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United’s shiny new terminal in Houston

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Rendering of United's new Terminal C North at Houston Bush Intercontinental. (Image: United)

Rendering of United’s new Terminal C North at Houston Bush Intercontinental. (Image: United)

A groundbreaking ceremony was held this week at Houston Bush Intercontinental Airport for a new Terminal C North concourse, part of United’s hub operations there.

United has teamed up with the Houston Airport System for the $244 million project, which will have 11 boarding gates and will total 265,000 square feet — more than 100,000 square feet larger than the existing C North concourse.

That existing concourse will be torn down after this project is finished in early 2017, clearing space for the later reconstruction of Terminal D, the airport’s international terminal.

United said the expansion and redevelopment of the international terminal is “critical” to accommodating more connecting traffic at IAH, “particularly for those customers connecting between United flights and flights operated by United’s international airline partners.” Those partnership links keep growing; e.g., United’s Star Alliance partner All Nippon Airways will begin Houston-Tokyo Narita service next month, and Star Alliance partner Air New Zealand will start flying between Houston and Auckland in December.

United’s new C North concourse will feature 20 new dining and retail options, larger gate areas, and floor-to-ceiling windows.

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Comments

  1. Yes but I look at it this way….. The extra $800 million is worth it to be in San Francisco and not Houston.

  2. So 11 new gates at IAH takes 2 years and $200 million. SFO Term 1 redo takes over 10 years and $1 billion for 24 gates. Doesn’t make sense.

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