Re: San Diego Thread - 2018

If I'm remembering correctly, the lounge will be on the third level above gates 46 and 47. It'll be west facing. Good for sunsets but less good for observing what's going on at the other terminals or on the runway. That's unfortunate. I can see even that going away once the westernmost few gates ar...

Re: San Diego Thread - 2018

Slight change of subject: who knows, maybe someday the airport will build some sort of observation deck/viewing platform somewhere on the roof of one of the terminals for folks like us to watch the airside activities from outdoors, and from above! On that note, the Board signed a lease with TAV-Ame...

Re: San Diego Thread - 2018

AA890 and WN2178 are expected to arrive past 12am tonight per FlightAware. I'm curious as to what the status of the runway refurbishment is currently, as I thought there was a 12-5am hard closure through the end of the year.

Re: San Diego Thread - 2018

Another interesting thing I found in that link is that the new parking structure will supposedly support mobile payment options (Apple Pay, etc.), FasTrak and some sort of "membership" thing. I wonder if they'll accept cash? The presentation explicitly said it would be "cashless"...

Re: San Diego Thread - 2018

In addition, the January meeting materials for the Capital Improvement Program Oversight Committee has some additional renderings of the FIS facilities and updates on construction. Link to materials: http://san.org/Airport-Authority/Meetings-Agendas?EntryId=10862 . In just a little over three month...

Re: What's happening lately at SAN?

How feasible are Australia flights? We have quite a larger influx of Australian holiday workers and tourists all the time. I think a 787 might be the right fit for SAN. Also in a previous statement SAN was looking to expand flights into oceanica etc.. what are your thoughts? As ever, would love to ...

Re: What's happening lately at SAN?

Wouldn't an airside shuttle take up an entire gate for each part of T1? I'm not sure WN would even have room to be able to do that.

Re: What's happening lately at SAN?

blacksoviet wrote:

Do you have to leave security to walk from T2E to T1W?

Re: What's happening lately at SAN?

There are not enough gates in T2W to handle all of the planned international flights. I believe only four gates are connected to FIS. There will be a gate shortage when T2E gets demolished. Who owns all of the hangars over by the Commuter Terminal? The FIS move and rebuild is a 2-part project. Part...

Re: What's happening lately at SAN?

blacksoviet wrote:

When will terminal 1 demolition begin? Which airline will have the final flight? What kind of equipment will they use?

Re: What's happening lately at SAN?

Doesn't look like this has been mentioned yet, but the FAA officially changed SAN over to the new approach/departure procedures as part of the NextGen project. AFAICT things don't seem to be much different according to FlightAware's maps, however. Also, some arrivals were coming in via runway 9 last...

Re: What's happening lately at SAN?

Oh I agree with you 100% - one day Miramar WILL be the airport for San Diego. I just drove up I-15 past it and all those bare, undeveloped hills to the east are a dead giveaway! IIRC there are environmental/endangered species-related issues that will probably make using that land difficult to impos...

Re: What's happening lately at SAN?

In good news, SAN is the third best airport in the US according to TPG: http://thepointsguy.com/2016/11/best-an ... -usa-2016/. I can definitely think of ways to improve, however (mainly rebuilding T1 from the ground up and expanding cell service inside the terminal). Fortunately they seem to be wor...

Re: What's happening lately at SAN?

SANMAN66 wrote:

User001 wrote:

Long haul announcement Thursday.

Anyone care to speculate?

Maybe a BA flight to LGW, like OAK and FLL?
Lufhansa maybe?
Korean?
Thomas Cook?

Any guesses?

Re: What's happening lately at SAN?

I'm partial to the bi-national airport idea combining TIJ and SDM but that's not going to happen either.

Re: What's happening lately at SAN?

I'd like NZ to fly here with 789s, but I'd imagine they're perfectly fine with their LAX and SFO ops so I doubt that'll happen any time soon.

Re: What's happening lately at SAN?

I thought BA was switching to the 777-300ER after this summer?

RE: How Is Philippine Airlines Doing At JFK?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/blacksoviet" class="quote" target="_blank">blacksoviet</a> (<a href="#7" class="quote">Reply 7</a>):<br/><i>Could an A340 take off from <acronym...

RE: Will The US Ever Build A New Int'l Airport?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Seat1F" class="quote" target="_blank">Seat1F</a> (<a href="#4" class="quote">Reply 4</a>):<br/><i>The only city I know of that needs a new airpo...

RE: California's Go To Airline, AS Puts WN On Notice

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/altbg" class="quote" target="_blank">altbg</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i><acronym title="San Jose - Norman Y. Mineta Inte...

Do Airports Close During Runway Reconstruction?

I remember reading something about how <acronym title="San Diego - International / Lindbergh Field (SAN / KSAN), USA - California">SAN</acronym>'s runway will eventually be rebuilt and started wondering: is it possible for airports with only one runway to stay open while that's happening? By "stay o...

