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TERMINAL REFRESH A Five-Gate Expansion And New Concessions Are In The Works For SRQ

BY SARAH BELING

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ost-pandemic travel is booming in Florida – and not just in the state’s largest cities. Over at Sarasota

and refurbished concessions concepts, an outbound baggage handling system with new screening equipment, an expansion of the airport’s airfield ramps for air carrier parking, a new cell phone lot and vehicle parking lots, a repaving of the taxiway as well as a new observation area on the east side of the airport for the community to watch planes take off and land. While the phases of the project started at “various stages” over the last 18 months, says SRQ president and CEO Fredrick J. Piccolo, most initiatives will be completed between early fall and the end of 2025, he notes. When it comes to the airport’s concessions program,

Above: Sarasota Bradenton International Airport is in the midst of a $200-million dollar terminal expansion project that includes a new five-gate terminal, security checkpoint, new and refurbished concessions concepts and other improvements.

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Bradenton International Airport (SRQ), passenger numbers have grown over 200% since 2018, leading the Gulf Coast airport to expand and refurbish its existing facilities in a fast-moving, approximately $200-million dollar terminal expansion project. Having nearly doubled its airlines and quadrupled its nonstop destinations in the last five years, SRQ is making room for further growth with a terminal expansion project that includes a new five gate terminal, security checkpoint, new

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