...and it shouldn't even take that long: the Hammerhead will handle international flights, and will have a separate passenger flow from the pier itself which will handle transboroder flights. To accomplish that, international travelers will cross the length of the pier on highspeed moving walkways on the top level of the pier. Those walkways were not finished at the time of the last trial, but we can assume that they will be a feature of the January 13th trials. I am keen to give them a spin.
The reason to keep the transborder and international passengers separated of course is that the transborder passengers in the pier will have already cleared US Customs and Immigration. Depending on varying demand for US or overseas flights, the end of the pier and adjoining section section of the hammerhead can be switched from one section to another with the repositioning of heavy doors. It's all quite intricate and impressive. GTAA officials will tell you that this is the most complex terminal in the world, as it is the largest in this country to have to deal with the separation of three streams: domestic, transborder, and international. Canada is the only country in the world that has airports with the US pre-cleared transborder flights, although I wouldn't be surprised if the same system was not extended to some other countries in the future.
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