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How many more (if any) gates are there in T3?
Cheers,
Rick
T3 has 26 contact gates versus 27 at T1. The principal difference being that T3 houses 5x A380 gates vs. 2x A380 gates at T1.
In fact T3 will be unable to handle Emirates existing peak schedule (the 0700-1140 bank) which has around 60 daily departures. Emirates plans to use 12 gates at T1 on a go forward basis (although it is unclear whether they are the remote gates or contact gates or a mixture) until Concourse 3 (the T3 satellite) is opened in 2011.
Expect bussing to continue but to a lesser extent than has been the case in the last 6 months. But as Emirates adds more flights, and until Concourse 3 opens, expect the number of remote stand operations to continue to rise in the run-up to 2011.
Rgds
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