The train is the centerpiece of the Landside Access Modernization Program, which also includes a consolidated rent-a-car facility and associated roadway improvements.
The Maui airport consolidated rental car facility is set to open May 15.
The construction project created 3,000 temporary jobs and 150 permanent positions with the car rental companies.
Once completed and operational, rental car shuttles will no longer access the LAX terminal loop as all customers will ride the automated people mover train to get to their rental car company.
The seven companies will be relocated to the Consolidated Rent-A-Car Facility when it opens in 2023.
The system will run on a 2.25-mile elevated dual-lane guideway with six stations and create new connections between the airport, public and private transportation, and a new consolidated rental car facility.
The new QTA is about three times the size of the previous facility, and at peak shifts can hold 220 rental car employees working to clean and fuel 430 cars per hour.
This marks the second grand opening of the year for the car rental company.
A state-of-the-art $150 million Consolidated Rental Car Facility is in its first phase.
The Federal Aviation Administration has approved the Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority’s Airport Layout Plan (ALP), which includes a new consolidated rental car facility.