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by blacksoviet
Mon Feb 28, 2022 8:18 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread
Replies: 18093
Views: 1507122

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - News and Discussion Thread

Trump understands that Putin will never allow Ukraine to join NATO. That is why Trump and Putin got along so well. https://youtu.be/PeLMmGvej-A Tulsi Gabbard is one of the few Democrats who admits that Putin is simply drawing a line in the sand. He has already seen Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia all ...

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by blacksoviet
Mon Feb 28, 2022 8:10 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread
Replies: 18093
Views: 1507122

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - News and Discussion Thread

That is why Putin invaded. NATO expansion is unacceptable to the Russian people. Well, invading other countries is unacceptable to most of the planet. The way the Rubel is going down burning money for heat may soon be a cheap energy source. best regards Thomas So if Putin wants to send missiles to ...

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by blacksoviet
Mon Feb 28, 2022 7:36 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread
Replies: 18093
Views: 1507122

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - News and Discussion Thread

What’s Putin, a soon to be dead dictator in a different country got to do with Ukraine becoming a member of Nato, the girl scouts, the local fetisj club or anything else? It’s up to the voters of Ukraine. When will the American people finally understand that Putin will not allow Ukraine to ever joi...

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by blacksoviet
Mon Feb 28, 2022 7:10 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *Discussion* Thread
Replies: 18093
Views: 1507122

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - News and Discussion Thread

When will the Democrats finally understand that Putin will not allow Ukraine to ever join NATO? Do they think that Putin would be invading Ukraine if Trump was still president?

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by blacksoviet
Mon Feb 28, 2022 3:31 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Cruise Ship/Ocean Liner Thread -2022
Replies: 260
Views: 31407

Re: Cruise Ship/Ocean Liner Thread -2022

What is the oldest ocean liner still in service?

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by blacksoviet
Mon Feb 28, 2022 1:09 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Ode to Mriya, AN-225 confirmed destroyed
Replies: 360
Views: 104225

Re: Ode to Mriya, AN-225 confirmed destroyed

Has Antonov destroyed the An225 tooling? If the contractors are still in business can they restart production starting with the second plane?

How many months would it take to finish the second freighter?

Should the destroyed plane be replaced temporarily by a 747-200F?

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by blacksoviet
Sun Feb 27, 2022 9:48 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Delta Severs Codeshare Relationship with Aeroflot
Replies: 17
Views: 7357

Re: Delta Severs Relationship with Aeroflot

schernov wrote:
Is DL still going to do ground handling for SU at JFK?

Why wouldn't they? They are obligated by contract. If they refuse to handle an aircraft they will get sued by Aeroflot.

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by blacksoviet
Fri Feb 11, 2022 8:47 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: San Diego Aviation Thread - 2022
Replies: 447
Views: 82949

Re: San Diego Aviation Thread - 2022

Terminal 2 West is going to be full with JetBlue taking over two gates. While I agree the seemingly never-ending game of "Musical Terminals" constantly keeps us guessing who is located where, I'm guessing that JetBlue's operations will be common-use gates to be shared with other airlines,...

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by blacksoviet
Thu Feb 10, 2022 6:30 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Chicago Aviation Thread - 2022
Replies: 1351
Views: 293665

Re: Chicago Aviation Thread - 2022

I believe that AA and OW core partners will have access to some shared gates in T2; the main structure and not the two satellites, which all go to United. United and core Star partners will also have access to shared gates in the main part of T2. I don’t see JetBlue in T2. It may be able to subleas...

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by blacksoviet
Wed Feb 09, 2022 8:11 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Chicago Aviation Thread - 2022
Replies: 1351
Views: 293665

Re: Chicago Aviation Thread - 2022

Will Jetblue or American be given any temporary gates in the new Terminal 2?

Are the new satellite concourses considered part of Terminal 1 or Terminal 2?

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by blacksoviet
Mon Feb 07, 2022 6:21 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Chicago Aviation Thread - 2022
Replies: 1351
Views: 293665

Re: Chicago Aviation Thread - 2022

How many gates does United control in Concourse G?

