San Jose Drops Plans For Airport Complex

Dropping approved designs for an airline passenger complex, San Jose now has a new proposal.

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January 23, 2001, 11:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech


Going back to the drawing boards, city aviation officials are scrapping designs approved four years ago for a three-terminal airline passenger complex at San Jose International Airport. Instead, they now propose building a single, central passenger terminal with an automated people-mover whisking travelers to their airline gates along a mile-long concourse.

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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