Mile-Long Walks Coming To Charlotte Airport With 16 New American Airlines Gates

American Debuts Concourse Marathon™ At CLT, Where The Airport Pays In Concrete And Passengers Pay In Footsteps

CHARLOTTE, NC—Calling it “the next evolution in seamless cardiovascular connectivity,” American Airlines and Charlotte Douglas International Airport have reportedly begun preparing travelers for the debut of the Concourse Marathon™, a new endurance-based customer experience in which passengers connect between flights by completing a timed footrace across an expanding republic of budget-friendly pavement. The initiative arrives […]

Mile-Long Walks Coming To Charlotte Airport With 16 New American Airlines Gates

Charlotte will spend nearly $1.1 billion on new airfield pavement and a 380,000-square-foot Concourse C extension. It should reduce gate gridlock, but the airport’s already punishing connections may stretch past a mile.