Vehicles pass under a walking bridge that
connects the new Cross Border Xpress air terminal in San Diego, right,
to the Tijuana International Airport, left, in this file photo taken in
Tijuana, Mexico, on Nov. 25, 2015. The new terminal is scheduled to
begin operations on Wednesday, Dec.09,2015
The U.S.—Mexico border is one of the world’s most
fortified international divides. Starting Wednesday,Dec 09,2015 it will also be one
of the only ones that has an airport straddling two countries.
An investor group that includes Chicago billionaire Sam Zell built a
sleek terminal in San Diego with a bridge that crosses a razor-wire
border fence to Tijuana’s decades-old airport. Passengers pay $18 to
walk a 119-metre overpass to Tijuana International Airport, a
springboard for about 30 Mexican destinations.
Note
The only other cross-border airport known to industry experts is in the European Union between Basel, Switzerland, and France’s Upper Rhine region but it carries none of the political freight of San Diego and Tijuana
Note
The only other cross-border airport known to industry experts is in the European Union between Basel, Switzerland, and France’s Upper Rhine region but it carries none of the political freight of San Diego and Tijuana
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