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House honors Delta Air Lines as Salt Lake hub expands; concurrent resolution passes unanimously
Summary
Under a Committee of the Whole, Lieutenant Governor Herbert and Delta leaders addressed the House and the body adopted First Substitute SCR 9 honoring Delta Air Lines for hub expansion, job creation and new flights; the concurrent resolution passed the House by voice/recorded vote.
The Utah House paused its regular business to receive Lieutenant Governor Herbert and senior Delta Air Lines representatives and adopted First Substitute Senate Concurrent Resolution 9 honoring the carrier’s contributions to the state.
The House resolved into a Committee of the Whole for the presentation. Lieutenant Governor Herbert introduced Delta officials, and Delta executives described the airline’s renewed investment in Salt Lake City. Delta’s remarks emphasized hub‑expansion results and the airline’s local workforce. A text read by the clerk notes Delta and its regional partners operate more than 700 daily arrivals and departures and bring roughly 13 million passengers to and from Utah each year. The resolution cites Delta’s recent expansion at Salt Lake City that it says resulted in 750 additional jobs in Utah and the airport gaining “58 new flights each day and 13 new destinations.”
Delta’s floor remarks acknowledged community and airport authority support; Gerald Grinstein (named in the resolution) was identified as the intended recipient of an enrolled copy. Grinstein’s remarks stressed recent operational gains at Salt Lake: “We’ve been very fortunate and very pleased at the results, and our performance at Salt Lake has exceeded our performance in any other part of the system,” he said on the floor. The resolution, once formally transmitted and enrolled, will be presented to Grinstein.
The clerk later reported the concurrent resolution passed the House (reported vote 60 yes, 0 no) and the enrolled copy will be signed by the Speaker for transmission to the Senate.
