When is STL going to be a crew base?
04-29-2023 | 11:15 AM
#21
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Agreed, but that stuff costs money. They want gates and they want them now. Those gates broke ground less than a year ago and it looks mostly finished. Imagine how long a tunnel would have taken. They don't care about things like ramp congestion or airspace constraints. They will put that burden on others to figure out. I certainly hope we aren't moving out to that trailer park, but I could see the ULCC gang happily packing up and moving out there if the price is right.
04-29-2023 | 01:26 PM
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Color me skeptical. They said the same thing about the underground train they (finally) built at Washington Dulles. They built a train stop where there isn't a terminal yet, then dug a walking tunnel next to it to walk back to where the current terminal actually is. "Don't worry," they said. It was just temporary until they built the new mid-field terminal above the train station.
That was more than 13 years ago.
That was more than 13 years ago.
04-29-2023 | 04:05 PM
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I’ve also heard it’s temporary from station personnel, until the further expansion is complete.
04-29-2023 | 05:07 PM
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Comair ran busses in CVG for years and I don’t remember ever seeing a conflict with taxiing aircraft. Guess we’ll have to see how Nashville handles it. But yes, they desperately need ramp control.
04-29-2023 | 05:30 PM
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04-29-2023 | 10:02 PM
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Agreed, but that stuff costs money. They want gates and they want them now. Those gates broke ground less than a year ago and it looks mostly finished. Imagine how long a tunnel would have taken. They don't care about things like ramp congestion or airspace constraints. They will put that burden on others to figure out. I certainly hope we aren't moving out to that trailer park, but I could see the ULCC gang happily packing up and moving out there if the price is right.
04-30-2023 | 03:36 AM
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ORD enters the chat. Between shuttling people for years to international terminal via ramp and employees from their parking lot, it seems there are always 30 buses running around everywhere on the ramp.
04-30-2023 | 08:51 AM
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04-30-2023 | 09:40 AM
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