They're Trying, We'll Give Them That

The owners of the airport, with the major stockholder being our major developer, is trying to cope with a 15% increase in passengers year over year. We now have 41 direct destinations, and twice as many seats as seven years ago when we all still thought the airport was awesome.

With $17.5 million dollars invested this year, airport management is struggling to finish the edition to the international terminal and they're almost finished with the new parking lot. And they have bought a bunch of spiffy buses to haul us to the plane when there are not enough gates.

The departure lounge has become unmanageable, as often all chairs are taken and people are standing.

The Carls Jr. Is just going to have to try and keep up, because the trauma of that line is worse than standing, and, marginally worse than going hungry. People are standing around waiting to pounce on any chair vacated by some poor bastard who has to go to the bathroom, which will have an even longer line than Starbucks' or Carls Jr. There's even a long line for the check in kiosks, although there are helpful and nice attendants floating around, trying to keep it moving.

This is just one example of how infrastructure is struggling to keep up with all the new building of tourist facilities on the Corridor. Do you want to ask again where are the people who will fill all those hotels?

"If they build it they will come", seems to work just fine.

In this picture, the expanded international terminal is under construction between terminals 1 and 2. Completion date? You're kidding, right? This is Mexico, quiensabe?

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