{"id":55266,"date":"2025-11-21T09:13:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T09:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/55266\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T09:13:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T09:13:14","slug":"orlando-airport-prepares-for-major-tram-upgrades-during-holiday-rush-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/55266\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando airport prepares for major tram upgrades during holiday rush"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">ORLANDO, Fla. &#8211; Orlando International Airport is preparing for a major, multi-year upgrade to its aging tram system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The project is expected to slow passenger movement during one of the busiest travel seasons of the year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Local perspective<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Beginning next month, MCO will start replacing its more than 20-year-old people movers with newer, faster and higher-capacity models.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/fox-local\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:CLICK TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX LOCAL APP;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">CLICK TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX LOCAL APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Each new tram will be able to carry up to 240 passengers. Because work will be done one tram at a time, only a single tram will operate for each gate area during construction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What they&#8217;re saying<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Airport officials say travelers will still reach their gates but should plan to arrive a few extra minutes early.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;With any infrastructure, modernization is key,&#8221; said Marquez Griffin, senior vice president of operations for the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority. He said lessons learned from a 2017 upgrade will help ensure a smoother process this time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Timeline<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The project will span two years. The first phase will focus on gates 100\u2013129, followed by gates 70\u201399 in the second year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/newsletters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:SIGN-UP FOR FOX 35&#039;S BREAKING NEWS, DAILY NEWS NEWSLETTERS;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">SIGN-UP FOR FOX 35&#8217;S BREAKING NEWS, DAILY NEWS NEWSLETTERS<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">To keep passengers moving, MCO will use buses to transport travelers to and from gate areas while trams are offline. Both trams will shut down nightly from 11 p.m. to 4 a.m. for additional maintenance, requiring all passengers to use buses during that window.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Airport officials say they are coordinating closely with airlines to manage any unexpected interruptions. MCO is also adding 84 guest services staff members to help direct travelers and answer questions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Work begins Dec. 3 and is scheduled to be completed in fall 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Source<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This story was written based on information shared by the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. &#8211; Orlando International Airport is preparing for a major, multi-year upgrade to its aging tram system.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55267,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[8130,25629,139,141,3847,140],"class_list":["post-55266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-airport-officials","tag-greater-orlando-aviation-authority","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-international-airport","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}