The plans below show the site of an airport now and how it will look after redevelopment next year. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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The plans give information on the layout of an airport at the present time and after redevelopment next year.
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, there will be a significant change in the
gates
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area
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.
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, some other facilities will be added and rearranged.
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with, up to ten
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will be added to the
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area
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. The current walkway will be demolished and a new sky train will be built to be used by passengers to transport inside the
gates
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area
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.
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number one to nine will be on the left side of the sky train,
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the rest on the right side of the sky train. The location of departures and arrivals
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area
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will remain the same but with
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door
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for each of them.
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, there will be
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of some other new facilities and relocations of the old ones next year. A new bag drop
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in the departures
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will take the check-in
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's former place,
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the check-in
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will be relocated across the bag drop
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. The cafe will be moved to the corner, next to the departures entrance gate.
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, starting next year, passengers can shop in the new stores after the security check. Passengers in the arrival
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will be able to grab some coffee at the new cafe and withdraw money at the ATM next to it. For those who want to take a car ride home, a car hire station will
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be provided.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • infrastructure
  • terminal
  • runway
  • refurbishment
  • redevelopment
  • amenities
  • car park
  • hangar
  • concourse
  • public transport hub
  • access roads
  • boarding gates
  • check-in desk
  • baggage claim
  • departure lounge
  • observation deck
  • duty-free shopping
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