Airport Experience® News - Retail & Services Issue 2025

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DFW’S CONCESSIONS REVAMP A Broad Range of New Offerings Are Coming On Stream, Part Of Airport’s DFW Forward Plan

BY SARAH BELING

s one of the world’s busiest airports, it should come as no surprise that Dallas Fort Worth International

including construction of Terminal F and the reconstruction of Terminal C. Then, in May 2025, DFW and American Airlines announced an update to the agreement, extending the use and lease agreement to 2043, as well as expanding and accelerating the plan for Terminal F. DFW, which saw over 86 million passengers in 2024, will reconstruct, rebuild or add a total of 68 gates, with 40 net new gates in partnership with American Airlines and construction by joint venture Austin Commercial , Azteca Enterprises and Alpha & Omega , with HOK and Muller & Muller, Ltd. serving as design

Above: Part of the DFW Forward program includes an entirely new Terminal F, which will measure 400,000 square feet by the completion of its first phase in 2027.

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Airport (DFW) is in the midst of a range of expansion and renovation projects under the DFW Forward capital improvement plan. The $12 billion undertaking, which includes more than 180 projects across DFW’s terminals, roadways and airfield, is part of the airport’s continual futureproofing, says a DFW spokesperson. The airport got a boost in May 2023 when American Airlines signed a new 10-year use and lease agreement, which included $4.8 billion in pre-approved capital investments,

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