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Commission authorizes negotiation of long-term airline agreements to back AUS expansion
Summary
The Austin airport commission unanimously authorized staff to negotiate and execute long-term airline use-and-lease agreements that staff says will fund and govern Austin Bergstrom International Airport's planned expansion, including 20-plus new gates and a multi-year capital program.
The Austin airport commission unanimously authorized staff to negotiate and execute signatory and non‑signatory airline use-and-lease agreements designed to underpin the airport expansion and development program at Austin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS).
The agreements, as read into the record by Tracy Thompson, would govern commercial and cargo airline operations at AUS from Jan. 1, 2026, through Sept. 30, 2035, with a promotional two-year extension option. Thompson characterized the agreements as the funding foundation for the expansion program and said airlines committed to leasing new gates and participating in the Airport Expansion and Development Program (AEDP).
The authorization is intended to enable the city to move toward bond-market financing in early next year, staff and commissioners said. “These agreements will govern how the commercial passenger and cargo airlines operate in AUS for the next decade,”…
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