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by blacksoviet
Mon Feb 07, 2022 1:18 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: NYC (JFK/EWR/LGA/SWF/HPN/ISP) Aviation Thread - 2022
Replies: 326
Views: 70670

Re: NYC (JFK/EWR/LGA/SWF/HPN/ISP) Aviation Thread - 2022

Will Terminal C still be standing in 20 years?

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by blacksoviet
Sun Feb 06, 2022 11:14 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: NYC (JFK/EWR/LGA/SWF/HPN/ISP) Aviation Thread - 2022
Replies: 326
Views: 70670

Re: NYC (JFK/EWR/LGA/SWF/HPN/ISP) Aviation Thread - 2022

They’re renewing the Airport, new Terminals, new Airtrain etc.. They’re already planning for the new Terminal B. When are they going to release renderings of the new Terminal B? You mean besides the two they already released, I guess when the project proceeds to the design process. I have not seen ...

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by blacksoviet
Sun Feb 06, 2022 11:10 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: NYC (JFK/EWR/LGA/SWF/HPN/ISP) Aviation Thread - 2022
Replies: 326
Views: 70670

Re: NYC (JFK/EWR/LGA/SWF/HPN/ISP) Aviation Thread - 2022

Nobody’s arguing that. Everybody is just trying to bring to your attention how completely asinine of an idea it would be to retain the remnants a 50 year old headhouse when a brand new terminal - head and shoulders larger and more efficient than the one it was designed to replace - is being constru...

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by blacksoviet
Sun Feb 06, 2022 10:54 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: NYC (JFK/EWR/LGA/SWF/HPN/ISP) Aviation Thread - 2022
Replies: 326
Views: 70670

Re: NYC (JFK/EWR/LGA/SWF/HPN/ISP) Aviation Thread - 2022

Traffic may be down at the moment but this terminal was planned well before COVID and the removal of the old terminal A - in its entirety - will allow for a more functional Newark Airport that is long overdue, for the years far beyond COVID; one in which somehow integrating old with new probably cr...

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by blacksoviet
Sun Feb 06, 2022 9:18 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: NYC (JFK/EWR/LGA/SWF/HPN/ISP) Aviation Thread - 2022
Replies: 326
Views: 70670

Re: NYC (JFK/EWR/LGA/SWF/HPN/ISP) Aviation Thread - 2022

Is the plan for Concourse A2 to be demolished and Concourse A3 to stay?

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by blacksoviet
Sun Feb 06, 2022 4:19 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: NYC (JFK/EWR/LGA/SWF/HPN/ISP) Aviation Thread - 2022
Replies: 326
Views: 70670

Re: NYC (JFK/EWR/LGA/SWF/HPN/ISP) Aviation Thread - 2022

Is there a blueprint floating around of what the new DL headhouse layout will look like at LGA? I found an article that mentions that DL, WS, and F9 will use the new facilities. https://www.businessinsider.com/tour-of-deltas-new-39-billion-terminal-at-laguardia-airport-under-construction-2021-10#de...

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by blacksoviet
Sat Feb 05, 2022 11:31 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: NYC (JFK/EWR/LGA/SWF/HPN/ISP) Aviation Thread - 2022
Replies: 326
Views: 70670

Re: NYC (JFK/EWR/LGA/SWF/HPN/ISP) Aviation Thread - 2022

They head a big press conference announcing the Terminal B completion even though half of the gates on the Western Concourse have not opened yet because the old headhouse is still in the way. I think the purpose of the press conference was more that passengers will never have to walk through the ol...

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by blacksoviet
Sat Feb 05, 2022 2:21 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: NYC (JFK/EWR/LGA/SWF/HPN/ISP) Aviation Thread - 2022
Replies: 326
Views: 70670

Re: NYC (JFK/EWR/LGA/SWF/HPN/ISP) Aviation Thread - 2022

They head a big press conference announcing the Terminal B completion even though half of the gates on the Western Concourse have not opened yet because the old headhouse is still in the way.

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by blacksoviet
Wed Feb 02, 2022 12:03 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: NYC (JFK/EWR/LGA/SWF/HPN/ISP) Aviation Thread - 2022
Replies: 326
Views: 70670

Re: NYC (JFK/EWR/LGA/SWF/HPN/ISP) Aviation Thread - 2022

Is the LaGuardia CTB still open for passengers accessing the West Concourse?

