Starting with an early morning flight at around 4 a.m., all 16 commercial airlines at MSY will operate from the new terminal. The old terminal will be close to the public tonight.
StuckatTheAirport is in town for the switchover. We will share snaps of closing and opening ceremonies. We’ll also check out all the fresh amenities in the new terminal.
In addition to some great, locally-themed shops and restaurants, the new terminal promises power chargers at 50% of the gate area seats, water bottle refill stations, the three Mothers Rooms and music venues. The “fully automated” restrooms promise “sanitary seat covers.”
That’s tomorrow.
Today we’re sharing some snaps of the old terminal gathered on our way in. In case you’ll miss is.
We’re hoping this mural of New Orleans Jazz musicians makes a return.
StuckatTheAirport.com toured the new $12 billion Istanbul Airport (IST) terminal this week.
We’ll circle back to share more information and advice about making your way through this shiny new space, but we wanted to share just a few snaps of what we saw on our tour.
Great selfie-spot in the main terminal area at Istanbul Airport Cute robots are available at Istanbul Airport to answer questions and help travelers find their way. A Yotel with rooms a landside restaurant and bar and rooms on both airside AND landside is in the main terminal lobby of Istanbul Airport.
There are, of course, shops and restaurants galore at Istanbul Airport.
And spaces where travelers can stop and nap.
More about the new Istanbul Airport soon.
Have you been to the new Istanbul Airport? Tell us what you saw – and bought?
The lid has been lifted on the finalists for this year’s America’s Best Restroom contest and this year restrooms in two airports on opposite sides of the country are on the list.
LaGuardia Airport’s loos in the running
LaGuardia Airport Terminal B, Location: Queens, New York, LaGuardia Gateway Partners
If the restrooms at LaGuardia Airport’s Terminal B are among the finalists
for America’s Best Restroom, there may indeed be hope for the overall success
of the airport’s current rebuild.
With an eye to efficiency and innovation, these new restrooms have stalls
large enough to accommodate luggage, trough-style sinks with a raised counter
above; live orchids, custom mosaic tiles at the entryway and over the urinals
and graphics depicting New York City on the stall doors.
Courtesy LaGuardia Gateway Partners
“Terminal B’s new restrooms combine cleanliness, innovative
aesthetics and advanced technology together to create a top-class guest experience that
travelers deserve,” said Stewart Steeves, CEO of LaGuardia Gateway
Partners.
On a roll at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
Courtesy Port of Seattle
Lovely new restrooms are part of the major renovation project for the North
Satellite at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
These new loos feature a flushing system that harvests rainwater to the tune of more than 750,000 gallons a year. The modern
loos also have separate sinks inside the ADA
stalls, family restrooms with adult changing tables and built-in custodial support closets.
“We appreciate that people think we have some of the best
seats in the house. said Sea-Tac spokesman Perry Cooper, “That’s how we roll.”
The eight other restrooms on the list of finalists this year include
loos at the Nashville Zoo, at the Natick Mall in Massachusetts, at the Jupiter
NEXT hotel in Portland and at restaurants, a brewpub and the New Museum of
Contemporary Art in New York City.
Courtesy New Museum
You can cast a vote
for the coolest commode through September 13. The winning
loo will take a throne in America’s Best Restroom Hall of Fame and receive
$2,500 in facility services from contest sponsor Cintas Corporation.
In this article from Architectural Record, the Airport Construction Council notes that at least $70 billion is being spent over five years, beginning in 2017, to modernize 50 medium and large U.S. airports.
Most of that money and effort is going toward revamping, expanding or constructing terminals.
What's next for air-travel design? In this special Continuing Education section, we examine buildings that ease passenger aggravation and respond to the local culture and environment: https://t.co/evcBGsBAaS
Some of the other airports and airport terminal projects featured in this article include Pittsburgh International Airport, Singapore Changi Airport and JFK Airport.
Courtesy Pittsburgh International Airport Photo by Harriet Baskas
When the TWA Terminal by Eero Saarinen opened in 1962, it embodied the allure of air travel: https://t.co/DpxeWShNcT
Locals and visitors alike have lots of memories associated with riding the underground train out to the North Satellite – and all the trips taken to and from Seattle from those gates since 1973.
And Gate N7 is famous for being the gate where Annie (played by Meg Ryan) walks right past Sam (played by Tom Hanks) in the 1993 hit movie Sleepless in Seattle.
Before the next section of the North Satellite closes, SEA airport is asking travelers to send in stories and memories – and perhaps photos – of the North Satellite on the Sea-Tac Airport Facebook page and and on Instagram using #goodnightN7.
If you do, you may win a pair of SEA Airport carpet socks.
