<br /> • <br /> AIRPORT EXPA SIGN PROJECT • 28849 LOCKHEED DRIVE • EUGENE, OREGON 97402 <br /> NEWS RELEASE <br /> July 25, 1 88 <br /> CONTACT: icky Langford, Public Works Consultant, 687-5123 <br /> From Sandr Gleason, Public Works Public Information, 687-5523 <br /> FOR IMMEDI TE RELEASE <br /> t <br /> AIRLINES BEGIN MOVE INTO TEMPORARY TICKETING QUARTERS <br /> Eugen Oregon The five airlines serving Mahlon Sweet Airport in <br /> Eugene, Or gon will move into temporary ticketing offices at the south end of <br /> the main t rminal late this week to allow Wildish Building Company, contractor <br /> for the to urinal expansion, to begin remodeling the old ticketing area in the <br /> north wing and constructing the elevated concourse and gate lobby. The <br /> remodeling is expected to take approximately a year, at v~hich time, the <br /> airlines ill move into their permanent quarters in the newly expanded <br /> section. <br /> Each airline, USAir, American, Horizon, United, and United Express will <br /> be moved fter their last evening flight to ensure daily ticketing is not <br /> disrupted. USAir will begin operating from their new unit on Thursday, July <br /> 28; Ameri an on Friday, July 29; United and united Express on Saturday, July <br /> 30; and H rizon on Tuesday, August 2. Directional signs to the temporary <br /> quarters ill be posted at the front of the terminal. Passengers must return <br /> to the se urity area in the lobby to board their planes. <br /> When completed in the fall of 1989, the $ll.l million terminal expansion <br /> i <br /> will more than triple the size of the present terminal to include a <br /> second-st ry concourse with a larger bearding area, enclosed passenger loading <br /> mare <br /> i <br /> i <br /> i <br /> <br />