NEWS Terminal upgrade
New York Mayor, Michael Bloomberg, has approved plans for the $1.2 billion expansion of Terminal 4 at John F Kennedy International Airport that will allow Delta Air Lines to move into the facility, paving the way for the demolition of Terminal 3. As part of the T4 expansion, the JFK International Air Terminal LLC (JFKIAT) operated facility
will get nine new international gates and bigger and better baggage handling, customs and border-security facilities. The upgrade will be funded by a combination of revenue bonds issued by Port Authority of New
York and New Jersey (PANYNJ), Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) income and Delta equity. “Not only will this $1.2 billion project cement New York City’s status as the nation’s
top travel destination, it will also create an additional 10,000 jobs over the next three years,” says Bloomberg. Construction work will begin in late 2010 in readiness for a fi rst phase opening in 2013. Delta
accounts for a quarter of all traffi c handled at JFK and will occupy 16 of the 25 gates in the expanded terminal.
US-Mexico initiative
Mexican president, Felipe Calderon, appears set to give the go-ahead for a new cross border facility (CBF) that will connect Tijuana Airport with the US city of San Diego. The $80 million project, which has already
received the green light from the US government, involves building a 175 metre pedestrian bridge across the US-Mexico border, linking a passenger facility in San Diego with Tijuana Airport. The CBF aims to provide a quick, secure
and reliable access to fl ights at Tijuana Airport, reducing congestion at neighbouring border crossings, and curbing economic losses associated with border delays, according to a US state department report. Bi-national investment group Otay-Tijuana
Venture is expected to build and operate the facility, with construction beginning in 2011.
Cash boost for Khartoum
The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) has agreed to fi nance the construction of a new international airport in Sudan. Its $47 million loan to the Sudanese
Tender time for Zagreb
The Croatian government is to initiate an international tender to select a strategic partner to build and operate Zagreb Airport’s planned new passenger terminal. The government has outlined three distinct development stages for the project and is initially looking for a 3.5mppa facility to open in late 2014 or early 2015. The estimated cost of the initial 8-gate complex is €150 million with additional investments of €72 million and €44 million required to raise the terminal’s capacity to 5.5mppa.
government will fund work at Khartoum’s new airport, which is being built 40 kilometres south of the capital and could open at the end of 2012. Sudan’s minister of state for fi nance,
Ali Mahmoud, claims that the new airport will help boost the country’s economic and social development.
News in brief
Brazil’s state-owned airport operator, Infraero, has announced plans to invest up to $50 million on upgrading Cuiabá–Marechal Rondon International Airport. The capital city gateway of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso is to undergo a facelift that will equip it with a reconfi gured and expanded 13,200sqm terminal capable of handling 2.8mppa by the end of 2012.
Mexican airport operator, GAP, has revealed that it expects passenger traffi c at its 12 airports to increase by between 5% and 7% this year, leading to a huge 65% rise in its annual profi t. GAP reported
a net profi t of $14 million (+18%) for the second quarter of 2010. Its airports include Guadalajara, Hermosillo, Puerto Vallarta and Tijuana.
The Israeli government has approved a proposal by minister of transport, Israel Katz, to plan and construct a new $440 million international airport at Timna, 18 kilometres from Eilat, by 2014. When completed, the new airport will replace Eilat’s current gateway.
A new global survey has ranked Manchester Airport in the UK as the world’s number one airport on
Twitter. Airport social media fi rm, AirGate Solutions, found that there are currently 143 airports in the world using Twitter as an offi cial passenger service, and rated Manchester the best because it is the most active and engaged of them all.
The Slovenian government leased by has imposed a
September 7 deadline for investors interested in bidding for the 30-year concession to operate Edvard Rusjan–Maribor Airport. The gateway, currently
troubled car seat cover
manufacturer Prevent, is Slovenia’s second biggest airport primarily handling seasonal charter traffi c.
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