Orlando International Airport Update

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Vicki Jaramillo:Well, I'm pleased to say, first of all, that Orlando International Airport is now the busiest passenger airport in Florida with 45 million passengers. So right now we're under a capital improvement program to update the current facility as we start to build our South Terminal, which will open in January, February of 2021. So it's balancing the current facilities while we also look to build the South Terminal. Let's see, our long-haul wish list. Number one would be London Heathrow, and even though Orlando currently has about 4 to 5 nonstops a day to London Gatwick, Heathrow is what the business traveler and the people are wanting, so Heathrow would be at the top of the list. Rio was, but now we have Rio service from LATAM, and then Amsterdam recently started with Delta. But now also we're after Buenos Aires, Argentina, because many of the people coming from Argentina are having to come through another gateway for the lack of service. So that's a market we've seen tremendously rebound. And then I would say on the Asia side, Tokyo is at the top of the list. Absolutely. We did have our lowest point as far as seats back last year, but by this year, November of 2018, we'll have close to 500,000 seats from Brazil, and that's from 7 different Brazilian markets. So we have seen a rebound, and we— it's not just from São Paulo and Rio, but it's from other markets as well, including Fortaleza, from Recife, Belo Horizonte. So we've been very happy with the coming back of the Brazilian market. I think we're fortunate we have— we serve 82 nonstop destinations from Orlando, which is the most in Florida from any airport. There are some I would call secondary and tertiary cities. I would say some of the areas of North Carolina, you know, the Ashvilles, the Greenville, some of those markets, and those are a little just more challenging to get. Also, Huntsville was a market we were after for a long time. So finally we're having new service starting to Huntsville because there's a large Aerospace community between Central Florida and the Huntsville area. So sometimes the smaller ones are the tougher ones. Yeah. Vicki Jaramillo with Orlando International Airport. So far, very good. I think you always learn new things, so I think you get educated, but it's also the networking that's always very important at these conferences. Well, I'm pleased to say, first of all, that Orlando International Airport is now the busiest passenger airport in Florida with 45 million passengers. So right now we're under a capital improvement program to update the current facility as we start to build our South Terminal, which will open in January, February of 2021. So it's balancing the current facilities while we also look to build the South Terminal.

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