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Brief of diving:
- Dallas Fort Worth International Airport is expanding the scope of their new terminal fBringing the project cost to $ 4 billion, the airport announced on May 1. American Airlines will occupy the entire building.
- The new plan is to exceed double the number of doors at the sixth DFW terminal to 31, add facilities to grow international operations, expand customer comforts, build a parking garage and create a single building for passenger registration, depending on the launch. Customers will be able to move between terminals through a new Skylink station.
- American Airlines cited a Long -term positive perspectives of growth According to a statement from the airline. The original work of Terminal F, which took place in 2024 and was priced at $ 1.6 billion, is expected to be wrapped in 2027, with the newly added components of the planned project to enter extra online phases.
Divide vision:
Industry vigilantes say the American Airlines movement of Fort Worth is a Effort to compete with Southwest AirlinesIt works mainly outside the love field nearby, according to the Dallas Business Journal. American also has a presence on all the terminals in DFW.
The design design team for the terminal F Contest and Skylink Station is Innovation Next+, a joint company formed by:
- Archer Western Construction, based in Chicago.
- Turner based in New York.
- HJ Russell & Co headquartered in Atlanta.
- Dallas phillips based in Dallas.
- Carcon Industries of Dallas.
Pgal, Gensler and Muller2 are the design team.
By 2023, DFW and American Airlines reached a ten -year use and lease agreement that included capital investments such as the construction of the F Terminal as a 15 -door installation. The new plan extends its agreement to use and lease until 2043 and will allow an additional capacity for Widebody aircraft and international flight processing, as well as more shops, restaurants and public art.
Dallas Fort Worth is the The third largest world airport for passenger trafficAccording to Airports Council, which serves about 82 million passengers per year and housed 28 airlines.
It is expected that the new agreement will provide certainty and predictability of costs that will support the continuous growth of the two parties, according to the airline.
“DFW is the largest and most critical nucleus in the United States, and with this expanded plan for terminal F, DFW has a clear way to become the largest center of the world’s airline,” said Robert Isom, CEO of American Airlines, in the statement. “Terminal F will raise our customer experience in a significant way, providing customers a new fantastic installation and state -of -the -art services.”
The project is part of the Airport’s Capital Plan of DFW, with a total of more than $ 12 billion in planned improvements and expansions, at the airport.
This includes the continuum Effort of $ 3 billion to re -elaborate terminal C And to expand the Terminal A. The building of the building is formed by Austin Commercial and Azteca Enterprises, based in Dallas, as well as in Carrolton, Alfa and Omega based in Texas.
