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Varks 04-12-2025 03:38 PM


Originally Posted by ImSoSuss (Post 3903845)
AA took over the Spirit gates (we are already using them) and lost some Air Wisconsin gates. The end result are more of the larger gates for better mainline capacity. Travel bloggers are almost always wrong and look at the date of that podcast, it was produced before AA announced they were expanding service in ORD.

We lost 4 gates. Quick google search. It has to do with frontage. Net loss was 7 gates. AA 4. JetBlue 1, Air Canada, 1 and Spirit 1. I think those are the ones. United is turning that footage into 6 gates. They win. We lose. Kirby out smarts again. All revisited soon. And then gates will be juggled again.

Chicago Chiefs came out and said it wasn't true. Either they lied or were lied to or didn't do research. Not good for the base.

ImSoSuss 04-12-2025 03:42 PM


Originally Posted by Varks (Post 3903858)
We lost 4 gates. Quick google search. It has to do with frontage. Net loss was 7 gates. AA 4. JetBlue 1, Air Canada, 1 and Spirit 1. I think those are the ones. United is turning that footage into 6 gates. They win. We lose. Kirby out smarts again. All revisited soon. And then gates will be juggled again.

Chicago Chiefs came out and said it wasn't true. Either they lied or were lied to or didn't do research. Not good for the base.

Well if google says so. What does google tell you about the L3 through L10 gates where AA NB aircraft are now parked where Spirit used to park? We didn't lose any H and K gates, so what did they take? A few regional G gates where Air Wisconsin used to fly?


HwkrPlt 04-12-2025 03:47 PM


Originally Posted by ImSoSuss (Post 3903852)
As I stated above came out before AA's announcement and that supposed ORD "expert" on that podcast is only an expert cause he lived in Chicago and "flys United a lot". lol, okay. That's one of the worst aviation podcasts out there.

lol

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Margaritaville 04-12-2025 03:48 PM


Originally Posted by Varks (Post 3903858)
We lost 4 gates. Quick google search. It has to do with frontage. Net loss was 7 gates. AA 4. JetBlue 1, Air Canada, 1 and Spirit 1. I think those are the ones. United is turning that footage into 6 gates. They win. We lose. Kirby out smarts again. All revisited soon. And then gates will be juggled again.

Chicago Chiefs came out and said it wasn't true. Either they lied or were lied to or didn't do research. Not good for the base.

The Delta guys are saying they lost 3 gates too.

LearPilot88 04-12-2025 05:11 PM


Originally Posted by ImSoSuss (Post 3903860)
Well if google says so. What does google tell you about the L3 through L10 gates where AA NB aircraft are now parked where Spirit used to park? We didn't lose any H and K gates, so what did they take? A few regional G gates where Air Wisconsin used to fly?

We were parking mainline jets at G4/G6. Spirit is over there now.

Varks 04-12-2025 07:56 PM


Originally Posted by ImSoSuss (Post 3903860)
Well if google says so. What does google tell you about the L3 through L10 gates where AA NB aircraft are now parked where Spirit used to park? We didn't lose any H and K gates, so what did they take? A few regional G gates where Air Wisconsin used to fly?

So many articles from multiple sources. How old are you? Look for yourself. We lost gates. Deal with it.

Do you deny we lost gates?

ImSoSuss 04-13-2025 01:05 AM


Originally Posted by Varks (Post 3903911)
So many articles from multiple sources. How old are you? Look for yourself. We lost gates. Deal with it.

Do you deny we lost gates?

Because the news always get it right lol. ORD Chiefs says it was a net gain of gates and i can see with my own two eyes it was a net gain of gates. We gained all of Spirit's old L gates, which was 5 or 6 gates, and lost what, 2 G gates? We own all of H, K, and L now.

LearPilot88 04-13-2025 04:29 AM


Originally Posted by ImSoSuss (Post 3903927)
Because the news always get it right lol. ORD Chiefs says it was a net gain of gates and i can see with my own two eyes it was a net gain of gates. We gained all of Spirit's old L gates, which was 5 or 6 gates, and lost what, 2 G gates? We own all of H, K, and L now.


We are also picking up gates on the north side of the L gates. Not sure if those will be RJ or mainlines gates. Our charts show 3 gates, I’m thinking they will be RJ gates.

GoCats67 04-13-2025 06:08 AM


Originally Posted by ImSoSuss (Post 3903927)
Because the news always get it right lol. ORD Chiefs says it was a net gain of gates and i can see with my own two eyes it was a net gain of gates. We gained all of Spirit's old L gates, which was 5 or 6 gates, and lost what, 2 G gates? We own all of H, K, and L now.

The final distribution will be announced NLT than June1 and will become effective NLT Oct1. So, what you see today is not the issue, it is what you will see come October that is being discussed.

MinimumEffort 04-13-2025 07:37 AM


Originally Posted by Varks (Post 3903911)
Do you deny we lost gates?

He does, In another thread he claims we gained some which is incorrect.


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