It is a public airport that serves the Austin metropolitan area and is the main airport for the city of Austin. The concourse would have at least 10 gates. Austin wants to evict LoneStar Airport Holdings and tear down the South Terminal building to make way for the airport's long-term expansion project. Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) is located in Austin, Texas, USA. The new concourse that airport officials hope will replace the South Terminal would be accessible by underground tunnel from the Barbara Jordan Terminal. Lonestar could argue it should have been consulted under this provision. The city contends it does not have to release the documents and has asked the Texas attorney general to support it.Ī copy of the lease agreement viewed by KUT includes a provision for the airport to grant the "exclusive first right" to develop and operate any expansion of the facility. It consists of two terminals, the Barbara Jordan Terminal and the new South Terminal, and they are separate from one another each with their own entrance, services and facilities.
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KUT filed a public information request seeking a copy of the 40-year lease agreement (30 years plus two optional five-year extensions) between the city and Lonestar Holdings, along with communication records between them about discussions around the terminal's future. Austin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) is located approximately five miles southeast of downtown Austin. The concourse would have at least 10 gates. KUT The airport plans to tear down the South Terminal and replace it with a concourse accessible by underground tunnel from the Barbara Jordan Terminal. THE DISCORD LEAKS Documents illustrate how emerging nations bid to duck Washingtons showdown with Moscow and Beijing have put Bidens global agenda at risk. In July, an internal memo from Aviation Department CEO Jacqueline Yaft to the mayor and City Council said the decision to close the South Terminal was based on the advice of "independent consultants" and would take place within about two years. "AUS has given Allegiant assurances that we will work together on a transition plan and strategy to accommodate our future growth," Allegiant spokesperson Sonya Padgett said in an email. "This is in support of a larger program that will allow AUS to create the infrastructure needed to support our growing community and our airline partners as they continue to invest in Austin."Īirport officials have said Allegiant and Frontier airlines could continue to operate at the airport. "The Department of Aviation plans to transition the carriers that currently use the South Terminal to the Barbara Jordan Terminal in the coming years," the statement said. KUT Lonestar Holdings CEO Jeff Pearse said it was "a bit insulting" that the airport reached out to Frontier and Allegiant Airlines about the terminal's demolition but not him.Īustin airport officials declined to be interviewed about the conflict due to "anticipated litigation," but issued a statement saying Lonestar "recently notified the City of Austin that it is not interested in participating in a structured negotiation process."
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