Gateway Airport Bans Uber Drivers, Threatens Trespassing Tickets

If you're flying in or out of Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, you better come up with a plan to get to or from there that does not involve using Uber. The airport announced Tuesday that Uber is banned from the property.

And, if an Uber driver does show up, they risk getting a ticket for trespassing.

Last November, the airport's board of directors approved rules and regulations to allow companies like Uber and Lyft to operate at the airport. (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

Lyft immediately signed an agreement and has been operating at the airport since.

Uber has not signed an agreement and as of September 1, the airport police have had the power to issue tickets.

"We are hopeful that Uber will choose to legally operate here at Gateway Airport and agree to observe the same rules and regulations that every other ground transportation company has found success following," said Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport Executive Director, J. Brian O’Neill.

"Our airlines are adding a significant amount of new flights and nonstop destinations this fall, and the need for ground transportation services will sharply increase as well. It would be great to add Uber to our list of available resources."

Uber has not yet responded to the action but the airport's board of directors notes that the company does have agreements with hundreds of airports.

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