New MCI Gets Attention
Feb 28, 2023, 2:23 pm
#46
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WN ferried 5 "special liveries" for MCI opening day.
My boss calls the design "soothing and functional, not groundbreaking." Glass jetways were his wow.
A playroom for kids with disabilities is a nice touch.
Two giant BBQ smokers, maybe not.
My boss calls the design "soothing and functional, not groundbreaking." Glass jetways were his wow.
A playroom for kids with disabilities is a nice touch.
Two giant BBQ smokers, maybe not.
Feb 28, 2023, 3:30 pm
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Feb 28, 2023, 4:36 pm
#48
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Out on WN #904 at 5am to MDW, back at MCI before 10am this morning.
Tell your boss a "local" FF that has been doing this since our airport was KMKC says he/she are spot-on re: the "soothing & functional, not groundbreaking" summation.
It's nice... lots of light. The Glass Jetways are way cool - how they go about keeping the glass clean remains to be seen.
Mar 1, 2023, 7:54 am
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Honestly, a functional airport *should* be the goal.
The prior one was groundbreaking - set up for a world where TWA Boeing 2707's would whisk us nonstop to all corners of the globe. It was a unique design that won all sorts of awards and was still a great airport for O&D right up until the TSA era. At which point, it became decidedly nonfunctional...
The prior one was groundbreaking - set up for a world where TWA Boeing 2707's would whisk us nonstop to all corners of the globe. It was a unique design that won all sorts of awards and was still a great airport for O&D right up until the TSA era. At which point, it became decidedly nonfunctional...
Mar 1, 2023, 3:29 pm
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The new MCI (KCI) is shiny new, functional and right sized currently for the needs of the KC metro area and surrounding that it serves. Centralized security screening, food, modern restrooms and other amenities beyond security are a dream come true compared to the old terminals. AA gates at the old terminal C had one each a tiny men and woman’s restrooms beyond security. Usually a line and filthy. In recent years we would often have to stand to wait for our flights at the AA gates because of limited seating.
The shiny new MCI (KCI) that opened in the fall of 1972, for its time was groundbreaking. TWA spearheaded the design. Then Kansas City was a TWA hub, its headquarters, flight attendant training academy, and its major maintenance facility was already at MCI. Ah, some fond memories of that, but long in the past. So glad to have this beautiful new airport now.
The shiny new MCI (KCI) that opened in the fall of 1972, for its time was groundbreaking. TWA spearheaded the design. Then Kansas City was a TWA hub, its headquarters, flight attendant training academy, and its major maintenance facility was already at MCI. Ah, some fond memories of that, but long in the past. So glad to have this beautiful new airport now.
Mar 1, 2023, 4:47 pm
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Mar 30, 2023, 6:00 pm
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Well done, Kansas City.
Very nice terminal. Lots of restaurants. Lots of seats with plug-ins at every seat. Still have free wifi that seems to be faster. Moving walkways. A single pickup and dropoff point for all rental cars, so that with the same number of buses ( I assume its the same number) there is a bus picking up at the terminal and leaving the rental car facility every couple of minutes or less. Spacious, well manned TSA area. Just a pleasant, uncrowded feeling in general - the exact opposite of the old terminal.
Very nice terminal. Lots of restaurants. Lots of seats with plug-ins at every seat. Still have free wifi that seems to be faster. Moving walkways. A single pickup and dropoff point for all rental cars, so that with the same number of buses ( I assume its the same number) there is a bus picking up at the terminal and leaving the rental car facility every couple of minutes or less. Spacious, well manned TSA area. Just a pleasant, uncrowded feeling in general - the exact opposite of the old terminal.
Dec 29, 2023, 10:00 am
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