribune file]

Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport

Mesa Mayor Scott Smith speaks during a press conference, Monday, September 26, 2011 in Mesa, announcing the expansion of the nearly $10 million expansion of the passenger terminal as well as an Allegiant Air flights to Las Vegas starting in November at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]