Delta Terminal 5 ORD - Remodel Consolidated Threads
Oct 12, 2022, 4:27 pm
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The challenge with T5 is that the departure level was never designed to support departures AND arrivals, hence the narrow width of the terminal. For the domestic terminals the foot traffic was always designed to accommodate 2 pax per seat (incoming and outgoing) while was designed for outgoing volume only. It'll be interesting to see how well T5 departures level can accommodate the increased foot traffic.
That is a good point. T5's original all-international mission meant departing pax never met arriving ones. But the building design was also borne of necessity -- it's jammed into a very modest, thin crescent of real estate lying east of the main terminal complex, with the main ORD egress road hemming it in to the north while tarmac servicing T3 gates does the same to the west. There wasn't much else for the architects to do with their assigned footprint.
With the expansion project the new, non-Delta gates are more commodious, but ironically the M1-11 corridor will see more frequent a/c movements and higher body counts.
With the expansion project the new, non-Delta gates are more commodious, but ironically the M1-11 corridor will see more frequent a/c movements and higher body counts.
Oct 12, 2022, 4:50 pm
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Wonder if the Swissair lounge will start limiting it to people on international flights only now that Delta is in t5. I don't think Delta has any international or D1 flights out of ord, so the majority of people entering will be AmEx holders who would also have priority and access to the Swiss lounge.
Oct 12, 2022, 5:59 pm
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Oct 12, 2022, 6:01 pm
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Wonder if the Swissair lounge will start limiting it to people on international flights only now that Delta is in t5. I don't think Delta has any international or D1 flights out of ord, so the majority of people entering will be AmEx holders who would also have priority and access to the Swiss lounge.
DL has no international flights out of ORD T5, but it has some international codeshares out of there.
Oct 12, 2022, 6:17 pm
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Historically, DL replaced AF on the ORD-CDG route in the winter. In fact DL had to use T5 for the departure because their T2 gates couldn’t accommodate a 763.
Oct 12, 2022, 6:55 pm
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KL, AF and AM (at least) will now use the updated lounge. Swissport has been taking those PAX since the AF lounge closed.
Oct 12, 2022, 7:08 pm
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Wonder if the Swissair lounge will start limiting it to people on international flights only now that Delta is in t5. I don't think Delta has any international or D1 flights out of ord, so the majority of people entering will be AmEx holders who would also have priority and access to the Swiss lounge.
Oct 12, 2022, 7:23 pm
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The Swissport lounge is different from the Swiss Airlines lounge. Also, note it is Swiss Airlines, not Swissair which is now defunct. The Swiss Airlines lounge is closed right now for a total renovation and is part of Star Alliance.
Oct 13, 2022, 1:21 am
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I would bet that DL will someday again have some international flights out of T5, but it has no international flights out of there. When that changes is yet to be seen.
Oct 13, 2022, 8:09 am
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Oct 13, 2022, 9:17 am
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Oct 13, 2022, 9:26 am
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DL wants and is working on getting Clear to T5. Whether Clear and ORD move ahead on that, and how fast they move ahead on delivering for DL flyers wanting to use Clear there, that I don't know.
Oct 13, 2022, 4:00 pm
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Who will take over the former Delta gates at T2 concourse E?
perhaps JetBlue or Alaska Airlines??
Maybe United Airlines will take the former Delta gates. Who’s knows???
Let the speculation begin!
perhaps JetBlue or Alaska Airlines??
Maybe United Airlines will take the former Delta gates. Who’s knows???
Let the speculation begin!