Originally Posted by
FWAAA
Well, BA owns it until sometime in 2015, when the lease expires, IIRC.
I stand corrected! You are right.
IMO, if you're going to be in a joint venture, sharing revenues and profits, then you really should co-locate with the partners, and that would be at T-8. Now that AA is out of Ch 11, it would be nice to hear that AA and the Port Authority have agreed on the completion of T-8 so that BA and other OW airlines not at T-8 can move there.
I agree that T8 would be a great place to bring in BA at a minimum, hopefully JL, CX and QF as well, though I think for BA to come to T8 they would have to finish construction and build out a few more long-haul gates and some additional lounge space. I'm not even sure how many T8 gates could accommodate a 747, and none have twin jetways. With BA being much less tied into T7 than I previously thought, it seems that such planning would need to begin rather soon.