When the new terminal in New Orleans opens later this year, it will be the latest upgrade and expansion of a U.S. airport, a key part of America's infrastructure sorely in need of major renovations.
While the U.S. has not seen a new major airport open since Denver International in 1995, cities and states have been adding new terminals, runways and and the capacity to handle the record number of people flying today, more than 900 million last year according to the U.S. Department of Transportation.New York LaGuardia is being rebuilt in a $8 billion project expected to be finished by 2022.
Los Angeles International is revamping some of its domestic terminals and adding new connections to its international terminal as airlines increase their overseas routes from the City of Angels.
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