I hate their security line. Looks so permanently temporary. I understand security at airports has changed a lot I just done like how it's done there.ricke002 wrote:^Sidebar - I just flew in/out of Denver....that airport kind of sucks. I feel like I always read how great that airport is, but man it's dated. Yes, the linear-ness of the terminals is nice, but good god is that place stuck in the mid-90s. Portions of signs were burnt out, carpeting looked old, dot-matrix style scrolling LED signs, old chairs, lack of charging stations. Was not impressed, as I haven't been through there since the late 90's. Doesn't appear I missed much.
Denver whether it be its recent Convention Center expansion issues and or its airport is the poster child of how contracts can go bad on public work projects. The projects are big, complex and expensive. However, don't even come close to understanding on how their massive transit expansion seemed like it went a whole better then what I have reading in trade magazine articles when it comes to the airport as of late.chris fuller wrote:Here’s What St. Louis Can Learn From Denver’s Failed Airport Privatization Deal
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/he ... l#stream/0
I did the skybridge, too. Didn't seem very organized, nor did it seem any faster than the 2 main lines. Also, the damn airport is like halfway to Omaha!sc4mayor wrote:^ At DIA I always cross the skybridge and use the checkpoint for A Gates regardless of what concourse I'm flying out of. Then I just take the elevator down to the train level and go where I need to go. Almost never a line in there.
I'd also agree with ricke002, it is quite dated.
And to get back on topic, I'd say the issues with Ferrovial don't bode well for privatization here.
Is the trend now toward separate smaller terminals -- one for each major airline -- and then one more for the basket of remaining airlines? Unlike pre-regulation, folks rarely if ever switch airlines on a layover. So we don't need one giant connected monster terminal anymore. Easier to navigate individual smaller terminal like say Boston, or even Chicago vs Dallas, Denver, Atlanta style.ricke002 wrote:^Sidebar - I just flew in/out of Denver....that airport kind of sucks. I feel like I always read how great that airport is, but man it's dated. Yes, the linear-ness of the terminals is nice, but good god is that place stuck in the mid-90s. Portions of signs were burnt out, carpeting looked old, dot-matrix style scrolling LED signs, old chairs, lack of charging stations. Was not impressed, as I haven't been through there since the late 90's. Doesn't appear I missed much.
The arrogance and entitlement are incredible here.SouthCityJR wrote: ↑Oct 17, 2019https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/new ... s_headline
This is laughable! St. Charles contributes basically nothing to the metropolitan region and now they complain?
Any word on what aircraft Atlas is flying today? Please let it be anything but a 737.gone corporate wrote: ↑Oct 09, 2019YES! Atlas Air will begin flights at STL beginning October 17th.
https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/new ... mbert.html (FYI Paywalled)
Not sure what routes, frequencies, or birds they'll be flying. FWIW Atlas was doing job interviews here for 777 pilots a few months ago.
Atlas' all-Boeing fleet includes 737s, 747s, 757s, 767s, and 777s. Their parent company, Atlas Air Group, operates under the brands Atlas Air, Polar Air, Southern Air, and Titan Aviation Leasing. Together, they operate the world's largest fleet of 747s.
767STLinCHI wrote: ↑Oct 17, 2019Any word on what aircraft Atlas is flying today? Please let it be anything but a 737.gone corporate wrote: ↑Oct 09, 2019YES! Atlas Air will begin flights at STL beginning October 17th.
https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/new ... mbert.html (FYI Paywalled)
Not sure what routes, frequencies, or birds they'll be flying. FWIW Atlas was doing job interviews here for 777 pilots a few months ago.
Atlas' all-Boeing fleet includes 737s, 747s, 757s, 767s, and 777s. Their parent company, Atlas Air Group, operates under the brands Atlas Air, Polar Air, Southern Air, and Titan Aviation Leasing. Together, they operate the world's largest fleet of 747s.
