Originally Posted by
haggis79
sorry, but from those pictures I must confess I'm unimpressed.... it's certainly new and nice and clean - but to me it looks absolutely average and uninspired. Long white hallways, rectangular waiting rooms, some average views of the apron.... looks like almost any other terminal in the US.
It's a modest 26-gate terminal for a dog's breakfast of airlines, not a showplace funded by a national goverment where taxes consume 50% of GDP. Cost and amenities negotiations are always strained, with airlines wanting lower costs and airport authorities pilloried as spendthrifts.
The North Terminal replaces elements 30+ years old (age of the B-gates of Smith), it will be welcomed. People staying on NW/DL/AF/KL will have no reason to use it.
