The 20 million dollar expansion will help improve security and passenger flow.
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(TRACK 1) MAYBE ITS BEEN A WHILE SINCE YOU’VE FLOWN IN TO SYRACUSE HANCOCK AIRPORT. WELL THAT MAY CHANGE SOON. THE AIRPORT IS GETTING SOME NEW UPGRADES TO ITS NORTHERN TERMINAL. UPGRADES THAT SHOULD MAKE TRAVEL MUCH MORE CONVENIENT.
(SOT 1) JASON TERRERI: “So that expansion is going to do two things for us first off from a capacity standpoint were adding two new jet bridges as well as an additional gate area as well as some new concession offering for the airports. The second thing its going to do for us is give that passenger a much better experience. So there’s going to be new signage lighting in the terminal there going to be a big window so is going to just further enhance and increase the customer experience here at the airport,”
(TRACK 2) AND IT COULDN’T COME AT A BETTER TIME, AIR TRAVEL IN CENTRAL NEW YORK HAS SKYROCKETED AFTER THE PANDEMIC, WITH THE AIRPORT BUILDING PARKING EARLIER THIS YEAR TO ACCOMMODATE FOR MORE TRAVELERS THAT TERRERI SAYS ARE NOT JUST COMING FROM SYRACUSE.
(SOT 2) JASON TERRERI: “We have more and more people coming through our airport and the places they are coming from are further than just Syracuse were actually drawing from all up and down the I-81 corridor as well as I-90 corridor,”
(TRACK 3) WHILE THESE NEW EXPANSIONS WILL MAKE THE AIRPORT EXPERIENCE BETTER FOR PASSENGERS. FOR PEOPLE LIKE KENNETH FOX, THEY’RE JUST HAPPY FOR SOME IMPROVEMENTS.
(SOT 3) KENNETH FOX: “ I mean improvement is necessary, sometimes the just options are pretty limited here,”
(TRACK 4) JASON TERRERI TOLD ME THAT THESE EXPANSIONS SHOULD BE READY FOR TAKE OFF IN ABOUT TWO YEARS. NOW JUST HOPING THAT THEY CAN STICK THE LANDING.
JACOB BERNARDINI N-C-C NEWS
Syracuse, New York — Syracuse Hancock Airport, is receiving 20 Million Dollars from the New York State Government to make improvements to its security and expand its northern terminal.
The expansion, part of a 230 Million effort to improve Upstate New York airports, will help Syracuse keep its status as an international airport by improving its Federal Inspection Station (FIS) and Customs and Border Protection.
Jason Terreri, the Executive Director of the Syracuse Regional Airport Authority says the expansion will provide a lot for the airport.
“So that expansion is going to do two things for us first off from a capacity standpoint were adding two new jet bridges as well as an additional gate area as well as some new concession offering for the airports. The second thing its going to do for us is give that passenger a much better experience. So there’s going to be new signage lighting in the terminal there going to be a big window so is going to just further enhance and increase the customer experience here at the airport,” Terreri said.
Kenneth Fox, a passenger at Syracuse Hancock airport agreed that the improvement was good.
“ I mean improvement is necessary, sometimes the just options are pretty limited here,” Fox said.
Syracuse Hancock Airport has seen a rapid increase in travel this past year. The arrivals of airlines Southwest and soon Breeze Airways have increased the amount of destinations and flights in the airport. Travel increased so much that the Airport had to build additional parking to accommodate the amount of passengers.
“We have more and more people coming through our airport,” Terrari said. “and the places they are coming from are further than just Syracuse were actually drawing from all up and down the I-81 corridor as well as I-90 corridor.”
Terreri said they plan on the expansion being done in two years.