MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Passengers will be able to board larger airplanes on some flights out of Manhattan Regional Airport beginning in September.

Airport Director Peter Van Kuren told the Manhattan City Commission Tuesday that American Airlines will begin using planes with 65 seats or more on Sept. 9. The planes will be used on at least 25 of its 90 monthly round-trip flights out of Manhattan.
The Manhattan Mercury reports construction on the second phase of an airport terminal expansion project should begin in June. The first phase was essentially completed in February. The project will more than triple the size of the old terminal once it is finished.

Phase two will include a space for people waiting for arriving passengers, a restaurant, a gift shop and a baggage claim area.