Stewards of North American airports are seeing passengers return and new funding thanks to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, but staffing and sustainability pose key challenges as they plan and construct facilities for a hopefully post-pandemic traveling world.
While the new federal law provides about $5 billion annually for terminal projects, it still falls short of the $115 billion needed through 2026 for American airports, according to Airports Council International-North America, a trade association representing commercial airports in the U.S. and Canada.