Halifax Stanfield International Airport Developments

[Aya_Akai]

Alps, did you happen to get any photos of the front of the terminal building itself? Last time I was out there in March it was night and I didn't get a chance to see the front well at all.

Also- I've been informed they are going to have the road continuing up along the side by Petro Can as well and the work is supposedly going to start when the hotel starts.

I heard that a year or so back ... not sure if that is holding true or not. Guess we'll have to see.

[alps]

Originally Posted by HaliStreaks

Alps, did you happen to get any photos of the front of the terminal building itself? Last time I was out there in March it was night and I didn't get a chance to see the front well at all.

Also- I've been informed they are going to have the road continuing up along the side by Petro Can as well and the work is supposedly going to start when the hotel starts.

I heard that a year or so back ... not sure if that is holding true or not. Guess we'll have to see.

Here's the best I can do...they seem to be extending the domestic arrivals facade to meet the greenish bit.

[Takeo]

No weekly parking eh? I have to say, I'm not that impressed that I still have to park outside if I'm gone for more than a few days. So next Christmas I'll still be dragging my bags through snowbanks and shoving out my car as usual.

[pnightingale]

The parkade looks great, hopefully I'll get a chance to use it before it starts smelling like pee, like all parking garages eventually do.

[worldlyhaligonian]

Originally Posted by pnightingale

The parkade looks great, hopefully I'll get a chance to use it before it starts smelling like pee, like all parking garages eventually do.

Haha, made me think of that episode of Seinfeld...

[someone123]

I guess I'll get to see it in a month or two.

The airport is definitely getting nicer but it still looks hacked together.

[Haliguy]

Originally Posted by someone123

I guess I'll get to see it in a month or two.

The airport is definitely getting nicer but it still looks hacked together.

I wish they maintianed the same color glass to what was already there. I know the green glass in the in thing these days but like someone123 said it looks hacked together.

[Nilan8888]

Considering where the Airport's been though, it's come a long way. The people that run it have really been making the difference there.

Would that Halifax had an Airport like Ottawa... but damn, nobody's got an Airport like that.

[Barrington south]

Originally Posted by Haliguy

I wish they maintianed the same color glass to what was already there. I know the green glass in the in thing these days but like someone123 said it looks hacked together.

nice observation Haliguy, what you said is very true.....the new parking lot in itself is aesthetically fairly impressive....compared to the how bad and cheap it might have been...to bad the hotel is going to look like something out of the bad part of northern mississauga ....I do think the management is putting in a lot of effort, and considering what the had to start with, i think they are doing a satisfactory job...

[Dmajackson]

I was out to the Airport this morning and boy is it starting to look nice!

I really like the parkade and the new facade for the terminal building looks very nice.

[Waye Mason]

As I recall, all the airports that took our volume or more got big money for renovations right before the Feds handed over control to local authorities...

All except ours. The OLD Ottawa airport was as nice as ours, the new one is just amazing.

Ours is coming along though, I do like the parkade, I do like arrivals. At the end of the day, we still cram 2.7 million visitors down that hallway between checking and boarding, a 6-8 meter wide corridor that has been the same damn bottleneck since the place was opened, and originally designed for 700K people a year.

[q12]

Originally Posted by Waye Mason

At the end of the day, we still cram 2.7 million visitors down that hallway between checking and boarding, a 6-8 meter wide corridor that has been the same damn bottleneck since the place was opened, and originally designed for 700K people a year.

Even worse its now 3.6 million per year. Maybe the next project will be re-doing the domestic check-in facade, because you know it wouldn't feel like the Halifax airport if there wasn't constant construction.
The only problem with trying to widen and heighten the domestic check-in area to match the rest of the terminal is that there are offices above it. It would be nice though if the terminal had a somewhat uniform look from one end to the other on the inside and out.

[Haliguy]

Originally Posted by Waye Mason

As I recall, all the airports that took our volume or more got big money for renovations right before the Feds handed over control to local authorities...

All except ours. The OLD Ottawa airport was as nice as ours, the new one is just amazing.

Ours is coming along though, I do like the parkade, I do like arrivals. At the end of the day, we still cram 2.7 million visitors down that hallway between checking and boarding, a 6-8 meter wide corridor that has been the same damn bottleneck since the place was opened, and originally designed for 700K people a year.

You mean 3.7 million vistors.

[Dmajackson]

Originally Posted by Waye Mason

Ours is coming along though, I do like the parkade, I do like arrivals. At the end of the day, we still cram 2.7 million visitors down that hallway between checking and boarding, a 6-8 meter wide corridor that has been the same damn bottleneck since the place was opened, and originally designed for 700K people a year.

Does anyone know if there are plans to extend the skywalk path from the parkade the ends up in the center of the terminal directly to the U.S. Preclearance area?

[q12]

Originally Posted by Bedford_DJ

Does anyone know if there are plans to extend the skywalk path from the parkade the ends up in the center of the terminal directly to the U.S. Preclearance area?

I don't know what the plans are inside the terminal, however I don't think that it is likely since there is an open air skywalk near the north end (arrivals/U.S. preclearance) that is basically in direct line to the escalators/elevators for the U.S. check-in counters.

[Dmajackson]

Originally Posted by q12

I don't know what the plans are inside the terminal, however I don't think that it is likely since there is an open air skywalk near the north end (arrivals/U.S. preclearance) that is basically in direct line to the escalators/elevators for the U.S. check-in counters.

Yah thats actually the one I used today.

A completely covered one would be nice for the nasty weather days Halifax is notorious for though.

[Aya_Akai]

Originally Posted by Bedford_DJ

Yah thats actually the one I used today.

A completely covered one would be nice for the nasty weather days Halifax is notorious for though.

We have to give those americans and other foriegners a taste of real weather at some point lol, may as well be as they are just getting here or just leaving haha..

The main covered pedway will be open eventually... They've got finishing touches to do on it inside, which of course are on hold till they get the rest of the new part of the terminal all done up, then afterwards all they have to do is link in the hotel and BAM! covered conveneince! lol

I really REALLY hope they will work on the domestic end of the airport after all the current stuff is done, or start progress once some stuff finishes up... I mean, it kind of makes sense, they are working on the parking lot AND that end of the terminal all at the same time, to keep construction somewhat localized, so who knows, we may see improvement to the domestic check in when they start the hotel.

Besides, if they are to to work within guidlines for improvement for coming years with increasing air traffic, I DO beleive from what I saw in the future growth strategy documents I got a chance to look at a while back that the terminal will be extended down along the entrance road, before where the old section starts now when you turn left to drive parallel to the front of the terminal.

I could see eventually with growth happening out there that a new domestic check in/arrivals area could be constructed along that section of the road at a 90* to the current building, and the old domestic check in area would become a check in to other airline companies (I wish) I doubt that'll happen for a while... but who knows!

..phew lol

[Takeo]

My only wish for the airport is that they get rid of those tacky and embarrassing models in the baggage area.

[Amanita]

Which models? The model of the MacKay Bridge is actually pretty cool.

[hfx_chris]

In a tacky sort of way