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New DFW terminal: 72 restrooms, 67 retail and restaurants
DFW International Airport this week is unveiling the world’s largest post 9-11 airport expansion, a $1.2 billion international terminal which is said to create new standards for passenger amenities as well as security.
Highlights:
—The terminal includes 67 retail and restaurant venues. Passengers will also find live performance venues, children’s play areas and art elements.
—The terminal has six ambassador stations on the concourse level, 72 public restrooms (24 each for men, women and families), a 26,000 square-foot In- Transit Lounge, an American Airlines Admirals Club and three common-use airline lounges.
—The 298-room Grand Hyatt Hotel offers 17,000 square feet of meeting and banquet space. The hotel also provides patrons with a swimming pool and exercise room overlooking the airport.
—The Skylink automated people mover system was designed to travel through the heart of the facility. It can be clearly viewed from the ticketing halls, concessions villages and customs processing areas. Two stations are located within the terminal, offering connecting travelers fast links to other terminals.
Other Texas-style amenities:
—The new 8,100-space parking garage features smart technology which aids passengers in finding the nearest available parking spaces with the shortest possible drive. Technological benefits include users being able to readily determine space availability prior to entering a level.
—DFW has sophisticated security systems in the new terminal that include $4.68 million in additional communication systems and $13.5 million in baggage screening upgrades post 9/11.
—Passengers will now be able to connect to the Internet with the T-Mobile HotSpot service anywhere in the airport. Hotspot customers will have Wi-Fi Internet access not only in Terminal D, but throughout DFW’s existing four terminals…making it one of the largest Wi-Fi hotspots in the country.
All international flight operations will be relocated to the new Terminal D. Currently, international flights use terminals A, B and E. International carriers at DFW Airport include Aeromexico, Air Canada Jazz, American Airlines, American Eagle, British Airways, Grupo Taca, Korean Air, Lufthansa and Mexicana Airlines, flying to 38 international destinations.
The terminal opens as DFW is setting an all-time record of more than 5.6 million international passengers in 2005.
Report by David Wilkening
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