FYI unveils its largest expansion in the airport's 77-year history with $150M international terminal

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Fresno Yosemite International Airport had its archetypal formation instrumentality disconnected aft the completion of the caller state-of-the-art terminal connected Wednesday night.

At 98,000 quadrate feet, the task is the largest enlargement successful the airport's 77-year history.

Earlier successful the day, the City of Fresno unveiled its caller planetary terminal, the largest enlargement successful Fresno Yosemite International Airport's 77-year history.

"I person a saying, 'Great cities person large airports, and Fresno is good connected our mode to having a large airport,'" said Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer.

The terms tag for the airport's state-of-the-art terminal is astir $150M.

The four-year modernization task was made imaginable successful portion done national funds secured by Congressman Jim Costa.

"That includes grants from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Community Project Funding arsenic good -- abstracted funding; the American Rescue Plan and the CARES Act, each of these abstracted backing sources matching with what the City of Fresno has done provides implicit $85M successful federal, national monies," said Rep. Jim Costa (D), Fresno.

The caller planetary terminal is much than a modernization.

"The 98,000 quadrate ft enlargement includes 2 caller gates that volition beryllium utilized for some home and planetary travel," said Mayor Dyer.

Aeromexico says the expansive abstraction present enhances the flying acquisition for planetary travelers, offering 2 nonstop flights to those flying to Guadalajara, which is Fresno's sister city.

"It's nice, particularly due to the fact that the Hispanic and Latino assemblage marque up the bulk of our Central Valley, and to beryllium capable to person them with authentic Mexican cuisine from Los Amigos, the creation that we person here, that conscionable makes it consciousness similar you're astatine home," said Andrea Jimenez, Aeromexico successful Fresno

"This airdrome has created hundreds of section jobs and volition proceed to bring shoppers, visitors, tourists, Bulldog fans from crossed the state and crossed the satellite who are going to beryllium buying here, spending their dollars, and adding to the economical payment to the City of Fresno for generations to come," said Fresno City Council Member Tyler Maxwell.

The adjacent signifier of the airport's refresh task volition beryllium completed by the extremity of adjacent year. The scope of the task volition see 2 further gates, a caller parking store operation with treble the capableness of the existent structure, and a caller 190-ft aerial postulation power tower.

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