Originally Posted by
bocastephen
Also, instead of trying to destroy ONT, they could have leveraged ONT/BUR/LGB to shift some of the domestic O/D air traffic away from LAX to reduce capacity needs during the construction phase and incentivize some of the traffic to alternate airports.
I don't have numbers, but as someone who flies out of BUR regularly, I feel BUR is at capacity. It cannot take any more traffic (air or land) during peak times, and it is physically and socially impossible for Burbank to do anything about it due to the neighbors. The Burbank experience is pretty bad in my opinion. Many think I am nuts, but I prefer LAX. More seating, more concessions (none of this Guy Fieri BS everywhere), TSA can be quicker during busy times, and fewer ground crew shenanigans. LAX T1 has fewer gates than all of BUR and has so many more places to get a snack or a drink.
Originally Posted by
bzcat
Maybe a good time to point out that LAWA officially retired "Terminal 2" from its interactive map. It will slowly remove other signage and maps showing refences to "Terminal 2".
It is Terminal 3 which has two concourses - one of them being the former T2. The North side will go from T1 to T3 and then TBIT.
LAX Map
This makes me sad. So many good memories of T2, flying on Hawaiian and Pan Am before that. Nothing but bad memories flying out of the dump known as (the old) T3, even I did love JetBlue and Virgin America. Since the new T3 seems smaller in footprint, it would have made more sense to name the whole thing T2, or T2/3. I digress.