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by blacksoviet
Sat Jan 29, 2022 7:07 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: San Diego Aviation Thread - 2022
Replies: 447
Views: 82949

Re: San Diego Aviation Thread - 2022

Are they going to leave the Commuter Terminal standing until after the first part of Terminal 1 is built? Where will the Airport Authority move to after it is demolished? Commuter Terminal will be history and leveled. The Airport Authority bureaucracy is dispersing to all available airport space. T...

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by blacksoviet
Fri Jan 28, 2022 11:37 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: San Diego Aviation Thread - 2022
Replies: 447
Views: 82949

Re: San Diego Aviation Thread - 2022

Are they going to leave the Commuter Terminal standing until after the first part of Terminal 1 is built? Where will the Airport Authority move to after it is demolished?

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by blacksoviet
Fri Jan 28, 2022 4:55 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: NYC (JFK/EWR/LGA/SWF/HPN/ISP) Aviation Thread - 2022
Replies: 326
Views: 70670

Re: NYC (JFK/EWR/LGA/SWF/HPN/ISP) Aviation Thread - 2022

It looks like British Airways is moving into T8 at JFK effective 12/1/2022. My guess is T7 will probably be torn down sometime in 2023. https://www.businesstraveller.com/business-travel/2022/01/25/american-airlines-and-british-airways-to-launch-joint-operations-at-jfk-airport-in-2022/ Unlikely. Ter...

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by blacksoviet
Mon Jan 24, 2022 6:20 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: San Diego Aviation Thread - 2022
Replies: 447
Views: 82949

Re: San Diego Aviation Thread - 2022

Terminal 2 West is going to be full with JetBlue taking over two gates.

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by blacksoviet
Thu Jan 20, 2022 10:03 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: AA flight turned back for anti-mask passenger
Replies: 40
Views: 7148

Re: AA flight turned back for anti-mask passenger

Why didn’t they have the passenger removed in PHL to save fuel?

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by blacksoviet
Thu Jan 20, 2022 7:10 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Delta scales back JFK T4 plans
Replies: 166
Views: 41311

Re: Delta scales back JFK T4 plans

jfklganyc wrote:
I just arrived via the A concourse and customs

The place could definitely use some new tiling on the floor and at the very least touch up paint.

Freshen things up a bit

How do they segregate passengers arriving on domestic flights in A Concourse?

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by blacksoviet
Thu Jan 20, 2022 4:30 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: JFK Terminal 1 Redevelopment Moves Forward
Replies: 127
Views: 21646

Re: JFK Terminal 1 Redevelopment Moves Forward

The New Terminal One headhouse is massive and will be built on top of the location of the parking garages, surface lots, airtrain stations, and roadways in front of the present terminals 1 and 2. These structures will all be torn down. The existing airtrain network will go through the new headhouse...

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by blacksoviet
Thu Jan 20, 2022 2:39 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: JFK Terminal 1 Redevelopment Moves Forward
Replies: 127
Views: 21646

Re: JFK Terminal 1 Redevelopment Moves Forward

Will the Terminal 1 Airtrain station be abandoned when the new T1 opens or will they continue using both stations? I haven’t seen the full rendering, but I’d imagine they’ll try to integrate both. If you look at the new terminal 6, both the current stop at terminal 5 and the terminal 7 stop will be...

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by blacksoviet
Wed Jan 19, 2022 10:41 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: NYC (JFK/EWR/LGA/SWF/HPN/ISP) Aviation Thread - 2022
Replies: 326
Views: 70670

Re: NYC (JFK/EWR/LGA/SWF/HPN/ISP) Aviation Thread - 2022

Latest aerial image of the new Newark Terminal A taken yesterday, January 18, 2022. The A-1 Banjo's days are looking numbered. The A-1 and A-2 concourses at the existing A need to be removed in order to finish the ramp for the North/East side of the new terminal. As you can also see in the photo th...

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by blacksoviet
Wed Jan 19, 2022 5:17 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Delta scales back JFK T4 plans
Replies: 166
Views: 41311

Re: Delta scales back JFK T4 plans

I am viewing the JFK T4 project as another makeshift expansion, to get DL through the next 10-15 years or so. Obviously DLs profits are currently down because of Covid (relative to pre2020), so money is probably tighter. Add onto it that DL is already spending a ton of money on terminal facilities ...

