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George Bush Intercontinental Airport’s $1.36 billion Terminal Redevelopment Program is composed of two large projects making up the International Terminal Complex along with several smaller projects that will also include construction. ADDITIONS AND RENOVATIONS

D West Pier

Includes the construction of a new international concourse

September 2023

International Arrivals Corridor

New construction

Renovation

Projected completion

Includes the construction of a new arrivals facility

GEORGE BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT

June 2024

Mickey Leland International Terminal North Concourse

Includes the refurbishment of the existing Mickey Leland International Terminal

May 2023

Baggage Screening Building

Includes the construction of new facility aimed at expanding capacity and reliability of baggage handling system

uninterrupted despite challenges posed by the pandemic. Stephanie Wiggins, chief economic

June 2023

development ocer for Partnership Lake Houston, touted the eect the airport has had on the area. “Airports provide local businesses with access to the global market ... [and] enable the movement of people and goods,” Wiggins said, noting Houston airports contribute more than $36 billion annually to the city’s economy. “Because of this asset, the Houston region ... is able to retain and attract businesses to the region and our community, which brings jobs and economic growth.” Global Inight Training Center United Airlines ocials said the new training center more than doubles the size of their previous facility with the addition of new classrooms, training stations and an aquatic center featuring a 125,000-gallon pool that will allow ight attendant trainees to practice safe evacuation strategies in the case of a water landing. With the training center’s opening, Grith said the company is in position to continue hiring new employees following the company’s heavy work- force losses during the pandemic. United Airlines lost nearly 29,000 employees nationwide from November 2019 to November 2020, U.S. Department of Transportation data shows, representing roughly 31.6% of its national workforce. “With an increased eet and renewed travel demand, the airline hired 15,000 people in 2022 and is on track to add another 15,000 in 2023 networkwide,” Grith said. Grith also noted United Airlines’ $100 million early baggage system facility at IAH is slated to be completed this fall. The new facility is designed to temporarily store individual bags that arrive early until their specic departure. While the new baggage system facility is not a part of the Houston Airport System’s $1.36 billion International Terminal Redevelopment Program, Grith said the facility will be connected to the new lobby included in that project. Terminal redevelopment program Work on the International Terminal Redevelopment Program, which has been under construction since 2019, continued largely unimpeded throughout the pandemic, according to

International Terminal

CONTINUED FROM 1

Includes the construction of a new Central Processor facility and renovations to the Federal Inspection Service building

jobs in the Greater Houston area in 2023. According to Phil Grith, vice president of operations for United Airlines at IAH, the air travel provider has continued work on several projects through the pandemic, including the $32 million training center and a roughly $100 million early baggage system facility. “Given our decisions made during the pandemic, the airline is in a unique position as it relates to hiring and job growth,” Grith said. While those projects were not included in IAH’s International Terminal Redevelopment Program— which aims to overhaul the airport’s international terminal complex—Houston Airport System ocials said the project has continued largely PANDEMIC EFFECT ON AIRLINES While most of these jobs have since been recovered, the airline industry lost nearly 75,000 employees, or about 10% of its workforce nationwide, from November 2019 to November 2020. Southwest Airlines MAJOR AIRLINE EMPLOYMENT NATIONWIDE American Airlines Delta Air Lines United Airlines

June 2024

SOURCE: HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEMCOMMUNITY IMPACT

Augusto Bernal, director of communications for the Houston Airport System. The project, which is on track to be largely completed by late 2024, will include an overhaul of the international terminal complex that will accommodate more than 15 international carriers. Ocials noted the scope of the program is com- posed of two large projects. The North Concourse Project includes the refurbishment of the existing Terminal D facility and the demolition and con- struction of the new Terminal D West Concourse. Additionally, the Central Processor and Federal Inspection Services Project includes the demolition of the existing Terminal D¢E parking garage, roadway modications, construction of the new International Central Processor building and modications to the existing Federal Inspection Services building. While Bernal said the Houston Airport System did not have to reduce or furlough any staff members due to the pandemic, he noted the cost of its $1.36 billion terminal redevelopment has risen by roughly 1.7%, or about $22 million. Bernal said the cost increases included additional scope within the project, such as a new detention pond, restroom renovations and additional investment in trac mitigation measures. He noted ocials were able to absorb about $6 million in rising costs within the budget by ordering materials in advance and storing them for later use. “We are thrilled with the management of the budget on this project as so many others across the country have been impacted at a much greater scale,” he said.

Percentage changes from 2019-20 due to COVID-19

0 50,000 60,000 70,000 80,000 90,000 110,000 100,000

-10%

-30.7% -31.6%

-6.4%

Nov. 2017

Nov. 2018

Nov. 2019

Nov. 2020

Nov. 2021

Nov. 2022

NOTE: THE FOUR AIRLINES SHOWN REPRESENT THE FOUR LARGEST MAJOR AIRLINES OPERATING OUT OF GEORGE BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT. SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONCOMMUNITY IMPACT

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