Originally Posted by
Phudnik
Your "Easts" and "Wests" are confused -- the new international terminal is A-West, and there are still some international gates in A-East along with AA and, for now, DL. AF departs out of a gate that is technically in A-West directly across from the US and BA lounges. AF 365/366 is switching to a DL 757 after the summer anyway, so where AF is located now is immaterial.
Corrected I stand on the two sides of A. I've never flown from there (just C and D for me that I remember), and I was basing my writing on a terminal map. And to the point of the AF bird not coming to PHL anymore, I can only shudder at the thought of the losses AF was taking. If the DL TATL 752 comes to that route, it's a loss of 24J and 21Y from the AF A332. Market adjustments, anyone?
Originally Posted by
Phudnik
I have heard (maybe here) that FL is being moved to E. The FL gates are right next to UA, so maybe CO moves there and DL gets the old CO/WN gates? There are also a couple of empty gates in D (or at least there were the last time I was there).
Moving FL to E would make sense only if there was enough space to accommodate FL and all of WN. What is WN's motivation in having a separate part of their operation? That to me is just as odd as DL wanting to be in D...why be away from what little SkyTeam presence PHL already has? The deal on square footage must be that good, especially if they are replacing a ~2 year old lounge.
Originally Posted by
Phudnik
I think the motivation is in part to give US unfettered access to all of the international gates in A-East, because I think DL was occupying one of them. US has added three more international flights this summer. WN has stopped expanding at PHL for now and may not need additional gates (the reason why DL moved from E to A-East to begin with).
DL would continue to occupy an international gate with the CDG flight, no?