OT: North Terminal [DTW]
Sep 6, 2008 | 8:19 pm
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OT: North Terminal [DTW]
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Did anyone check out the open house for the North Terminal today? I was there. It was pretty nice. I still think the McNamara terminal is nicer, but the North terminal is still beautiful. I didn't bring my camera... Just my iPhone... and will post pictures later.
It will be nice to get Luthansa, Royal Jordanian, Air Canada, and assuming Continental when they leave Sky Team, out of the Northwest terminal. The iternational flights are not scheduled to move to the North terminal for another few months. (Did I bring it enough topic to NWA?
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Did anyone check out the open house for the North Terminal today? I was there. It was pretty nice. I still think the McNamara terminal is nicer, but the North terminal is still beautiful. I didn't bring my camera... Just my iPhone... and will post pictures later.
It will be nice to get Luthansa, Royal Jordanian, Air Canada, and assuming Continental when they leave Sky Team, out of the Northwest terminal. The iternational flights are not scheduled to move to the North terminal for another few months. (Did I bring it enough topic to NWA?
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Sep 6, 2008 | 8:40 pm
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Well thanks for the quick input, looking forward to some pics from your phone. The Mcnamara is a wonderful home for NW and I'm looking forward to seeing the new North for the other airlines. The Smith Terminal is such a dump, they've let it fall apart so badly the last few years. Glad I don't have to fly into that terminal often or not anymore now that I think of it with the opening coming so soon.
Sep 6, 2008 | 9:11 pm
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Sep 6, 2008 | 9:17 pm
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Well thanks for the quick input, looking forward to some pics from your phone. The Mcnamara is a wonderful home for NW and I'm looking forward to seeing the new North for the other airlines. The Smith Terminal is such a dump, they've let it fall apart so badly the last few years. Glad I don't have to fly into that terminal often or not anymore now that I think of it with the opening coming so soon.
Pro: Southwest has some cool power stations with dedicated USB charging plugs for devices and accessories. Plug your iPod in there instead of a wall charger! Gotta love that new airport smell. The signage is pretty good.
Con: Too much white paint everywhere. It will get dirty, fast. Where McNamara has gates on both sides, the North terminal only has them on one, making it feel a little closed in. Didn't see a space designated for a club, but I am assuming Lufthansa will have one. (They do in McNamara...)
Sep 7, 2008 | 1:01 am
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Thanks for the photos.
Sep 7, 2008 | 1:46 am
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Sep 7, 2008 | 3:33 am
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sorry, but from those pictures I must confess I'm unimpressed.... it's certainly new and nice and clean - but to me it looks absolutely average and uninspired. Long white hallways, rectangular waiting rooms, some average views of the apron.... looks like almost any other terminal in the US.
For me, the McNamara Terminal or the new boarding areas (S3 and 2E) at Paris-CDG are much more interesting... even concourse B at CVG is more "special". Why did they have to go with metal jetbridges instead of glass ones? Why cant the boarding area be a little more transparent? These boarding doors look so much like from the 70s or 80s....
For me, the McNamara Terminal or the new boarding areas (S3 and 2E) at Paris-CDG are much more interesting... even concourse B at CVG is more "special". Why did they have to go with metal jetbridges instead of glass ones? Why cant the boarding area be a little more transparent? These boarding doors look so much like from the 70s or 80s....
Sep 7, 2008 | 5:00 am
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Northwest actually had some kind of veto power over the amenities in the new North Terminal (link goes to an old Detroit Free Press story no longer publicly available on the Freep's website).
Unlike what the old article states, the new terminal does have an International arrivals facility, though, so I'm not sure what the current status of NW's dominance over the airport authority is.
Unlike what the old article states, the new terminal does have an International arrivals facility, though, so I'm not sure what the current status of NW's dominance over the airport authority is.
Sep 7, 2008 | 7:15 am
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Northwest actually had some kind of veto power over the amenities in the new North Terminal (link goes to an old Detroit Free Press story no longer publicly available on the Freep's website).
Unlike what the old article states, the new terminal does have an International arrivals facility, though, so I'm not sure what the current status of NW's dominance over the airport authority is.
Unlike what the old article states, the new terminal does have an International arrivals facility, though, so I'm not sure what the current status of NW's dominance over the airport authority is.
Launch is Sept 17 or 18?
Interesting to see AA and WN ave fitted their logos and furniture to 'their' gates. The plan for the north terminal was that all gates would be generic and interchangable within airlines.
Sep 7, 2008 | 8:50 am
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All the non Skyteam international flights will be moving to the North terminal later in the year.
Sep 7, 2008 | 8:51 am
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This is so the kind of thing we should have arranged a DO for.
Sep 7, 2008 | 9:15 am
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FYI - From what I have heard, CO is supposed to move from B/C to the north terminal early next year.
Sep 7, 2008 | 9:22 am
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I was there on Friday for the charity ball, (which was mucked up because the STRAIGHT TALK EXPRESS took off from the hangar near the parking lot), and have to agree, not a mind-blowing terminal. Very linear, simple, boxy design, no moving walkways, similar stores to the Mac, except for Brookstone.
That said, a huge improvement from Smith and the walking dinner was nice. Opening day is the 17th.
That said, a huge improvement from Smith and the walking dinner was nice. Opening day is the 17th.
Sep 7, 2008 | 9:23 am
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sorry, but from those pictures I must confess I'm unimpressed.... it's certainly new and nice and clean - but to me it looks absolutely average and uninspired. Long white hallways, rectangular waiting rooms, some average views of the apron.... looks like almost any other terminal in the US.
The North Terminal replaces elements 30+ years old (age of the B-gates of Smith), it will be welcomed. People staying on NW/DL/AF/KL will have no reason to use it.
