Airport Experience® News - Food & Beverage Issue 2023

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changed the name to Hollywood Burbank Airport as a way of letting people know the proximity we have to the L.A. region. That has helped us a lot. WE have quite a stable of carriers already, so a lot of our effort is talking to them about the city pairs that we would like to see out of Burbank. In the next three years or so, we will be opening a new terminal building. We will be able to be a lot more efficient, which will provide an opportunity to see some good increases in passenger traffic. WARD: Can you give me an overview of the new terminal project? MILLER: In April our Commission approved the design concept for the terminal building and we’re now pushing forward. We anticipate that the design will be at 60 percent in April of next year. That will also coincide with the progressive design build team, providing a guaranteed maximum price on the project. We will be going into the financial market at that time, and we

Left, Above: Hudson operates retail concessions at BUR while Metropolitan Culinary Services

holds the food and beverage contract.

are looking at opening a new terminal building on October 1st of 2026. It’s an aggressive schedule and we recognize that. Fortunately we are building on a totally different site on the airport. That gives us f lexibility to move a lot more quickly. It is a very exciting time. The terminal building that we’re in today opened 93 years ago, so this is something that is well overdue.

We market ourselves as the alternative to LAX, we understand that there are restrictions [due to local ordinances]. We’re certainly not going to be posing any real threat to the LAX operations, but people recognize the convenience of Burbank. That’s one of the of the issues that that we are very sensitive to. Even with this new terminal, it is important for us to maintain the convenience that people have come to expect.

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