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The planned expansion — one of the largest in the airport’s history — will increase gate area space and add new concessions to support the increasing travel demand in the area.
The unveiling of the $3.8 billion, roughly one million-square-foot terminal came after four years of construction, with a ribbon cutting with remarks from airport officials and project leaders.
Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE) officially kicked off the Concourse E Redevelopment Project. This transformational project is a $95 million investment that will reimagine Concourse E and increase MKE’s capacity for both international and domestic air travel.
The expansion added 175,000 square feet of new lobby space and renovated another 191,000 square feet, modernizing a facility that originally opened in 1982 to handle just 2.8 million annual passengers.
Miami International Airport’s (MIA) central terminal’s check-in area now has upgraded ticket counters and self-service baggage drop stations. The ticket counter renovation cost $38 million, part of a $9 billion “Modernization in Action” capital improvement program the airport has underway.