United forced out of T-8 at LAX

[lowecur]

This move will allow either an expansion at LAX for existing carriers, or a foot in the door for Jetblue. My guess Jetblue is fighting for the majority of gates at this terminal. This will allow them the to proceed with expansion of West Coast network that will include the deployment of the 190.

Hopefully this will set a precedent that is long overdue on the East Coast.

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http://www.dailybreeze.com/business/articles/8085757.html

 

[canyonblue]

Maybe you missed this sentence.............

That would open up an entire terminal for larger jetliners and could allow other airlines - most notably Southwest - to expand their operations at LAX.

 

[lowecur]

Maybe you missed this sentence.............

That would open up an entire terminal for larger jetliners and could allow other airlines - most notably Southwest - to expand their operations at LAX.

You should have retired with Bob Barker....punchdrunk! Just where do see any viability to SWA in having non contiguous terminals so far apart?

No, this will go to new entrants which will either be B6 or VA.

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[n25na]

sounds like a perfect opportunity for alaska to pass up

 

[johnsonrod]

Watch out here comes Virgin America!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[pookie]

Who is currently using T8?

 

[HalinTexas]

USAir moves out of Terminal 1 over to the other side. SWA gets all of T1, ATA moves over there to take advantage of the feed.

 

[BID]

SWA really wanted those gates back when UAL was in BK. Then UAL pulled the turboprop card so as not to lose those gates.

Speaking of UAL LAX gates, I heard a rumor that CAL years ago had leased (sub leased i don't know) a couple of LAX gates to UAL and was going to get them back at the end of the year.

Anyone know anything of this?

 

[Yuppyguppy]

Kind of like Jetblue got slots to O'hare when the FAA told UA and AMR to reduce their flying. What a load of $hit. Your day is coming blue and soon. The precedent on the EAST COAST is that you were handed gates in NY by the politicians you didn't have a right to any of them.

 

[Dizel8]

Yuppyguppy,

jetblue got 8 slots in ORD, just eight, while UAL and AMR probably has more than 500 between them.

As for the gates on the east coast, they were not handed to us, but yes, they were some politicians that were helping us and that agreed with jetblue that JFK was underutilized. JFK used to be a ghost town, nobody wanted to serve it, other than Int'l.