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8 airportbusiness February/March 2016 INDUSTRY NEWS $114 Million Concourse in Memphis International Airport's Future Memphis International Airport leaders recently reported they expect to finalize designs for a $114 million concourse modernization project in late 2016. Scott Brockman, president and CEO of the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority, informed the Memphis Business Journal in early January that project designs should be completed by fall of 2016 with bids being released soon thereafter. The modernization project will include additional signage and lighting, as well as facade engineering and sustainability initiatives and will consolidate airline operations, as well as retail and food and beverage operations, into the B con- course. The south ends of both the A and C concourses will be removed to give airplanes clear access to the entire B concourse. The end of A has already been removed; timing for the removal of C will depend on the final design plans for B. The project will also ensure the terminal is up to new seismic standards. ABRAHAM LINCOLN CAPITAL AIRPORT … Received an unqualified, or "clean opinion" of its financial report from the CPA firm of Eck, Schafer & Punke for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015. ACI … Along with the Open Doors Organization announce plans to offer new workshops for US airports on passengers with reduced mobility. AMAZON.COM … Is conducting a pilot program five U.S. airports to shuttle packages aboard cargo jets. ARMSTRONG AIRPORT … Begins $800 million terminal construction project. ASHEVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT … Opens temporary runway as part of Project SOAR: Significant Opportunity for Aviation and the Region. All flights will operate on the temporary run- way until the permanent runway opens in late 2017 or early 2018. BOEING … Announces its local assembly plants for the first time delivered more than 700 commercial airplanes in 2015, propelling Boeing ahead of Airbus in jet production. DALLAS FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT … Introduces a new app that will give travelers turn-by-turn directions, access to real-time flight information, search for 200+ restaurants and shops, and parking availability and rates. DAL GLOBAL SERVICES … Lays off 56 people contracting with American Airlines at Charlotte Douglas International Airport. DALLAS LOVE FIELD … Ranks as the No. 1 mid-sized airport in North America, according to a J.D. Power satisfaction report. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY … Published new rules Dec. 18 limiting the ability of travelers to decline a body scan at airport checkpoints operated by the TSA. FORT WAYNE-ALLEN COUNTY AIRPORT AUTHORITY … Opens Fort Wayne Aero Center, a 12,000 square foot facility that provides aircraft fuelling, de-icing, ramp parking and tie-down, and other services GALAXY FBO … Reports its new 3,200-square-foot U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility will be complete this spring. The facility will allow international flights to the airport. HMSHOST … Announces Tim Hortons' premium coffee is now brewing at a redesigned Edmonton International Airport location. HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS' … Intelligence Report, released to law enforcement, said ISIS likely has been able to print legitimate-looking Syrian passports since taking over the city of Deir ez-Zour last summer, home to a passport office with "boxes of blank passports" and a passport printing machine. HUDSON GROUP … Reports customers donated more than $1 million in phone cards to the military. This equates to more than 79,000 cards. LOS ANGELES BOARD OF AIRPORT COMMISSIONERS … Announced plans to deliver a world-class transportation system to Los Angeles International Airport through the estimated $5-billion Landside Access Modernization Program. METROPOLITAN AIRPORTS COMMISSION … Hosts informational meeting to debate whether ride-sharing services such as UberX and Lyft should be permitted to operate at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.