Originally Posted by LDVFlyer

To be sure, LAWA had its own incentives in both deals, but there is very little speculation with the gate counts. The airlines obtained additional gates in proportion to their current ops. Both were operating with fewer gates than necessary. As AA is the larger airline now, it will end up with more gates.

LAWA's deal with Delta did not give them any rights to TBIT gates. During the construction phase of their project, Delta will be using the 3 gates at the northern end of TBIT to make up for any gate closures at T2/T3.

When the MSC is complete and provided Delta can show it has met certain usage conditions for its gates at T2/T3, it can request additional gates at TBIT from LAWA.

AA already has rights to gates at TBIT. It is expected those rights will become fully vested, meaning preferential, when the MSC opens.