Age of various facilities at Salt Lake City International Airport

I found this SLC slide interesting because it shows the age of the various facilities at SLC.

Salt Lake City International Airport - Aging Facilities (17 to 52 years)

Most of the existing facilities will be demolished to make way for a new building.

Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) Terminal Redevelopment Program Phase 1

Boeing 777X

Expected Date of Commercial Service : 2020

777X Details and Specifications

Boeing 777X

Boeing 777X

Boeing 777X

Boeing

Some of the 777X customers (259 airplanes worth $95b by 4 airlines)

Source: 777X website (click here)

Southwest Airlines Inflight Entertainment System

I took a flight on Southwest Airlines recently.  They had just launched their new Inflight Entertainment System.  Here are some screenshots of the Inflight Entertainment System.  I liked the flight tracker.  To use it, an app must be downloaded into your mobile device before you fly.

Sections

- Entertainment

- Connect / WiFi

- Destination / Flight tracker / connections

Southwest - Entertainment

Southwest - Connect

Southwest - Destination

Southwest Flight Tracker

Arrival and Connections information

BART to Oakland International Airport Connector

This 3.8 mile connector (elevated, surface and subway) links Oakland International Airport with the Bay Area Rapid Transit System that serves San Francisco and the region.  The other airport in the region, San Francisco International Airport (SFO), already has a BART station in the terminal area.

Project cost: US$484million

System: Doppelmayr

Construction start: Mar 2011

Expected completion: Fall 2014

BART Connector, Oakland International Airport

Track Alignment - BART Connector, Oakland International Airport

Click here to view a short video of the vehicle delivery.

BART Connector at Oakland International Airport

Maintenance Facility

Maintenance Facility

Maintenance Facility

Source: BART website

London Heathrow's Third Runway NW option - original and refreshed

Original NW option

New refreshed NW option

Source: London Heathrow website

London Gatwick's Second Runway Proposal

London Gatwick Airport submitted a proposal to build a new runway to the UK Airport Commission.

It is one of the short listed options along with London Heathow's 3rd Runway Proposal

London Gatwick Master Plan with 2nd Runway

London Gatwick Master Plan with 2nd Runway (at night)

London Gatwick Second Runway Campaign

Check out their website.  Click here.

London Gatwick 2nd Runway website

Source: Gatwick Airport website

Heathrow's Third Runway Proposal (May 2014)

Heathrow has prepared a refreshed proposal.

After taking in feedback during the consultation process, they have refined the North west option.

Taking Britain further

London Heathrow revised Third Runway Northwest Option

Heathrow West Terminal

Changes from previous proposal

You can check their website at this link. Click here.

Britain's Heathrow - Campaign for Third Runway

Source: Heathrow Airport website