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Quoting lhpdx (Reply 2): Interesting evaluation of PDX current market trend and future growth..Check it out...... http://centreforaviation.com/analysi...ts-smaller-market-footprint-255630 |
Quoting EA CO AS (Reply 89): Quoting a380787 (Reply 10): Quoting enilria (Thread starter):#8 MCO-PDX Let's see if WN or AS would be first to jump in here. Already served by AS previously, and rumored to return in the not-too-distant future. Quoting ANA787 (Reply 32): If AS weren't fighting DL in SEA I assume this route would return. Again, already rumored to return. |
Quoting ANA787 (Reply 3): Also, interestingly, according to the following forum the PDX-MCO market is now the largest unserved market in the US and is rumored to resume soon on AS. |
Quoting pdx (Reply 6): Why was this route dropped years a go? Loads or aircraft availability? |
Quoting ramprat74 (Reply 8): We were just told today that the UA and AS swap at PDX won't happen until Spring 2018 now. I have a feeling the recent QX announcement about replacing their Dash-8s and buying larger RJ's put a kink in the POP's new concourse design. |
Quoting ANA787 (Reply 9): Quoting ramprat74 (Reply 8): We were just told today that the UA and AS swap at PDX won't happen until Spring 2018 now. I have a feeling the recent QX announcement about replacing their Dash-8s and buying larger RJ's put a kink in the POP's new concourse design. When was the swap originally intended to be? |
Quoting ramprat74 (Reply 8): We were just told today that the UA and AS swap at PDX won't happen until Spring 2018 now. I have a feeling the recent QX announcement about replacing their Dash-8s and buying larger RJ's put a kink in the POP's new concourse design. |
Quoting lhpdx (Reply 11): I'm wondering if they'll have to add a few more jetways to the E extension? |
Quoting lhpdx (Reply 11): I'm wondering if they'll have to add a few more jetways to the E extension? |
Quoting pdx (Reply 13): They're going to need quite a few D jetway gates if that's the case. |
Quoting RWA380 (Reply 15): I though AS was taking every gate in D it could get. I thought D was going to be just HA, DL & AS (also serving all International arrivals) Do DE & FI leave from D? And where does Y4 operate from? The rest were going to B or C. |
Quote: The airport has been trying to land a hotel since 2007. Airport officials hoped to find a developer for the concept in 2013, but they never formally issued a bid request, airport director Tim Doll said. Last summer they issed a request for proposals for a hotel, but didn’t receive a single one. Doll said he learned through follow-up conversations with hotel management firms that although they were interested in the project, the firms were too busy in the peak tourism season to submit bids. An obvious upside for a hotel near the airport would the quick and easy access it offered to flights. But the airport is isolated, a 15-20 minute drive from the Eugene city center. There are few amenities or attractions in the airport vicinity. Plus, developers are already at work on a handful of new hotels in central Eugene. Doll said he’s confident this bidding round will go better, with the economy improving, major track and field events lined up years down the road and a new state psychiatric hospital three miles north of the airport, |
Quoting intotheair (Reply 17): This just seems like a really silly idea. Yes, airport hotels have secondary uses, but they're mostly needed in places that are connection-heavy. I'm willing to bet EUG is almost 100% O&D. |
Quoting RWA380 (Reply 18): I bet many people would like the opportunity for a night pror (for early AM depatures) or arrival night (for later arrivals) then start fresh for the drive back to their hometown the next morning, I know people from all over Oregon who drive (mostly to Portland) & incorporate a hotel night one end or the other. |
Quoting Wingtips56 (Reply 20): I do that frequently - at Medford -- driving over from the coast and staying a night an an airport motel at both ends of the trip, as I usually have an early morning departure and late night return. I don't drive that mountain highway in the dark, especially after flying 24+ hours to return there, and the motel lets me leave my car in their lot for however long I'm gone at no extra charge. |
Quoting Wingtips56 (Reply 20): Yes, it would be different for an RON crew without wheels |
Quoting Wingtips56 (Reply 20): I've not been out there, but it looks like the airport is out in the boonies, |
Quoting Wingtips56 (Reply 20): But in considering the RON crews, an airport hotel would need to have a restaurant at minimum. |
Quoting lhpdx (Reply 22): Quite informative about Portland past, present and future...Enjoy the journey........ http://www.kgw.com/news/special-repo...41220 |
Quoting pdx (Reply 23): OMG! Am I seeing this correct? |
Quoting pdx (Reply 23): OMG! Am I seeing this correct? Are they changing the security checkpoints so the Oregon Marketplace (shops, restaurants, and windows now pre-security) will become post-security? |
Quoting pdx (Reply 23): Most airports today are modeled this way, but I love PDX because they're not! That means us (aviation enthusiasts) won't be able to get past the ticket counters without a ticket! |
Quoting pdx (Reply 23): That would be a HUGE disappointment for me! Looks like other changes too that we don't know about.....other than the AS/UA switch which we do know about! |
Quoting mtnwest1979 (Reply 24): I believe so IIRC. Be more akin to MSP and such. I guess they figure pax come in and want to get thru security fast then sit and relax a bit. If they bypass all of the shops as is now, no money to stores etc. If after they get thru, they may spend more money and time in the places. I agree that I like it as it is now. So many places have bare minimum choices pre-security for everyone. |
Quoting RWA380 (Reply 25): I'm going to view the preview video later, but I sure hope what you have indicated doesn't happen. First of all, where in the heck will the lines go when security checkpoints backup, as they do everyday during peak hours. The area with the Marketplace is perfect for queued up people to wait. If what you are saying may happen, the ticket counter area will be butts to nuts all the time, or there will be lines out the door onto the loading & unloading area, I think they would need to resolve that before moving where security points are currently. |
Quoting RWA380 (Reply 25): From a spotters perspective, yes it sucks, from one pf the videos I saw the dining room where one dined & watched ramp operations (how sweet is that?). When I was a young adolescent PDX has a viewing room on a second floor above what is now the food court in the Marketplace. A small but totally windowed room, that one could watch planes from. It seems they are trying to keep us spotters from having a hobby or being able to enjoy ourselves. |
Quoting lhpdx (Reply 26): Well, at least we still have the 7th floor of the garage......... |
Quoting pdx (Reply 27): I can't tell you how many times I went to watch planes and it was closed! And no, it wasn't full! Other thing is that the Port of Portland offices ruined the approach view to 28R! |
Quoting lhpdx (Reply 40): The Port of Portland seriously need to start focusing on JAL or ANA.... |