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Old Dec 2, 2009, 10:07 am
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Originally Posted by BearX220
Makes eminent sense as CO is now the fish out of water @ T4 / Skyteam central.
Except it isn't just SkyTeam Central. T4 also houses many of the non-aligned airlines. I think the plan is for it to house something like 45 airlines.

One thing to bear in mind is that the *A carriers are already scattered across two terminals, so moving CO to T1 or T3 will only help for some *A connections. Connecting between T1 and T3 still involves a bus connection, just like T4 to T1/T3, though the MCT rises from 75 minutes to 90.

From a terminal perspective, I'm not sure moving to T3 would be much of a step up. I probably prefer T4, the renovations have spruced things up a bit, and the ST lounge is very nice. But T3 is decent too, the SK lounge is nice (lesser food and drink than the ST lounge, though), and it has better transit connections. Maybe a toss-up, tough to say.

I'm not sure that any move is coming soon, but I wouldn't be shocked if it did.
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