|
ABIA to Expand...
And this does not include the budget terminal and the future, 21-gate south terminal. Way, way down the road, plans could call for two mid-field concourses. Each capable of being expanded to 20+ gates.
THE NEAL SPELCE AUSTIN LETTER
Volume 29, Number 38
Friday, January 4, 2008
For the first time since the new Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (ABIA) opened for passengers 5/23/99, a major terminal expansion will begin in 2008.
Coming off a year when a record number of passengers crammed into ABIA, look for airport officials to seek permission from the Austin City Council in February to add from 6 to 9 gates to the existing 25 gates at the Barbara Jordan Terminal…
__________________
AUSTIN (City): 993,588 +3.30% - '20-'24 | AUSTIN MSA (5 counties): 2,550,637 +11.70% - '20-'24
SAN ANTONIO (City): 1,526,656 +6.41% - '20-'24 | SAN ANTONIO MSA (8 counties): 2,763,006 +8.01% - '20-'24
AUS-SAT REGION (MSAs/13 counties): 5,313,643 +9.75% - '20-'24 | *SRC: US Census*
|