Delta breaks ground on $4bn New York LaGuardia terminal

Delta has broken ground on the $4b redevelopment of its terminals at New York LaGuardia airport, its largest airport investment ever. The works will see the Atlanta-based carrier rebuild its facilities in terminals C and D at the airport into a new, "world class" facility with 37 gates that can accommodate all of its operations at the popular New York airport. "We believe this investment will further cement Delta's position as the number one airline in New York," said Ed Bastian, CE of Delta, at a ceremony at LaGuardia. The project is Delta's largest investment at an airport ever, he says, exceeding the at least $1.4b the airline invested in expanding terminal 4 at New York John F Kennedy International airport through 2015. The works are also the single largest investment by any single airline at any of the three New York airports. Delta's LaGuardia terminal is part of New York governor Andrew Cuomo's overhaul of both LaGuardia and New York John F Kennedy International airports, that includes a new $4b central terminal at the former and an overhaul of the terminal area at JFK.<br/>