US: Pittsburgh Airport unveils $1.1b terminal modernisation plan

Officials at Pittsburgh International Airport and its managing Allegheny County Airport Authority announced a US$1.1b terminal modernisation plan Tuesday, with construction set to begin in 2019. The new design will create an expanded security checkpoint, the elimination of the airport’s people-mover train, a newly configured international arrivals process, and an improved baggage system. According to ACAA, the plan “eliminates critical points of failure like the train and baggage delivery system.” PIT’s present landside terminal exists at a distance from the airport’s renovated airside gates. After passing through security, passengers must board a people-mover train to reach the airside gates. Similarly, baggage must make the lengthy journey back and forth between the airside gates and the landside terminal.<br/>