trk1

# 630 Why is this on the United forum?

plinth857

I was hoping to get rebooked with United... with business travel I don't get to choose.

guy44134

As noted above, UA has moved all operations to 14 gates at the far end of C (C10, C14, C17-C29-with AC using C20 and no jetway at C28). American will move to some of the vacated gates, although I don't know exactly when. jetBlue uses C4 and apparently will have first dibs on C6, should they need it, as it will become a common use gate controlled by CLE. Not sure the fate of C8.

rolltribe

Just what the airport needed. More bad press. http://www.cleveland.com/cityhall/in...incart_m-rpt-1

FreqFlyerCLE

Looks like UA is parking some ExpressJet RJ145s at CLE due to EWR closure and winter wx. (E.g., UA 2438, from SBN parking at C07).

manneca

Gee, the SUV driver was leading a parade of snow plows, some of which followed him before they realized what was happening.

http://www.cleveland.com/cityhall/in...cart_2box_news

RNE

Dang. I was hoping for a 747. Or even a robin.

plinth857

Got a glimpse of the empty gates for the first time. It definitely looks a little strange.

The queuing of the TSA pre-check line was interesting and different. I know things are under construction, but I wonder if the layout (just the layout not the actual appearance) there is indicative of what it is going to be like when construction is complete?

RNE

Please describe the layout.

oscar555

If anybody could snap a few pictures of the gates that United abandoned (C1-C10), I would love to see what it looks like

Wooglin

Here's one I snapped of the D5 jetway currently attached to C6.
http://i.imgur.com/g5GU2gu.jpg

I'll be there again this week and I'll take some more if I remember.

plinth857

The snaking of the line was vertically aligned rather than horizontal, and the queue was kind of in its own separate room, almost. It was hard to tell if the drywall at the end was going to be permanent or temporary. If it's permanent, then it really is going to feel like a pen where flyers are shunted. I have to believe a great deal of that is due to the construction.

Wooglin

Here's a few more I took this morning on the walk down to the banjo. I think C2 is particularly interesting. Doesn't look like anybody will be flying out of there anytime soon.

http://imgur.com/a/yeKch

am13

Flew out of CLE two weeks ago and back into CLE last week. Very interesting airport. Forgive me if this repeats an earlier point (I haven't read all 643 comments on the thread) but apparently they're trying to hurry up construction to get the renovations complete before the Republican National Convention is held in Cleveland this July. I will say, I got to the airport earlier than usual (1 hour before a domestic F flight) for this reason, but I didn't need to. Despite the construction, I was able to get to my gate in ~15 minutes. I will give the airport HUGE props for having ample staff around directing passengers through the construction to security checkpoints, gates, etc. More than needed, probably. Made it extremely efficient and effective despite the renovations.

oscar555

Thanks! It's crazy how empty it is now with all of those ex-UA gates stripped down. It's definitely going to be weird with AA coming in. Sigh.