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New Terminal 1 Opens at San Diego International Airport

By Esteban Villanueva
Debbie Ripa, Lindsie Schultz, Shawn Hulette and Jessica Hansen
Debbie Ripa, Lindsie Schultz, Shawn Hulette and Jessica Hansen

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It is official: the New Terminal 1 is now open at San Diego International Airport. Airport Authority Board members, airport executives, and Southwest Airlines leadership, including Justin Jones, Executive Vice President for Operations, joined Kim Backer, Marni von Wilpert, Steve Vaus, Robert Gleason, Rafael Perez, James Sly, Gil Cabrera, Brad Hawkins, Lidia S. Martinez, Andrew Watterson, Jessica Hansen, Shawn Hulette, Lindsie Schult, and Debbie Ripa for the ribbon-cutting ceremony. Following the ceremony, guests were escorted through security for a private tour, experiencing Southwest Airlines flights arriving and departing from the new state-of-the-art terminal.

Gallery of New Terminal 1 Opens at San Diego International Airport

Brad Hawkins Justin Jones Lidia S Martinez and Andrew Watterson
Brad Hawkins Justin Jones Lidia S Martinez and Andrew Watterson
Kim Backer and Marni von Wilpert
Kim Backer and Marni von Wilpert
Mayor of Poway Steve Vaus and Robert Gleason
Mayor of Poway Steve Vaus and Robert Gleason
Rafael Perez James Sly Gil Cabrera and Mayor of Poway Steve Vaus
Rafael Perez James Sly Gil Cabrera and Mayor of Poway Steve Vaus
San Diego Ground Operations and Inflight
San Diego Ground Operations and Inflight
San Diego New Airport T1 Terminal
San Diego New Airport T1 Terminal
Esteban Villanueva
Esteban Villanueva
Esteban Villanueva was born in Washington D.C. and raised in La Jolla. He attended both Francis Parker and The Bishop’s School locally before going to Dartmouth College where he received his B.S. in Biology and Pepperdine School of Law where he received his J.D. focusing Entertainment Law. He worked in the Latin music industry where his projects went on to win 14 Grammy Awards for artists including Ricky Martin and Carlos Santana. After starting GB Magazine with Danitza Villanueva in 2007, he has gone on to win awards and recognition from the community for his support of helping raise millions of dollars for non-profit organizations. He currently sits on the Board of Directors for the San Diego Air & Space Museum and resides in East County in San Diego where he and his wife Danitza run DAESVI Publishing, home to GB Magazine, among several other publications.

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