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The next destination: Passive design airports

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The next destination: Passive design airports 0 qpurcell Thu, 04/18/2024 - 13:59 Airports Today, we can design airports that are climate resilient, durable, long-lasting, and healthy for occupants—we can design airports using Passive House standards. On the path to passive The airport itself is becoming more sustainable.

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LaGuardia Airport receives eight private work booths in Terminal B

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New York City’s LaGuardia Airport recently had eight Jabbrrbox work booths installed in Terminal B in an effort to improve the modern travel experience. The work booths provide acoustically-sound, private spaces equipped with free and secure WiFi, flight-tracking abilities, terminal maps, and a photobooth app.

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JFK Airport Runway to be Widened, Repaved

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Kennedy airport will close one of its four runways, runway 13L-31R, for reconstruction until mid-November. According to Travel Pulse, workers will also install new lights, signs, cables, navigational aids. New York City’s John F. The runway will be widened by 33 percent. High-speed taxiways will…

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Denver Airport Breaks Ground on Gate Expansion

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Denver International Airport's $1.5 airport to keep up rapid growth. The project will add 39 new gates to the airport by spring 2021, increasing gate capacity 30 percent. The project will add 39 new gates to the airport by spring 2021, increasing gate capacity 30 percent. percent increase.

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Denver Airport Breaks Ground on Gate Expansion Project

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Denver International Airport's $1.5 airport to keep up rapid growth. The project will add 39 new gates to the airport by spring 2021, increasing gate capacity 30 percent. The project will add 39 new gates to the airport by spring 2021, increasing gate capacity 30 percent. percent increase.

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Coronavirus and airline travel in Europe: No empty plane seats under EU plan

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Airlines will not have to leave seats empty, but passengers flying in the European Union will have to wear masks on planes and in airports under plans to revive the travel industry. Airlines have raised concerns that measures to slow the spread of the pandemic could blight profitability long after any travel restrictions end.

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Travel in Europe during coronavirus: Plan to create ‘tourism corridors’ between countries

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More than three-quarters of trips made by EU citizens are to other EU countries but travel restrictions continue to apply across the bloc. The commission would publish guidance on the issue on May 13 she said, before adding that any lifting of travel restrictions should not discriminate on grounds of nationality. Photo: Getty Images.

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