Today, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava and Miami International Airport officials hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the first phase of MIA’s new Central Terminal check-in area. The first of three ticket counter pods in the new airline check-in area, which includes the latest in self-service bag drop technology, is part of a $38-million renovation to the airport’s Central Terminal between concourses F and G.
The renovated lobby area, which serves travelers flying Air Europa, Spirit Airlines, and Viva Aerobus, also features upgraded terrazzo flooring, ceilings, and baggage conveyors. The project is partially funded by a $15 million Airport Infrastructure Grant from the Federal Aviation Administration awarded to MIA in February. Over the next 10 years, MIA is investing more than $9 billion in airport-wide modernizations and capital improvements.
Other projects included in the airport’s $9 billion Future-Ready Capital Improvement Program are renovations to its 206 restrooms, 126 passenger boarding bridges and 616 elevators, escalators, and moving walkways, a new 2,240-space parking garage and a four-star hotel, and expansions to its South, Central, and North terminal facilities.