Mon, Dec 08, 2008
Effort Will Save Airport Nearly $900,000/Year
Lambert-St. Louis International
Airport will close a 12-gate section of Concourse D that links the
airports Main and East Terminals. The closure was announced earlier
this week at the St. Louis Airport Commission Meeting and is
effective Monday, December 8.
The cost cutting move is part of an overall $2.7 million budget
reduction plan to help Lambert better position itself in the wake
of a nation-wide downturn in airline passenger activity.
Lambert will construct walls at either end of the section
(D12-D26, E34-E40). The gates are all vacant with leases that
expired as late as 2005. Frontier Airlines and Great Lakes Airlines
are not affected by the closure and will continue to operate out of
gates D-4 and D8/10, respectively.
Lambert already operates a free shuttle between terminals with
pickups every 10 minutes. All passengers will be directed to those
pick up zones (Main Terminal-Exit Door MT12; East Terminal-Exit
Door ET 12).
The closing of the 12 gate section on D Concourse is projected
to save Lambert nearly $900,000 a year with reduced costs for
electrical usage, escalator maintenance, trash removal and cleaning
services.
In the other budget reductions, Lambert is freezing 12 vacant
positions, reconfiguring guard services, closing a parking lot
valet service and delaying the purchase of a fire truck.
Lambert has seen a five percent drop in passenger levels so far
this year, far less than other airports in the country. Still,
Lambert's director told airport commissioners the airport is
proactively trying to stay ahead of the curve, "It's motivated us
to tighten our belts, conserve revenues and keep our costs
down."
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