RE: Could Smaller 787 Fill 757 Gap?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/WIederling" class="quote" target="_blank">WIederling</a> (<a href="#8" class="quote">Reply 8</a>):<br/><i>Boeing will never do a "wound on a man...

RE: SAN In 2016 - Looking Better Than 2015?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Boeing717200" class="quote" target="_blank">Boeing717200</a> (<a href="#30" class="quote">Reply 30</a>):<br/><i>Should go swimmingly in rough se...

RE: SAN In 2016 - Looking Better Than 2015?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Boeing717200" class="quote" target="_blank">Boeing717200</a> (<a href="#28" class="quote">Reply 28</a>):<br/><i>No you can't.</i></font></td></t...

RE: SAN In 2016 - Looking Better Than 2015?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Noise" class="quote" target="_blank">Noise</a> (<a href="#18" class="quote">Reply 18</a>):<br/><i>Build the new airport in the desert!!! </i></f...

RE: SAN In 2016 - Looking Better Than 2015?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/thekorean" class="quote" target="_blank">thekorean</a> (<a href="#12" class="quote">Reply 12</a>):<br/><i> It will be grim until they get their ...

RE:

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/LAXintl" class="quote" target="_blank">LAXintl</a> (<a href="#1" class="quote">Reply 1</a>):<br/><i>Is <acronym title="San Diego - International...

Is SAN The Next Slot Controlled Airport?

With the future reconstruction of Terminal 1 and the inability to add any more runways, <acronym title="San Diego - International / Lindbergh Field (SAN / KSAN), USA - California">SAN</acronym> will be close to full capacity. Could <acronym title="San Diego - International / Lindbergh Field (SAN / K...

RE: Civilian Airport Proposal At Camp Pendleton

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/SANAV8R" class="quote" target="_blank">SANAV8R</a> (<a href="#9" class="quote">Reply 9</a>):<br/><i>While <acronym title="San Diego - Internatio...

Civilian Airport Proposal At Camp Pendleton

From <a href="http://www.kpbs.org/news/2015/dec/07/csusm-study-unveil-analysis-new-international-airp/:" target="_blank">http://www.kpbs.org/news/2015/dec/07...-analysis-new-international-airp/:</a> <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvet...

RE: FAA Overflight Fees Info

What's does that yellow circle off the East Coast correspond to? I didn't think there was any US territory there.

RE: SAN Advances Terminal 1 Replacement Plan

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/SANAV8R" class="quote" target="_blank">SANAV8R</a> (<a href="#7" class="quote">Reply 7</a>):<br/><i>Yes I wondered what will become of the 1979 ...

RE: SAN Advances Terminal 1 Replacement Plan

How will construction of Phase 2 work? It looks like the current international gates will have to be torn down to build it.

RE: All Russia-Ukraine Flights Cancelled Indefinitely

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Aeroflot777" class="quote" target="_blank">Aeroflot777</a> (<a href="#83" class="quote">Reply 83</a>):<br/><i>Because you go from many flights a...

RE: All Russia-Ukraine Flights Cancelled Indefinitely

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Aeroflot777" class="quote" target="_blank">Aeroflot777</a> (<a href="#69" class="quote">Reply 69</a>):<br/><i>Ukraine is depriving its own citiz...

RE: What Other Airlines Could Hub SEA?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/gunsontheroof" class="quote" target="_blank">gunsontheroof</a> (<a href="#16" class="quote">Reply 16</a>):<br/><i>Those arguments are entirely v...

SAN Sues Over Tall Construction Cranes

<a href="http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/oct/21/crane-plane-crash-delay-courthouse-lawsuit/" target="_blank">http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/...ne-crash-delay-courthouse-lawsuit/</a> Apparently there's two more cranes than there's supposed to be and they're taller than they're supp...

RE: AI As LCC On The Regional Routes?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Gr8Circle" class="quote" target="_blank">Gr8Circle</a> (<a href="#5" class="quote">Reply 5</a>):<br/><i>The question was completely different......

RE: AI As LCC On The Regional Routes?

AI's problems go deeper than whether food should be served on some routes.

RE: US CBP: ARN And PUJ Agree On Pre-Clearance

Great news for those airports, but I can't help but feel this is just papering over the real issues with the US immigration system that make clearing it within the US itself a hassle. Extending preclearance to more airports may be the best solution given current realities though.

RE: In Flight WiFi - Will It Ever Be Fast?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/1g" class="quote" target="_blank">1g</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i>mobile internet has recently reached that status</i></...

DL1692 Diversion To HSV 7/1/2015

Any idea why it diverted? It was already pretty close to <acronym title="Atlanta - Hartsfield-Jackson Int (The William B Hartsfield / Municipal / Candler Field) (ATL / KATL), USA - Georgia">ATL</acronym> when it changed direction: <a href="http://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL1692/history/20150701/...

RE: Could The US3 Adopt A Single-hub Model?

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/SpaceshipDC10" class="quote" target="_blank">SpaceshipDC10</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i>Is there a single airport capabl...