L.A. OKs plan for LAX's super-size era

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Source: The Daily Breeze

L.A. OKs plan for LAX's super-size era

By Art Marroquin
Staff Writer

A $1.2 billion concourse aimed at better accommodating super-size airliners at Los Angeles International Airport is expected to be completed by January 2012 under a plan approved Wednesday by the City Council. The project will bring new gates to LAX for the first time since renovations were made in anticipation of the 1984 Summer Olympics, held in Los Angeles.

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Plans call for using airport revenues generated by airline and passenger fees to build eight to 10 new gates at the so-called Midfield Concourse, located just west of Tom Bradley International Terminal. The facility will also house a new U.S. Customs and Border Protection screening system, concession stands and an underground tunnel equipped with a people-mover that would connect the new gates to the Bradley terminal.

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The council also directed LAWA to submit quarterly reports on the project to ensure that it is completed on time.

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Mega-jumbo jets - such as the Airbus A380 - are scheduled to begin regular flights to LAX starting next year, but the airport has only two gates to accommodate them. Airlines planning to use the Airbus A380 and other huge jetliners have questioned whether LAX will be ready to comfortably handle more than two at a time.






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