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The $16-million 15,200-square-foot expansion to the airport added two new boarding bridges, 322 gate seats and a small chapel. While not finished yet, the terminal will also house a food vendor, children’s play area and a lactation room for mothers.
A $7.6 million update of the Naples Airport terminal has begun. Among the renovations: an enhanced lobby, expanded passenger lounge, a marketplace for food and drink, roadway improvements, additional exterior canopies and upgraded office space.
U.S. airports are set to receive $8 billion in government grants to help them emerge from the coronavirus pandemic that decimated travel last year. The grants announced by the Federal Aviation Administration Tuesday, which were included in the $1.9 trillion stimulus package approved in March, will help ease financial burdens until travel fully recovers, airports
Myrtle Beach International Airport is ramping up plans for a new terminal. The $22 million terminal expansion had been scheduled to begin in early 2020 but was delayed by COVID-19. The airport has 13 gates now, but airport officials hope to add up to five new gates.
Akron-Canton Airport completed a $37 million gate modernization and concourse expansion last fall, also celebrating the culmination of its 10-year, $115 million capital improvement program.
After nearly 20 years of planning, the Texarkana Regional Airport Authority Board will hold a live-streamed groundbreaking ceremony for the $36 million passenger terminal.
Officials with the Chattanooga Airport are moving forward with plans to expand the terminal. It’s part of a 20-year master plan, which was completed three years ago.