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MAN O MAN, SOUNDS LIKE DEJA VU TO ME! BIG TIME.Didn't PIT spend money on renovations only to watch US pull out?
Something interesting...
...while Delta Airlines also has been reportedly studying a merger with US Airways.
Wouldn't that be a kick in the jewels :blink:
Look at LAS. Before the D gates were half open they were signing for contracts for T3, another 14 gates. Once the D gates got finished, within a year half were shut down, along with part of the A and B concourse. Terminal 3 is opening up this summer. The closures are only due to the flight cutbacks from the economy, and the economy WILL turn around. The general public looks at today and tomorrow, airports look at the next two decades.
And how's it working for MIA?
I'm guessing FLL doesn't mind.
CLT has a higher percentage of connecting traffic than any other airport in the country if I'm not mistaken. People aren't flying TO CLT, they are flying THROUGH CLT. You can send connecting traffic through any airport and it is generally much more price conscious than direct traffic.Guess I am betting lets put the money where it is... there is not much traffic in LAS.... Much less Pit.... It is all about org boardings... not connecting... Pit... is not a large city.... it was all about connecting.... there is no money there.... CLT is a big city... so is PHL... PHL used to be a larger money maker for originating traffic but now CLT wins.. that is why the company is now making more new international destinations out of CLT
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And that white elephant better known as "T3" will open soon while other parts of LAS continue to be closed off, and the 'solution' for the Airport Authority has been to increase landing fees... how did that work for PIT?
Now the justification, is that the current international terminal "needs" to be torned down, and the new T3 will serve, in part, for the international arrivals, thus eliminating some excess gates. Of course, there are still closed down sections in A-Gates and the relatively new D-Gates still have about a dozen gates closed. And while we are at it for a new $2 billion terminal, let's build a $100 million tower... afterall, its "free" stimulus money, right?
Personally, unless an city is a "gotta have" location for a hub... ORD, EWR, ATL and alike, I would be uneasy about any serious massive expansion while airlines are doing their courtship dance.
So Views Jester.
We all know you'll never be convinced.it doesn't change the fact that 4 out of every 5 passengers boarding at CLT are just connecting which is the highest percentage of any hub - but more significantly CLT is a hub for the smallest network airline which has been fighting to not be squeezed out of the party by larger competitors and is now staking its future on an acquisition of AA in which US has been far from convincing regarding the value it can add.