Dulles’ iconic mobile lounges to be replaced under $22bn plan
President Donald Trump has unveiled $22bn plans to renovate Dulles International Airport near Washington, as part of his broader initiatives to beautify the capital city, the BBC reported. The project would replace the airport’s iconic mobile lounges — in use since the airport opened in 1962 — with an expanded train system and new concourses.
The BBC’s Shaimaa Khalil reported from aboard one of the airport’s “people movers,” the mobile lounges that have transported passengers from the terminal to the tarmac since Dulles opened. The plan would retire the decades-old vehicles, which some travelers said have become a nostalgic symbol of the airport.
“Modernisation is needed,” travelers told the BBC, but noted the people movers are “a little nostalgic.”
The Dulles plan is part of Trump’s wider initiatives to beautify the capital city, according to the BBC. The $22bn project includes new concourses and an expanded train system, replacing the mobile lounges that have been a distinctive feature of the airport since its opening.