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Northwest Arkansas airport renovations in the works

Enplanements and revenue are at all-time highs at Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport at Highfill, so directors broadly agreed last week to go ahead with as many capital projects as they can over the next decade. “We’ve essentially got direction now for 10 years’ worth of capital spending, potentially $200 million worth,” said Aaron Burkes, CEO
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Airline tax hike would unfairly hit Maine passengers

This would fall especially hard on travelers going places via most of Maine’s airports. Because of the way flights are arranged currently, connecting flights are a huge ingredient of getting people places. This increase in the PFC would be, effectively, a tax on connecters. …Families, businessmen, and farmers would be forced to pay
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Boston airport plans 5-year, $2B improvement project

$2 billion of significant upgrades are planned for Logan International Airport over the next five years. The improvements include more gates, new retail and dining facilities, thousands of new parking spaces and solar panels that will generate more energy than what’s needed for the curb lighting outside Terminal C.
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New Orleans airport’s new terminal still set to open ‘this fall’

Construction of the terminal and new roadways will cost $1.3 billion, with passengers and state and federal government footing most of the bill. The new terminal will feature a soaring roof, 35 gates – the same number as now, but better organized – upgraded concessions and a centralized checkpoint to prevent the bottlenecks that occur
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Wyoming airport receives $350,000 runway reconstruction design grant

Cheyenne Regional Airport has received a $350,000 federal airport infrastructure grant for a runway reconstruction design project. The grant funding from the Federal Aviation Administration’s Airport Improvement Program will be administered by the Wyoming Department of Transportation’s Aeronautics Division. The total cost for reconstructing the runway is about $40 million. The majority of the funding,
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South Texas International Airport announces funding for expansion

Texas State Representative Terry Canales (D-40) along with leadership from the City of Edinburg announced $5 million in state funding for the South Texas International Airport. The funding will be used for phase II of a five-phase master plan that will increase the capacity to facilitate aircraft storage for emergency medical response services and border
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Illinois airport getting new facade — and a place for Lincoln

Work is underway at Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport to construct an expanded area for passenger security checks, a new façade on much of the terminal, some heated sidewalks to keep snow and ice at bay, and an expanded hallway to the baggage claim area, which will serve as the setting for a sculpture of the
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