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See below, two Lambert-International Airport videos - a new marketing video and a new snippet video of Concourse A improvements.

Lambert Video Notebook:

• Lambert International – St. Louis is on a mission. The airport has launched more business-to-business marketing (check out the video) in an effort to land more cargo, convention business and business flights. The airport is finally re-surging in passenger counts, non-stop flights, larger jet service and cargo.
  
• Renovations of Concourse C, which was heavily damaged during the April 2011 tornado, are proceeding. It is estimated that more than $30-million dollars in damage occurred from the April (Good Friday) tornado of 2011. There is still no time table for reopening Concourse C. Bids have gone out to contractors.
  
• Lambert also reached a major milestone in its terminal renovations in December 2011 with newly reconfigured checkpoint lanes for B and D Gates (American, Frontier and Cape Air). The concourse and terminal improvements are part of Lambert's $105-million renovation campaign called the Airport Experience Program. Checkpoint modifications/improvements have been completed.
  
• New way-finding signage has been placed or replaced (after the tornado) around the airport's access and service roads.
  
• New restaurants, some with St. Louis-themes.
  
• Concourse A saw a dramatic change in 2011 with new tile in the central corridor, new circular lighting, brighter ceilings, new carpet, new signage, new digital directories and fully renovated restrooms. All restrooms feature ADA-compliant counters, restroom stalls and restroom fixtures along with new lighting, new tile wall surfaces and terrazzo flooring.
  
• Lambert has unveiled the new backdrop to American Airlines' redesigned ticketing area in Terminal 1. American's new ticket counters and self service kiosks have been installed. New LED lighting, flooring, bathroom upgrades, new baggage claim improvements etc.
  
• The airport has installed new installed or recommissioned artwork throughout the concourses and Terminal 1 - some interactive.
  
• Southwest Airlines just announced four new daily non-stop flights to begin this summer to New York LaGuardia and San Antonio; and Lambert recorded passenger gains in 2011.
  
• Passenger carrier departures were up 2.5 percent over 2010. The Airport also saw a 4.1 percent increase in landed weight. General aviation traffic also saw an increase of three percent in 2011. The amount of air cargo lifted out of St. Louis increased more than one percent in 2011, as well.
  
• Lambert won Airport of The Year in 2011 from the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) , and Travel + Leisure magazine ranked Lambert-St. Louis International Airport as the nation's 13th safest airport. Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge, Director of the Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, received the prestigious 2011 Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) Chairman's Award for her handling to the tornado crisis.

The Journey (Lambert-International Airport Marketing Video)
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A snippet of Concourse A renovations
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Recent Interview with St. Louis-Lambert's Airport Director
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