An update on St. John's International Airport expansion:
The East expansion to the terminal will be open on June 4th. This will essentially double (and possibly even more) the size of the departures lounge, which if anyone has ever had the displeasure of being in for any length of time will know it's small, cramped, and extremely boring; there's nothing in there! Currently, your food and beverage options in the departures lounge is a Tim Hortons express, Jumping Bean coffee, and vending machines (AND NO BAR). That's about to change:
Along with the Tim Hortons and Jumping bean, there will now be a sit-in Yellowbelly restaurant (brewpub with craft beer) and a Newfoundland Chocolate Company coffee shop and retail store, along with one currently unnamed fast food restaurant, one unnamed coffee shop (probably Starbucks), and one unnamed retail store (liquid assets was looking into opening at the airport). As well, there will be a duty free shop.
Once the East Expansion is complete, the West Expansion will begin which will further expand the size of the airport.
All the details:
http://stjohnsairport.com/expansion-yyt/
YYT has always been a nice airport, but one that was way too small and pretty boring if you have to spend any amount of time in it. I feel bad for folk who were stuck for endless hours in the departures lounge waiting on delayed flights in the fog before the CATIII system was installed on runways 11 and 29.