As of Monday, passengers at Orange County’s John Wayne Airport are reaping the benefits of a $543-million improvement project. That meansa new terminal, more parking, more elbow room, state-of-the-industry check-in kiosks and an array of works from local artists. They also have more places to plug in a laptop and more places to lap up a lunch.
A traveler walks past new flat-panel screens and check-in kiosks for Frontier and Southwest Airlines in John Wayne Airport’s new Terminal C.
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Travelers pass through security screening, including a new body scanner, above, at John Wayne Airport’s new Terminal C. Five new security screening lanes were added.
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Travelers pass through John Wayne Airport’s new Terminal C, which debuted Monday.
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New self-service check-in kiosks allow travelers to check in for any airline in John Wayne Airport’s new Terminal C.
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Traveler Karyn Fields of Reno looks for her flight information on new screens at John Wayne Airport’s new Terminal C.
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Artificial flowers and plants decorate the baggage carousels in the newly opened Terminal C. The carousel saw no action on debut day, however: The airport last week failed a certification test for the baggage system and is not authorized to use it until it gets approval, which could take up to a month. Passengers who didn’t have to check bags were allowed to pass through security at Terminal C. Those with luggage to check had to walk to Terminal B to do so.
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Traveler Kiran Thakkar of New Jerse, waits for a ride outside John Wayne Airport’s newly opened Terminal C.
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An exterior view of John Wayne Airport’s new Terminal C, which debuted Monday. Its parking lot added 2000 spaces and got a new space-counting system.
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