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I'm new to 121 pax and gate expansion. With F9 only having the 2 gates in E terminal how would they go about getting more gates? That E terminal looks pretty full most of the time. With the JB and Spirit merge could we anticipate getting space there if Spirit shrinks DFW as Ihear they are?
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DFW plans on adding more gates. You can buy them. lease/share them with another carrier. etc. You also have to show a use for the gates and have a certain percentage of use in order to keep them. Ie- why Delta always parks plans at every gate all the time in ATL even if not in use. But in ATL, we also have gates that are OURs, but we share with Delta and they pay us for it. Then there are "community" type gates where you basically get a slot and so do a lot of other airlines. I think the best example of that is in DEN, there are a couple gates that international carriers also come into.