MSY is a dump
 

MSY is my home airport and I find myself here on average of 2 times per week. However, I think it is one of the worst airports I've been to (I can think of better airports in smaller Latin American cities). In a city known for cuisine, the food is awful. The bathrooms can be disgusting. How can a city that relies on tourist industry have such an awful airport. Just curious what everyone thinks of MSY and what are your favorite (mine is CDG) and least favority airports? Just taking an informal poll. Also if anyone cares to post, where do you like to eat in airports?

CDG is a third world outpost in western Europe. For Europe AMS and MUC are much more user friendly and actually clean. I agree MSY is a dump.

They're cleaner than the French Quarter.

CDG is pretty low on my list of favorite airports, especially if you have to change terminals. Singapore easily at top. Amsterdam in Europe.

Yes, it is. It also has some of the worst price gouging at airport concessions I've ever seen. I still remember buying a 20 oz. bottled Diet Dr. Pepper and a muffin at a concession in the concourse where UA is early one morning last fall and being charged almost $15.

I totally agree that MSY is a dump. I've been in and out of the US gates, and it always seems like the place is falling apart. Whenever I think of MSY, I think of those hot dog carts in the terminal.

My favorite airport is probably PEK, HKG, or YYZ (international departures).

This seem about right:

http://neworleans.fbi.gov/dojpressre.../no091710a.htm

http://www.nola.com/opinions/index.s...rpor_offi.html

On the plus side, at least he wasn't stealing from the airport!

Yes, MSY is a dump, but so is downtown New Orleans. And I think that was true even before Katrina. NO is a place that I have never enjoyed going to. I have always felt unsafe.

MSY is a dump for sure, but so is the city.
CDG is also a dump of an airport (but so are most of the major airports in Europe)

The DL parts of JFK are like a 3rd world country;

My favorite terminals in the US (for 'niceness' of the terminal itself) are DCA, BOS A, SEA main, IAD B/terminal, IAH E.

TLV is my worldwide favorite, and one of the nicest airports in the world (and has been awarded as much amongst mid-size airports in the middle east for a few years by ACI), its clean, beautiful and has free wifi throughout.

If you think MSY is a dump, have you seen MIA? :p


IMHO, all airports in the United States, with few exceptions, are dumps.


For the nice airports, one needs to travel to Singapore Changi or BKK

I agree MIA is a dump as well, especially flying on Continental (LaCaretta and Versailes are in the American terminal). I like CDG for purely asthetic reasons. Schiphol in Amsterdam is nice, great lounges, but it lacks something for me. Heathrow is always exciting, it is the gateway to the world. Maybe I love CDG because it means I am back in France. MSY has a new manager and hopefully he can do something. He should start with cleaning the bathrooms.

CDG is low on my list.
MSY is not so good either...

The D gates at MSY aren't awful, but there are few concessions - and the ones that are there gouge the crap out of you. (At least there's free wifi - when it works.)

In MSY's case, I suspect the city just doesn't have the financial resources to devote to the airport, aside from the expansion of the D gates. I'm surprised the city doesn't try to form a PPP to drum up some money.

CDG is one of my home airports, and I hate that place with a passion. Totaly dump.

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We would like to let our passengers know that we are making every effort to provide a World Class Airport here @ MSY. We have recently redesigned our web site including some new feedback features. If you have a specific complaint that we can address, please fill out the form on our site:

http://flymsy.com/Forms/Forms.asp?p1=58

You can also follow us on twitter @NO_Airport and on facebook www.facebook.com/armstrongintl to find out what changes are coming.

You can find out about our multi-million dollar Capital Improvements program here: http://flymsy.com/capitalimprovements

We look forward to hearing from you.