Despite the still active and expanding docklands to the west of the city centre, further enhanced with the opening of a fourth cruise terminal in 2009, parts of the eastern docks have been redeveloped; the Ocean Village development, which included a local marina and small entertainment complex, is a good example.
A second terminal, the North Terminal, was built in 1988.
The opening of a second offshore oil terminal in the south could soon increase exports by a few hundred thousand barrels a day, Shamkhi al-Faraj, the head of the state oil exporting agency told Reuters in Dubai.
"It's the opening of a second front," she said.
Glass Dreams will secure a $50,000 long-term loan to facilitate the opening of a second storefront.
Part of a $3.8 billion expansion, which included the opening of a third runway in October, it is due to open on February 29th, weeks ahead of schedule.The new terminal is not merely window-dressing for foreigners.
A third terminal is being built.
In an effort to avoid the blunders which overshadowed the opening of Heathrow's fifth terminal in 2008 – when dozens of flights were cancelled and thousands of passengers were delayed – 10,000 volunteers have been deployed over a period of several months, as well as 20,000 staff, to ensure the smooth operation of the airport.
Since the opening of a new terminal in November 2007, the airport has hired some 60 disabled, bilingual workers to serve as Mexico's face to the world.
The last opening of a new terminal at the airport, Terminal 5, saw operators heavily criticised after chaotic scenes.
