Originally Posted by
ConfCodeCOOL
They've said elsewhere (sorry, don't remember off the top of my head) that SEA is basically at max capacity without more gates (they've been being added... slowly) and the international arrivals facility being complete. After the IAF is built, I would expect SEA will grow further. SEA, strategically, is closer to Asia than LAX is. An hour and a half closer to NRT, ICN.... that is a competitive advantage vs AA and UA flying it from LAX/SFO, and with the huge Amazon expansion and growth in SEA, it makes sense to compete in SEA in a big way.
Looking at the airport plan, it sure looks like we could end up with as much mainline gate space as Alaska has by the time it's all said and done. I think if we don't have the same it'll be fairly close. Alaska has almost half the airport as it sits right now. That's not counting Alaska's hard stand gates for 737s and RJs/Q400s