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Old Aug 29, 2010, 7:53 pm
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Originally Posted by Jet Yi
Basically existing UA operation will move from Terminal A to Terminal C which raises the question as to when Expressjet (dba Continental Express) and Air Canada will make the same transition.
I'm not so sure of that. CO will not be particularly eager to give up real estate in EWR and the significant lounge and gate space that UA controls in EWR holds significant value. Much like I do not expect the new carrier to abandon the JFK slots and real estate that they hold, I would expect them to come up with creative ways to leverage as much of the space and gates as they possibly can hold on to. It is in their best interests to do so.

Plus there's the issue with the fact that there simply is not sufficient gate space in C for all the UA, AC and XJ operations to move over.
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