

While roughly the same size as the current airport terminals, the new structure will need more feet on the ground in day-to-day operations. Replacing KCI’s two horseshoe-shaped terminals, the new structure boasts 39 gates, an array of amenities focused on accessibility, and 50 retail, food and beverage operators. 28, Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas announced in a press conference.Ĭonstruction on the project began in 2019, two years after Kansas City residents overwhelmingly voted in favor of the development. “But I’m looking for more excitement because of the companies that are going to be at the new terminal.”Įxcitement and flexibility - something else Cisneros was looking for - are two of the benefits employers are advertising as they staff up for the opening of the 1 million square-foot new terminal. “It was an OK experience,” Cisneros said of her previous KCI gigs. She expects that her return, like the $1.5 billion terminal she’ll be working in, will be busier and livelier. She’s worked retail jobs at KCI in the past.

She will be a shift lead at Dunkin’ Donuts when the new KCI terminal opens in a few weeks.įor Cisneros, her new job will be something of a homecoming. 23 hiring fair sponsored by the Vantage Airport Group at Kansas City International Airport, Cisneros left with everything she was looking for - along with the possibility of a raise. But the mother of two children was looking for something that would offer more hours, better pay and a more flexible schedule.Īfter showing up at a Jan. Sandy Cisneros has a retail job in Liberty, Missouri, where she makes $15 an hour.