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by blacksoviet
Wed Jan 19, 2022 5:17 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: JFK Terminal 1 Redevelopment Moves Forward
Replies: 127
Views: 21646

Re: JFK Terminal 1 Redevelopment Moves Forward

Will the Terminal 1 Airtrain station be abandoned when the new T1 opens or will they continue using both stations?

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by blacksoviet
Wed Jan 19, 2022 12:55 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Delta scales back JFK T4 plans
Replies: 166
Views: 41311

Re: Delta scales back JFK T4 plans

Why did Northwest build Terminal 4A with only two domestic baggage claims? How many domestic baggage claims is Delta adding?

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by blacksoviet
Tue Jan 18, 2022 6:40 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Delta scales back JFK T4 plans
Replies: 166
Views: 41311

Re: Delta scales back JFK T4 plans

Will any of the new T4A gates be widebody capable?

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by blacksoviet
Tue Jan 18, 2022 1:45 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: San Francisco Bay Area Aviation Thread - 2022
Replies: 54
Views: 12081

Re: San Francisco Bay Area Aviation Thread - 2022

psa1011 wrote:
It looks like Iberia is no longer selling SFO-MAD.

Did Iberia ever fly SFO-MAD with the 747-200 or the 747-400?

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by blacksoviet
Tue Jan 18, 2022 12:31 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: San Francisco Bay Area Aviation Thread - 2022
Replies: 54
Views: 12081

Re: San Francisco Bay Area Aviation Thread - 2022

Is Boarding Area C still in use? Is it still going to be demolished?

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by blacksoviet
Mon Jan 17, 2022 10:34 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Delta scales back JFK T4 plans
Replies: 166
Views: 41311

Re: Delta scales back JFK T4 plans

That photo is really interesting; I think it may have been linked by you or perhaps another poster fairly recently in a different JFK/T4 thread. I'm almost positive that at some point the 2000 plan called for Delta building a T4C (a third concourse), jutting out and over into the space occupied by ...

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by blacksoviet
Mon Jan 17, 2022 9:53 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Delta scales back JFK T4 plans
Replies: 166
Views: 41311

Re: Delta scales back JFK T4 plans

Because the new T4 that replaced the original IAB didn't open until May 2001. Delta's original plan announced in 2000 to expand T2, knock down T3, and move into a new concourse at T4 was killed after 9/11. It would take 9 years before Delta was in a position where it could once again address its fa...

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by blacksoviet
Mon Jan 17, 2022 7:49 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: JetBlue/JMP going forward with JFK terminal 6 project
Replies: 81
Views: 16002

Re: JetBlue/JMP going forward with JFK terminal 6 project

Once Terminal 6 is completed, JetBlue should make Terminal 5 Gates 29 and 30 part of Terminal 6 since they will be closer to the T6 headhouse.

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by blacksoviet
Mon Jan 17, 2022 7:28 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: why did AA convert their 747s to freighters
Replies: 36
Views: 6732

Re: why did AA convert their 747s to freighters

In the very early days of UA's LHR operation, EWR-LHR was served with the 747SP, I think. EWR-LHR does not require the range of a 747SP. A 747-100 or -200 should work just fine. No it doesn't, but plenty of aircraft then and now are used on routes that are well under the plane's range. Nothing revo...

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by blacksoviet
Mon Jan 17, 2022 5:18 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: why did AA convert their 747s to freighters
Replies: 36
Views: 6732

Re: why did AA convert their 747s to freighters

ContinentalEWR wrote:
UAL777UK wrote:
blacksoviet wrote:


To SFO. If memory serves me correct they might have served Seattle with it as well but stand to be corrected there.


In the very early days of UA's LHR operation, EWR-LHR was served with the 747SP, I think.

EWR-LHR does not require the range of a 747SP. A 747-100 or -200 should work just fine.

