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'Lifting To New Heights': Capital Region Airports Receiving Millions For Modernization Projects 'Lifting To New Heights': Capital Region Airports Receiving Millions For Modernization Projects
'Lifting To New Heights': Capital Region Airports Receiving Millions For Modernization Projects Bigger terminals, nicer concession areas, and improved security screening are just some of the modernization projects that will benefit from the $230 million awarded to nine airports across New York. The awards are granted through the Upstate Airport Economic Development and Revitalization Competition. Funding is meant to pay for airport projects that “promote, revitalize, and accelerate investments in upstate commercial passenger service airports, helping to create airports for the 21st century,” the governor’s office said. "Our upstate airports are our gateways to local economies and ma…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Photos: LaGuardia Airport Unveils Big Part Of $8 Billion Facelift Photos: LaGuardia Airport Unveils Big Part Of $8 Billion Facelift
Photos: LaGuardia Airport Unveils Big Part Of $8 Billion Facelift State officials officially opened the brand-new Terminal B Arrivals and Departures Hall at LaGuardia Airport as they continue making progress on the $8 billion facelift of the oft-mocked airport. On Wednesday, June 10, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Rick Cotton, the Executive Director fo the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey were on hand at the new terminal to officially open the 850,000-square-foot, four-story terminal in Queens. “LaGuardia is the first new airport in the USA in 25 years … think of that. The last airport was in Denver in 1995,” Cuomo said, comparing renovating the air…

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by Zak Failla
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It's Official: Stewart Airport Now Has A New Name It's Official: Stewart Airport Now Has A New Name
It's Official: Stewart Airport Now Has A New Name This story has been updated. Stewart International Airport in Orange County will be renamed New York Stewart International Airport as part of a $37 million effort to modernize facilities and bring new attention to the travel hub. The tremendous success of international air service by Norwegian Airlines at Stewart International Airport in Orange County has prompted the Port Authority to expand services including a permanent U.S. Customs inspection area at the airport based in New Windsor.  According to realestateindepth.com, passenger volumes at the Hudson Valley airport rose 62 percent las…

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by Jon Craig