Twenty-one airlines will be relocated in mid-May at LAX in what airport officials are calling one of the largest terminal moves in the history of commercial aviation. (ktla.com) さらに...
"During the relocation, passengers are advised to check into their flights online and arrive earlier than normal" So instead of the usual leaving 4 hours before a flight - 1.5 hours on the 405, another 45 minutes to get around the congested airport roadways and then another hour to get through ticketing/security just in time for the flight to start boarding, passengers will have to allot 6 hours. Might as well just come and sleep at the airport the night before.
LOL. I think you are spoiled Tony. Been in LA many times and yes it is tough. I think though that you need to take a breather to So. Florida, spend couple of hours on I-95 enjoying the total freedom of traffic regulation obedience requirements and arrive to MIA in the middle of the international flight rush, which on Mondays and Fridays coincides with the cruise ship passenger rush. This will put the whole thing in perspective. I think after that you'll go to LAX and start hugging people in the terminal. Cheers!
I'll never understand how you guys can stand large metros. I fly out of either Sioux City or Omaha; when using SUX I can leave my house 40 minutes from my flight time and park less than 100' from the entrance. $300 or less RT to go to Any major airport in the US (other than MSP). Leaving from Omaha isn't much more time than that other than an hour of wide open 70 MPH interstate driving. I make a lot of trips in and around DC and can't fathom how you guys spend 4 or more hours total sitting in traffic every day. Makes my head spin.
Born and raised in Omaha. My parents live out in West Omaha, near Boys Town. Because of that, I've always lived with the following rule: If you can not get from one end of town to the other in less than 30 minutes drive, the town is too big. Seems to work regardless of where I've lived or have relatives: OKC, LAS, PDX, or here in SMF. I had friends in Torrance, which made LAX access easy, as I could go straight up Sepulveda Blvd. But anything else is too much.
As far as LAX goes, it sounds funny, but you may get there faster with surface streets. Worked for us getting to the Grove from LAX, versus the 405 and the 10.
That's true if you live in So. FLA and are under 40... http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/weather/fl-snow-in-south-florida-forty-years-ago-20170117-story.html
I'll never understand how you guys can stand any commercial air service. I leave my house, drive 20 minutes to the airport, park my car in the hangar, preflight the plane and can be in the air 20 minutes after airport arrival. Within 40 minutes of leaving my house, I can be in the air within a day's flight of anywhere in the country putting me at my destination well ahead of any commercial service. From Colorado, I can be in OMA in two hours. #FlyPrivate
Also, you do understand that flights out of KSUX are subsidized by the Essential Air Service Act, right? While I think that this Act offers an incredible opportunity to the country and small communities that airlines typically wouldn't touch because the economics of such would never make sense, I hope you realize that 50% or more of your airline ticket is subsidized by the rest of us. So, you're welcome!
Are you going to provide air service to Sydney and/or Auckland for our cruise next February? I have a PPL as well but there are times when commercial is the only realistic way to go and for major 15-hour flights you need to go to the biggest airports.
May 12, 14, 16 Friday, Sunday, Tuesday. 2 million pax May/2015. How many regulars will be on Automatic Passenger and head like homing pigeons to their expected spot. Carmagadons were successes after months of massive PR and PSA bulletins. How much of that has LAX been doing? Will be 'interesting' especially from afar.
Very smart move for Delta as now they will be with or next door to their alliance members. American has that now, for the most part. This leaves United with few options. It does explain United's saying they want to occupy all of the new mid-field concourse when it is built. Delta is putting a pile of cash into this. I like the roof-top Sky Club idea!
Why would United want to move to the new midfield terminal (which will only have 11 gates to start) and be even MORE isolated from everything than they already are? It is being built for the international carriers, not UAL. They may think they can swoop in and steal it but I don't think LAWA will let them get away with that. Besides, with a UAL hub in SFO it would be bone-headed for them to start a new turf war with AAL and DAL. Hopefully they'll come to their senses and continue improving their current facilities in T7.
Read that as "Chaos to the nth degree." They can't get that terminal functioning properly previously... the changes will not make a significant improvement. It's kind of like road projects here in Las Vegas in and around McCarran that never end. Curse of the times. Infrastructure issues and organized labor foot dragging.
So instead of the usual leaving 4 hours before a flight - 1.5 hours on the 405, another 45 minutes to get around the congested airport roadways and then another hour to get through ticketing/security just in time for the flight to start boarding, passengers will have to allot 6 hours. Might as well just come and sleep at the airport the night before.