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Old Mar 9, 2005 | 11:52 pm
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Originally Posted by MBM3
Anyone know why this is still the case? Beyond keeping gates, it seems kinda silly to me.
It prevents SWA from enterting EWR since at any given time there is prolly only like ONE open gate... Not enough to start the kind of service SWA would like too.

This is the exact reason Delta, KLM, AF, Virgin, NWA, et. al. are still in thier respective Terminals... Delta and NW could have EASILY moved over to Terminal C (like NWA moved in with CO in CLE), but then it would open up many gates! Delta/NWA/KLM take up like one satilite thing at Terminal B. Open up those gates - and it opens up compeition at EWR.

-Very similar to that ERJ parking situation down at IAH...

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