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Renard Johnson: “Jet fuel is expensive, and we got to make sure that we can…”

Featuring: Renard Johnson, Mayor of El Paso | Texas

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Full Interview: El Paso Mayor Renard Johnson talks growth, taxes and future

Published | Video Starts at 21:17

I hope and pray that gas prices will start to come down because it's affecting all of us, and it's a big number. But Jet fuel is expensive, and we got to make sure that we can continue to retain the flights that we have here in El Paso. and. And add more. And I think here in the near future, you're going to see us working really hard and deliberately to go out and attract more flights to come to El Paso to give us more opportunity. (21:17–21:25)

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Asserts that jet fuel is expensive and affects the retention of flights in El Paso.

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