So, take a look at this story.
United Airlines is interested in gaining control over the operations of Terminal B at Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston. The carrier would pay $686 million to expand and renovate the terminal, and the city would put $288 million into the project. The Houston Airport System has been collecting a $3 fee per passenger since late 2009.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...n/7679375.html
United has been operating at IAD in the [hellhole] that is the "temporary" C/D concourse for over twenty years. They were supposed to jointly build a new C/D terminal with the MWAA, but they've never been able to afford it. Now all of of a sudden they can find the money to improve IAH?
This merger is increasingly becoming an obvious takeover of PMUA by CO. It appears that all the resources are going to be devoted to improving the PMCO side of the company.
If I was the MWAA, I'd be courting AA and DL to move into IAD to challenge UA, because it is becoming increasingly obvious UA doesn't care about its IAD hub.