b'8 LAX TERMINALSNew Terminal ConnectorFACTS&FIGURESImproves Passenger AccessibilityProject Name: Delta Sky Way at Los Angeles IntlBY KRISTEN RINDFLEISCHLocation: Los Angeles Intl Airport Airport Owner/Operator: Los Angeles World Airports Cost: $2.3 billion Construction: 2018Aug. 2023 Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA)Easy movement for PROJECT COMPONENTS and Delta Air Lines have openedguests is a huge focus Delta West Headhouse: 175,000 sq. ft. the final phases of their joint Deltaat LAX. Everything that Features: Delta One lobby, with private check-in, securitySky Way project at Los Angeles Internationalwe do is in the vein of screening & lounge for premium passengers Airport (LAX), a combined investment ofbeing as accessible Terminal Connector: 592 ft. long pedestrian walkway$2.3 billion to revitalize one of the airlinesas possible, even between Terminal 3 & Tom Bradley Intl Terminal key hubs. The project added an enclosed,beyond the Americans Features: Moving walkways; future baggage systempost-security passageway between thewith Disabilities Act,TERRI MESTAS underneath; outdoor plaza for passengers in the worksupper floors of Terminal 3 and Tom Bradleynotes LAWA Chief Construction for Connector & Headhouse: International Terminal (TBIT), as well asDevelopment Officer Terri Mestas. Oct. 20202nd Quarter 2023 redeveloped facilities in terminals 2 and 3. Creating the most stress-free flow Engineer of Record, Design Team Lead: Arup The terminal connector is the final piecepossible from curb to gate is part of General Contractor: Hensel Phelps in an infrastructure puzzle that allowsa larger effort to enhance the overall Architect: Gensler passengers to flow directly from Terminalpassenger experience. This terminal 1 to Terminal 8 post security. It alsoconnector fits into that, and specifically Program & Project Management, Baggageeliminates the need for airside bussinghow we can provide a seamless Handling System Management, Tenant Movebetween terminals 2, 3 and TBIT. Priorexperience post-security, Mestas says. Management: STV; S&P ConstructionMoving Walkways: Schindler to the terminal connector, post-securityFocused conversation about passenger passengers had to be bussed betweenflow began with Delta in 2017. Given the Modular Walls (During Construction): SwiftWall the three terminals, or exit and re-entervolume of international flights in and out Key Benefits: Streamlined passenger movement fromthrough another security checkpoint. Now,of TBIT, the carrier wanted to provide Terminal 3 to Tom Bradley Intl Terminal; updated self-servethey have easier access to and through allpassengers with an easier post-security check-in kiosks in Terminal 3; premium check-in, TSAthe terminals.connection between Terminal 3 and TBIT. screening & lounge for Delta One passengersJanuary | February 2024AirportImprovement.com'