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New $2.4B terminal opening at Las Vegas airport

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New $2.4B terminal opening at Las Vegas airport

New $2.4B terminal opening at Las Vegas airport

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Officials in Las Vegas marked the opening of a $2.4 billion terminal built to handle overseas and domestic flights at McCarran International Airport.

A ceremony greeted the arrival of a flight from London when it arrived Wednesday afternoon, and another greeted an inaugural Copa Airlines flight from Panama City.

Sixteen international carriers are set to use seven of the 14 new gates at McCarran’s new Terminal 3.

Seven gates will handle U.S. flights.

Airport officials say T3 will help spread the flow of the 114,000 travelers who pass through the airport daily.

But they say travelers will have to get used to checking which terminal their flights are using.

The new “E Gates” have self-serve check-in kiosks, streamlined security and automated baggage-handling.

The terminal also has an eight-story parking structure.