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Old May 7, 2019 | 8:02 pm
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Originally Posted by nomad420
I had heard about that but thought by now the lease had run its course. Well yeah, I guess UA should find some use for all that space. I had heard that even thought they are getting paid for the lease the city obviously would prefer the gates be used. More landing taxes, tourism, etc..... They (the city/airport) kind of got burned on that deal when UA pulled CLE as a hub. Not to mention all the employees there that had to then "commute " to hubs such as ORD to work. Well at least this new move is suppose to help that. I was told there are still approximately 60 FAs based out of CLE.
I don't believe there are any plans to use the vacant D concourse so I can't imagine that's factoring into this at all. Along with FAs, CLE is also a pilot and maintenance base (737s) for UA.
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