American loses 4 gates to United at ORD.
04-11-2025 | 08:43 AM
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American loses 4 gates to United at ORD.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/airl...cuts-americans
Did they forget about these gates or something like those slots in JFK? Either way it's another failure by the usual suspects in charge. They claim they are going to fight this but they tried to fight the NEalliance and lost as well as the Latam JV.
Did they forget about these gates or something like those slots in JFK? Either way it's another failure by the usual suspects in charge. They claim they are going to fight this but they tried to fight the NEalliance and lost as well as the Latam JV.
04-11-2025 | 08:57 AM
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https://www.chicagobusiness.com/airl...cuts-americans
Did they forget about these gates or something like those slots in JFK? Either way it's another failure by the usual suspects in charge. They claim they are going to fight this but they tried to fight the NEalliance and lost as well as the Latam JV.
Did they forget about these gates or something like those slots in JFK? Either way it's another failure by the usual suspects in charge. They claim they are going to fight this but they tried to fight the NEalliance and lost as well as the Latam JV.
04-11-2025 | 09:00 AM
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Not sure that is quite it.
This podcast explains the gate assignment system at ORD.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1bf...RrCO1Z7zaTdnwg
This podcast explains the gate assignment system at ORD.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1bf...RrCO1Z7zaTdnwg
04-11-2025 | 09:57 AM
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Maybe this is my ignorance or misunderstanding of the ORD gate distribution, but this seems to me like something that will accelerate. It seems like that if more usage = more gates, then losing gates will create less usage, which means AA will lose more gates, which will result in less usage, etc.
Could this become a snowball effect? Maybe I'm just misreading their methodology.
Could this become a snowball effect? Maybe I'm just misreading their methodology.
04-11-2025 | 10:08 AM
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Any chance of cutting/pasting article as it is behind a pay wall?
04-11-2025 | 10:46 AM
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Maybe this is my ignorance or misunderstanding of the ORD gate distribution, but this seems to me like something that will accelerate. It seems like that if more usage = more gates, then losing gates will create less usage, which means AA will lose more gates, which will result in less usage, etc.
Could this become a snowball effect? Maybe I'm just misreading their methodology.
Could this become a snowball effect? Maybe I'm just misreading their methodology.
It's going to come down to actual utilization of the gates you do have, possibly/likely modified for whatever their market goals are, such as regional feed, more Europe, more west coast, whatever they think benefits the city's economy. Of possibly just whatever brings in the most direct revenue to the airport authority... if they're not properly managed by the local political leaders, airports will naturally drift to prioritize the benefit of the organization itself, vice the city or citizens.
04-11-2025 | 10:52 AM
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Maybe this is my ignorance or misunderstanding of the ORD gate distribution, but this seems to me like something that will accelerate. It seems like that if more usage = more gates, then losing gates will create less usage, which means AA will lose more gates, which will result in less usage, etc.
Could this become a snowball effect? Maybe I'm just misreading their methodology.
Could this become a snowball effect? Maybe I'm just misreading their methodology.
So no, a snowball effect is not likely here.
04-11-2025 | 12:59 PM
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but gate efficiency generally increases with more gates. it’s easier to shove 120 flights into 100 gates than it is to shove 12 flights into 10 gates in the same amount of time. flexibility…
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