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by blacksoviet
Mon Jan 17, 2022 6:52 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Delta scales back JFK T4 plans
Replies: 166
Views: 41311

Re: Delta scales back JFK T4 plans

It's hard for me to read too much into what DL is or isn't investing in at the moment because of the pandemic over the past two years. Very tactically, T2 is going away (finally!!!!!) and DL needs more gates at T4 than they have right now. As was posted above, the T4A extension for the commuter jet...

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by blacksoviet
Mon Jan 17, 2022 6:44 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Delta scales back JFK T4 plans
Replies: 166
Views: 41311

Re: Delta scales back JFK T4 plans

Why didn't Delta expand T4A back in 2001 when the Worldport was still open? Because the new T4 that replaced the original IAB didn't open until May 2001. Delta's original plan announced in 2000 to expand T2, knock down T3, and move into a new concourse at T4 was killed after 9/11. It would take 9 y...

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by blacksoviet
Mon Jan 17, 2022 2:09 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Delta scales back JFK T4 plans
Replies: 166
Views: 41311

Re: Delta scales back JFK T4 plans

Why didn't Delta expand T4A back in 2001 when the Worldport was still open?

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by blacksoviet
Mon Jan 17, 2022 1:40 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: why did AA convert their 747s to freighters
Replies: 36
Views: 6732

Re: why did AA convert their 747s to freighters

No, AA acquired the 747-SPs from TWA in the mid-1980s to launch DFW-NRT. At the time, AA had no other aircraft capable of operating that route. The MD11s were not yet on property, and the DC10 and 767, the only other wide body in the AA fleet at the time, did not have the range to fly DFW-NRT. AA w...

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by blacksoviet
Sun Jan 16, 2022 9:33 pm
Forum: Technical/Operations
Topic: Question about Delta Worldport
Replies: 1
Views: 1373

Question about Delta Worldport

Were domestic flights ever allowed to arrive at the gates in Terminal 3 South or was this structure for international arrivals only?

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by blacksoviet
Sun Jan 16, 2022 9:24 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Delta scales back JFK T4 plans
Replies: 166
Views: 41311

Re: Delta scales back JFK T4 plans

Will the Terminal 4 Concourse A expansion be an upgrade for frequent fliers currently departing from Terminal 2? I don't see how it couldn't be. Terminal 2 is a miserable experience. I'm at a loss as to why the A Concourse expansion will be the RJ gates. Will they renovate the end of the B Concours...

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by blacksoviet
Sun Jan 16, 2022 9:01 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Delta scales back JFK T4 plans
Replies: 166
Views: 41311

Re: Delta scales back JFK T4 plans

It's hard for me to read too much into what DL is or isn't investing in at the moment because of the pandemic over the past two years. Very tactically, T2 is going away (finally!!!!!) and DL needs more gates at T4 than they have right now. As was posted above, the T4A extension for the commuter jet...

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by blacksoviet
Sun Jan 16, 2022 5:33 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: JFK Terminal 1 Redevelopment Moves Forward
Replies: 127
Views: 21646

Re: JFK Terminal 1 Redevelopment Moves Forward

The T1 and T6 project will drive up CPEs for any airline seeking to operate here. Maybe not a big deal for international carriers, but costs will be astronomical for any domestic entrants who can only get a few slots here. That makes WN or ULCC entrance very unlikely. The barriers to entry for WN a...

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by blacksoviet
Sun Jan 16, 2022 6:05 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: JFK Terminal 1 Redevelopment Moves Forward
Replies: 127
Views: 21646

Re: JFK Terminal 1 Redevelopment Moves Forward

Who is purchasing Air France’s and Korean Air’s shares in Terminal 1? PANYNJ owns the land and the AF/KE/LH/JL consortium owns the building and lease the land. Once the building is gone their ownership stake ends. I'm sure PANYNJ is compensating them in some way for ending the lease early (if that ...

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by blacksoviet
Sun Jan 16, 2022 5:41 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: JFK Terminal 1 Redevelopment Moves Forward
Replies: 127
Views: 21646

Re: JFK Terminal 1 Redevelopment Moves Forward

Aer Lingus will likely stay at T5 since they have a deal with jetblue. They would loose those connections at AA T8. The FIS in Terminal 5 is closing in a few years. Aer Lingus will have to ask JetBlue for a gate in Terminal 6. United will demand two domestic gates for their exclusive use. Maybe som...

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