New SLC airport opens September 15th, 2020
Oct 16, 2020, 9:51 pm
#421
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: SJC/YUL
Programs: DL PM, Marriott Gold
Posts: 3,878
All the resorts are limiting capacity this winter. So if the airlines are increasing capacity to the resorts and the resorts are decreasing capacity then, ummm, something's not gonna work.
Oct 18, 2020, 12:21 am
#422
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Programs: AA Gold AAdvantage Elite, Rapids Reward
Posts: 38,335
Demolition is well underway to make room for the rest of Concourse A for Delta. Still going to be awhile though before enough gates are finished.
https://twitter.com/slcairport/status/1316421282976673802
https://twitter.com/slcairport/status/1316421282976673802
Oct 18, 2020, 8:51 am
#423
Original Poster
Join Date: Jun 2013
Programs: DL Diamond, UA Premier Gold
Posts: 2,939
The fences are down around Concourse B with opening 9 days away. Bus gates are being set up at the east end. Looks like at least three different ramps/bus boarding zones. This suggests to me the focus 2020-2024 will be buiding out more of A for Delta rather than any more B. I'm optimistic Delta will get some jet bridge gates in B while United, American, etc. are running reduced schedules. Before A opened, Delta was sharing two gates in E with Alaska.
Oct 18, 2020, 9:00 am
#424
Original Poster
Join Date: Jun 2013
Programs: DL Diamond, UA Premier Gold
Posts: 2,939
It's not just about skiing. Delta is running a record number of mainline SLC flights into JAC right now, normally the slowest time of year. I was on one yesterday and it was full. There is no skiing but the valley is packed.
Oct 18, 2020, 11:00 am
#425
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: SJC/YUL
Programs: DL PM, Marriott Gold
Posts: 3,878
The fences are down around Concourse B with opening 9 days away. Bus gates are being set up at the east end. Looks like at least three different ramps/bus boarding zones. This suggests to me the focus 2020-2024 will be buiding out more of A for Delta rather than any more B. I'm optimistic Delta will get some jet bridge gates in B while United, American, etc. are running reduced schedules. Before A opened, Delta was sharing two gates in E with Alaska.
Oct 18, 2020, 12:58 pm
#426
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Programs: AA Gold AAdvantage Elite, Rapids Reward
Posts: 38,335
The fences are down around Concourse B with opening 9 days away. Bus gates are being set up at the east end. Looks like at least three different ramps/bus boarding zones. This suggests to me the focus 2020-2024 will be buiding out more of A for Delta rather than any more B. I'm optimistic Delta will get some jet bridge gates in B while United, American, etc. are running reduced schedules. Before A opened, Delta was sharing two gates in E with Alaska.
Oct 18, 2020, 1:45 pm
#427
Join Date: Feb 2013
Programs: Delta DM MM, HH Diamond, Marriott Bonvoy Ambassador Elite, TSA Pre-Check
Posts: 344
I agree.......i was on the SLC-JAC flight that arrived at 2:49.....was shocked how full it was....which flight were you on?
Oct 18, 2020, 3:07 pm
#428
Original Poster
Join Date: Jun 2013
Programs: DL Diamond, UA Premier Gold
Posts: 2,939
I was supposed to be on that one but missed my connection and caught the next one. There were others on the same inbound who had to spend the night in SLC because JAC flights were running so full.
Oct 18, 2020, 3:18 pm
#429
Original Poster
Join Date: Jun 2013
Programs: DL Diamond, UA Premier Gold
Posts: 2,939
In other news, SLC has posted signs all over apologizing for the lack of available concessions due to "reasons out of our control." Virtually everything in the old airport is closed and the new airport only has about a third of shops/restaurants open. Only a few appear to be actively under construction. The rest are walled off apparently waiting for the pandemic to pass.
Oct 18, 2020, 4:06 pm
#430
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Now in SLC
Programs: DL GM 1MM, MR LT Titanium
Posts: 4,119
National parks have become more popular than ever due to the pandemic and Jackson Hole is the gateway to two of the most well known of them, Grand Teton and Yellowstone. Hotels there have been almost completely full, especially as these are the last couple of weeks before they go to full-on winter mode.
Oct 18, 2020, 4:22 pm
#431
Original Poster
Join Date: Jun 2013
Programs: DL Diamond, UA Premier Gold
Posts: 2,939
National parks have become more popular than ever due to the pandemic and Jackson Hole is the gateway to two of the most well known of them, Grand Teton and Yellowstone. Hotels there have been almost completely full, especially as these are the last couple of weeks before they go to full-on winter mode.
Oct 18, 2020, 5:13 pm
#432
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: SJC/YUL
Programs: DL PM, Marriott Gold
Posts: 3,878
In other news, SLC has posted signs all over apologizing for the lack of available concessions due to "reasons out of our control." Virtually everything in the old airport is closed and the new airport only has about a third of shops/restaurants open. Only a few appear to be actively under construction. The rest are walled off apparently waiting for the pandemic to pass.
And probably many of the new restaurants don't think it makes sense to hire employees under these conditions
Oct 19, 2020, 12:39 pm
#433
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Programs: AA Gold AAdvantage Elite, Rapids Reward
Posts: 38,335
Yes, I doubt that. If they ever consider it. I'm sure they will add more new city for next few years or so. You do realize that. Right now, they don't have built a new hotel. Hopefully in a few years. They will be build more new hotel rooms.
Oct 19, 2020, 7:47 pm
#434
FlyerTalk Evangelist & Ambassador: China
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: DEN
Programs: DL DM/MM, UA 1K, AA Exp, HH Dia, WOH Glob, IHG Plat, Marriott Gold, NA EE, Hertz PC
Posts: 17,423
In other news, SLC has posted signs all over apologizing for the lack of available concessions due to "reasons out of our control." Virtually everything in the old airport is closed and the new airport only has about a third of shops/restaurants open. Only a few appear to be actively under construction. The rest are walled off apparently waiting for the pandemic to pass.