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Old Dec 10, 2013, 5:36 am
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One thing I would point out to add to the great rundown by Phoenixtinct is that this list seems to assume that the merged entity will need exactly as many gates as it currently has. At ORD for example, I believe AA already have room to add flights in their own existing space; even if they give up two L gates, it's possible they won't need to acquire any more gates to move the US flights over. Especially considering several of the existing US flights are regionals, as I don't believe concourse G is at capacity. Similarly, there is room to breathe at DFW as AA used to operate more service there a few years ago before the more recent capacity cuts--I think we'll see these flights moved to A/B/C/D in due course, without any other changes needed to accommodate this.
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