Originally published November 15, 2007 at 12:00 AM | Page modified November 15, 2007 at 6:02 PM
Mexico City opens new airport terminal
Mexico City's crowded international airport opened a long-awaited terminal today that is expected to boost passenger capacity by more than...
MEXICO CITY — Mexico City's crowded international airport opened a long-awaited terminal today that is expected to boost passenger capacity by more than 40 percent.
Officials say the $792 million Terminal 2 will let some 34 million travelers pass through Benito Juarez International Airport a year, up from current capacity of about 24 million.
Aeromexico, Delta and Continental airlines are among those expected to use the terminal, which will include a hotel, parking garage and shops when fully complete.
President Felipe Calderón will inaugurate the terminal officially early next year, when it is expected to be handling 43 percent of the airport's traffic, Transportation Secretary Luis Tellez said. .
The expansion came after various failed attempts to build a new airport serving Mexico City.
In 2002, then-President Vicente Fox scrapped a plan to construct a six-runway, $2.3 billion airport in nearby Texcoco after machete-wielding farmers refused to give up their land.
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