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TERMINAL DESIGN December 2015/January 2016 airportbusiness 19 The acrylic painting on linen fabric, which measures nearly 20 feet by 11 feet, dominates a wall near the escalators, in much the same way that Southwest Airlines hopes to dominate airline service as the international gateway to Latin America from the city's oldest commercial airport. Southwest Airlines implemented the $146 million international ter- minal project with the City of Houston and Houston Airport System in 2012 as part of its plan to begin offering international service from Houston to the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America and northern South America. Southwest launched its first interna- tional flights from the airport in October when it began flying seven daily international flights to six destinations—Belize City, Belize; Cancun, Los Cabos, Mexico City and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; and San Jose, Costa Rica. It added flights to Montego Bay, Jamaica and Liberia in early November. Hobby Airport officials expect the new international terminal to be a boon to the airport's continued growth. They anticipate the international service will draw nearly 779,000 passengers a year within three years and 1.3 million new travelers a year after 2018. As Houston becomes one of only three U.S. cities with two international airports within its borders, officials also predict the changes will push an anticipated $1.6 billion in annual revenue into the local economy. The entire project is something that solidifies Southwest Airlines' commitment to building a presence in Houston, according to Teresa Laraba, senior vice president of customers for the airline. She told the Houston Business Journal that the project gives the airline the opportunity to have "more growth domestically and internationally." WHAT'S NEW? "The main impetus for the project was Southwest Airlines' corporate decision to begin flying internationally again. They selected several airports in the United States for international service and Hobby Airport was one of them," says Jonathan Massey, principal of the Aviation Studio at Corgan, lead architect for the new terminal. The low-cost carrier was responsible for the design, construction procurement and communication for the terminal, while the Houston Airport System shouldered the burden of designing and constructing a new parking facility and upgrading roadways to support the terminal. Massey notes the other projects, such as the new 3,000-space parking garage, were demand driven. "They needed a new garage anyway, so they coordinated the projects so they could be done at the same time," he says. As a result the new terminal, built to the west of the existing terminal, and the new parking garage, were constructed at the same time. Airport Safety Management System (SMS) Flightsville International Airport (FIA) Username: Password: Sign In Forgot password? Version 1.0. To schedule a demo or for more information please contact: Michael Saunders, msaunders@GCRincorporated.com +1.516.263.4653 GCRincorporated.com Make plans to come to NEW ORLEANS for GCRworld! April 19-21, 2016 GCR's new AirportIQ SMS is a highly configurable, web-based system which tracks, reports, analyzes and communicates information about potential safety risks across all aspects of an airport's operation. Is your airport ready for the upcoming FAA Safety Management Systems requirements? www.aviationpros.com/10131883 "The main impetus for the project was Southwest Airlines' corporate decision to begin flying internationally again. They selected several airports in the United States for international service and Houston's Hobby Airport was one of them." JONATHAN MASSEY, PRINCIPAL, CORGAN