News about the Restaurants at the New Airport
See below post regarding restaurants at the new airport. – Yvette Young
Mobile Airport Authority discusses potential restaurants for brand new terminal.
Take a look at what FOX 10 News said about restaurants expected to open at the airport:
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – As vertical construction continues, the new terminal at the Mobile International Airport is still expected to be finished by September 2026, with flights starting that fall.
And now we’re learning more about what may be featured inside.
“We have some fantastic restaurants here. So, we reached out to some local restaurants to gauge their interests. It seems to be a lot of interest in possibly locating a new establishment in the new terminal. So, we will formally ask a lot of different restaurants for possible bids as we get closer to the buildout. Which should be towards the end of this year,” Chairman E. Luckett Robinson said.
And the buzz isn’t just at the airport. We’ve seen the opening of new businesses and hotels in our area, which is just a ten minute drive away.
And the airport says businesses in Baldwin County are anticipating the opening of the terminal as well.
“We’re approaching 400,000 enplanements per year. So, that’s folks coming and going into Mobile, booking hotel rooms, getting Ubers, eating in restaurants. And we believe that will continue to grow, it will benefit all sorts of businesses around Mobile,” Robinson said.
The timeline was pushed back from the initial 2025 completion date. But the one thing that hasn’t changed is the budget of over 380 million dollars, which the airport authority is proud of.
“At the end of the day, ticket prices are based on your costs per enplanement, which are operating costs. So, to the extent that we can build this terminal on budget, we can keep our costs for enplanement lower. And that ends up with lower fees for the traveling public,” Robinson said.
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