From the Wall Street Journal, 11/26/05:

"Airports around the world are scrambling to prepare for the arrival next year of the mammoth Airbus A380 superjumbo jet, a plane so large that some facilities must be rebuilt to accommodate it. But many of the worst bottlenecks for the new aircraft could develop at Los Angeles International Airport."

"Efforts are under way at dozens of airports to reinforce runways, widen taxiways, speed up baggage-handling systems and construct higher-capacity gates connected to supersize lounges. Such megaprojects are necessary to cope with the anticipated crush of luggage and people posed by an aircraft capable of seating more than 850 passengers -- nearly twice as many as the largest version of Boeing Co.'s venerable 747 jumbo."

Balance of article is here , but requires subscription.

The article's main focus is on LAX and that airport's preparation (or lack thereof) for the A380.

But here is the scary part:

"Today, Los Angeles boasts more jumbo-jet traffic than New York's JFK, America's dominant international air hub for decades. If all goes as planned, after 2010 Los Angeles will serve as many as 15,000 passengers aboard nearly two dozen A380 flights daily, the largest concentration of superjumbos envisioned in North America. By 2023, JFK and San Francisco are projected to rank second and third, respectively, behind LAX in North America."

If that pans out, much as I might like to try the A380, I will avoid TBIT like the plague if airlines try to move that many pax without a new terminal designed for such crowds. The place is already a pit.