The Metropolitan Airports Commission will issue $125 million of bonds over the next few years to finance its share of a major terminal modernization project at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
The commission, which already sold $60 million of bonds for the Terminal 1 project as part of a nearly $372.7 million subordinate airport revenue bond deal last year, will sell another approximately $50 million of debt next year and about $75 million in 2026, according to Chief Financial Officer Tim Simon.
About $700 million of new debt, which includes the $50 million of bonds for the terminal, is expected to be sold in 2024 depending on market conditions and the timing of project cash flows.
"We haven't made a final decision on how next year's bonds will be issued — either senior or subordinate," Simon said Tuesday. "We'll assess that when we get a little further along in next year's bonding process."
The senior bonds are rated AA-minus and subordinate bonds have A-plus ratings from Fitch Ratings, as well as from S&P Global Ratings, which
Delta Air Lines' share of the terminal project is $60 million, which will be financed through a short-term loan paid back by the carrier, Simon said. Delta and its affiliates accounted for 71.4% of enplaned passengers in 2022 at the airport, which serves as Delta's second-largest hub.
The project marks the
Work commenced in late October and is scheduled to continue into 2025.
"By the time the concourse renovations are completed, the MAC will have invested more than $1 billion in a series of high-profile projects over the course of a decade to transform Terminal 1, from curb to gate," the press release said, adding projects included a 30,000-square-foot expansion that began in 2016.
