Originally Posted by
cltwheel
So to summarize the situation at Charlotte:
-Building a 10 gate expansion of Concourse E for American Airlines
-Building a 9 gate expansion of Concourse A for everyone but American
-American will cut about 200+ flights once the DOJ agreement expires.
Yep, that all makes perfect sense!
There are still plans for a 4th parallel runway, but, not confirmed and will not start for several years. They did nix an international terminal.
There does seem to be a consensus out there among FT that AA will contract significantly in CLT. I do not share that view.
The DOJ agreement expires near the end of 2016. Most of the expansions will be complete long after that. If AA was going to drop 200 flights from CLT, I do not think CLT would be investing so much in expansion. Clearly CLT has a plan to keep more than the current flight load.
FWIW - In the paper today, CLT is the 4th most connected airport in the world, behind ATL, ORD and DFW. That's a pretty strong position for AA to be in... 90% share/traffic of two of the top four most connected airports in the world.