Orlando’s airport was as deserted as a shopping mall gone to seed when the pandemic collapsed air travel.
Amid that gloom, airport leaders worried their aging terminals A and B were becoming obsolete and perhaps due to be torn down or repurposed for other use.
At the same time, Terminal C was under construction with majestic architecture and dazzling traveler amenities that promised an exciting future, deepening the conviction that A and B’s days were numbered.
But those considerations are as forgotten now as Covid mask mandates.
Without fanfare but with growing momentum, the airport’s authority is pursuing instead