Business View Magazine | December 2019

189 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE DECEMBER 2019 THE DES MOINES INTERNAT IONAL A I RPORT heavy pavement. As air cargo has declined in the United States, the ramp was underutilized. We will be moving Signature Flight Support, one of our two FBOs, and one of our specialized aeronautical service operators on the field, Des Moines Flying Service, from the vicinity of the existing terminal down to the south side of the building, and they will be utilizing the other half of the ramp. All of that construction has been going on for the last three years, now, and it will be completed by this fall. Then, the area around the terminal will be completely open so that we can actually start construction on what we call the east quadrant here at the Airport, and start the terminal project, itself. “All of the construction, except for the runways, is part of the terminal project. Originally, the cost on that was $500 million and everybody assumed we were building a $500 million terminal and that’s not true; it’s the movement of all these facilities and getting everything situated the way it should be. For the actual Executive Director, Kevin Foley and Communications, Marketing & Air Services Manager, Kayla Kovarna Commercial Traffic Lane