Are the "A" Gates Under Construction Now?
Walking down the "hill" towards the gate area after passport control yesterday I noticed a bunch of earthmovers and dump trucks outside. Is this the beginning of the construction of the "A" gates/ramp area?
On a separate note, I was surprised to see shakshuka for breakfast in the LY lounge. Maybe I had missed it before, but I didn't remember them having any hot items in the past. I was also initially pleasantly surprised to see what appeared to be a pitcher of real orange juice vs. the "Prigat" they usually serve but upon tasting it I realized it was just a pitcher of Prigat. |
Originally Posted by NYTA
(Post 23455363)
Walking down the "hill" towards the gate area after passport control yesterday I noticed a bunch of earthmovers and dump trucks outside. Is this the beginning of the construction of the "A" gates/ramp area?
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Originally Posted by NYTA
(Post 23455363)
Walking down the "hill" towards the gate area after passport control yesterday I noticed a bunch of earthmovers and dump trucks outside. Is this the beginning of the construction of the "A" gates/ramp area?
On a separate note, I was surprised to see shakshuka for breakfast in the LY lounge. Maybe I had missed it before, but I didn't remember them having any hot items in the past. I was also initially pleasantly surprised to see what appeared to be a pitcher of real orange juice vs. the "Prigat" they usually serve but upon tasting it I realized it was just a pitcher of Prigat. While granted the only thing I like more than Tropicana is Pomeranz orange juice (only available in Israel, though hard to get) - Prigat and Primor are pretty good (for those who, unlike me, like pulp). Unless it wasn't the Prigat OJ; rather the Prigat orange "drink?"
Originally Posted by LatusElAl
(Post 23455457)
I think that would be the "E" gates/ramp, since "D" is right next to it. "A" would be on the other side.
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This seemed to be either highly diluted OJ or the Prigat "orange drink". I do think it is the A gates since as you come into the terminal area with the fountain, aren't the B gates on the right and D gates on the left? This would be to the right of the B gates.
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The D gates are on the right when walking down the ramp from passport control toward the duty free area. Hence, from that perspective, the right of the D gates would/will be the E gates.
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A gates will be the last to be constructed. Note that the space currently available (between the games and electronics stores) is meant for the E concourse.
When the A concourse will be built, the JR duty free shop will have to be split to 2 in order to allow it to be connected to the main building, and that's why E is built before... |
Was mentioned in YNET that the E gates are now being constructed.
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How do you define "real" orange juice? oranges, squeezed, the resulting juice is real orange juice. that bottled garbage is awful, including prigat and tropicana. And I saw the new gates earthworks the other day and it certainly looks like they are pushing around dirt in the general area of what will become the E gates. |
Anyone know if the gates in the new concourse will be able to accomodate A380's into TLV?
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Anyone know if the gates in the new concourse will be able to accomodate A380's into TLV? UA won't be flying them DL won't be flying them AA won't be flying them unless LY has a more of a death wish than they seem to they won't be flying them either. (and it goes without saying that downgauging EU carriers aren't in play either) |
Originally Posted by entropy
(Post 23462964)
why would they bother?
UA won't be flying them DL won't be flying them AA won't be flying them TLV is rapidly expanding and the geo-political situation in the middle east is changing as well. Saudi Arabia and Israel are mending their public relations and actually have good relations behind the scenes. Who is to say that EL AL won't be able to overfly Saudi Arabia to the Far East in the future thereby enabling TLV to become a true east-west hub? Consequently, TLV should have infrastructure in place to accomodate all a/c types. Lufthansa routinely flew 744's, A340-600's, and even the 748 to TLV. Perhaps if TLV was A380 ready they would fly the A380 there on occasion. As far as EL AL and the A380 are concerned, that's your opinion and you are certainly entitled to it. We've debated it on here before and I still believe it would be a good replacement for the aging 744's for the reasons I mentioned in other threads. |
Originally Posted by entropy
(Post 23462964)
why would they bother?
UA won't be flying them DL won't be flying them AA won't be flying them unless LY has a more of a death wish than they seem to they won't be flying them either. (and it goes without saying that downgauging EU carriers aren't in play either) Considering none of the major players will be flying them (either at all or to Israel) and the big A380 airlines don't fly to TLV, nor will they in the foreseeable future (EK, QF, SQ, etc.), I see no reason for them to accommodate. As it is, NY Times: A380 is a failure - FlyerTalk (Travel News) |
Originally Posted by joshwex90
(Post 23465880)
Considering none of the major players will be flying them (either at all or to Israel) and the big A380 airlines don't fly to TLV, nor will they in the foreseeable future (EK, QF, SQ, etc.), I see no reason for them to accommodate.
As it is, NY Times: A380 is a failure - FlyerTalk (Travel News) It's too soon to cast the A380 off, especially when globally respected regional carriers such as Emirates are placing massive orders for them: http://www.airbus.com/presscentre/pr...itional-a380s/ If Israel is to become truly a global center, then it needs infrastructure for it; including having Ben Gurion Airport be A380 ready even though the need may not be there in the short or even medium term. |
I suggest you read both the article and the posts in the thread.
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Originally Posted by joshwex90
(Post 23466112)
I suggest you read both the article and the posts in the thread.
To make it easier, my points are as follows: 1. It's too early to call the A380 a flop in light of the huge Emirates order and a similar historical parallel which occured with the Boeing 747 in the years soon after it came out. 2. Ben Gurion Airport should be A380 ready regardless of whether you can forsee any airlines flying the A380 to Israel in the near, or even middle term. Oh, and the opinions of a New York Times writer about the A380's success is not dispositive of whether the A380 is or will actually be successful. |
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