US. Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) airport has now issued RFPs regarding retail, food & beverage, duty free and currency exchange for its new two-million sq ft Terminal D, which is scheduled to open next summer. A Pre-Proposal Conference for prospective bidders will be held on-site at the Hyatt Regency on Wednesday 21 July.
As reported previously on The Moodie Report.com (18 May 2004), about 100,000sq ft (9,294sq m) of space at the new facility will be used for concession areas. These will be sectioned into various “villages”, each with unique colour schemes and distinguishable architectural features. The villages will be built around a main street and several avenues.
There will be two levels of shopping, dining and entertainment outlets, all of which will be located close to the boarding gates.
One out of every ten connecting passengers in the US passes through DFW, and transit passengers represent 10.2% of the total. Last year the airport handled 52.5 million passengers, and 26.2 million enplaned passengers. The airport’s own forecasts show passenger traffic rising steadily in the next few years, reaching 32.2 million enplaned passengers by 2009.
Concession sales in 2003 across the airport were almost US$150 million.
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