NEW YORK It s long been the bane of traveling New Yorkers lives, and incoming president Joe Biden once described it as third world.
But while the aviation industry has been decimated by the COVID-19 pandemic, LaGuardia Airport has been quietly undergoing major renovations.
And now, $8 billion later, the new Terminal B is almost finished. New Yorkers love to criticize, and they love to hate. I think if you looked at every single passenger survey, LaGuardia was always the worst, says Rick Cotton, executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Our challenge was to take it from worst to first, he tells CNN.
Julia Buckley, CNN • Updated 31st December 2020
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(CNN) It s long been the bane of traveling New Yorkers lives, and incoming president Joe Biden once described it as third world.
But while the aviation industry has been decimated by the Covid-19 pandemic, LaGuardia Airport has been quietly undergoing major renovations.
And now, $8 billion later, the new Terminal B is almost finished. New Yorkers love to criticize, and they love to hate. I think if you looked at every single passenger survey, LaGuardia was always the worst, says Rick Cotton, executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
America s worst airport tries to reinvent itself
LaGuardia - for decades considered one of the worst airports in the United States - has just undergone a massive renovation, prompted by criticism in 2015 from then-Vice President Joe Biden. Now, it faces the prospect of reopening its terminal during an historic crisis for the aviation industry. CNN s Richard Quest reports.
Posted: Jan 1, 2021 4:30 PM
Updated: Jan 1, 2021 4:30 PM
Posted By: By Julia Buckley, CNN
It s long been the bane of traveling New Yorkers lives, and incoming president Joe Biden once described it as third world.
But while the aviation industry has been decimated by the Covid-19 pandemic, LaGuardia Airport has been quietly undergoing major renovations.