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Originally Posted by Westsidelife
Three questions:
1) Will all international airlines not currently housed in TBIT relocate there once the midfield satellite concourse is done?
2) By "central check-in area," does that mean that all existing and prospective TBIT airlines will be consolidated in that facility?
3) If the answer to #2 is yes, would we be able to gut the old Bradley core and remake the lobby into concessions-only?
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Some answers:
1) Maybe. Before there is a final decision to build the midfield satellite, the Board will have to decide what it is going to do with the taxiways and runways on the North side. They are not properly spaced at this time.
One plans calls for them to be moved closer to the terminals on the north side. If that happens, many gates could be lost at Terminals 1, 2, and 3.
International airlines operating out of Terminal 2 would be most affected. I could see many of them returning to TBIT and the new midfield satellite that would have to be built to accommodate them.
2) The Central Check-in area is intended to replace the departure lobbies of all the terminals. It would be built where the parking garages are now in the Central Terminal Area (CTA). Honestly, I don't understand the rational for this, unless it resulted in more gates on the piers. It would also require a monorail transportation system to and from the CTA and parking garages built offsite.
3) Maybe, you are on to something. If ticketing and check-in were moved to a building where the garages are, the Board could expand the retail and food offerings in the departure lobbies. The current departure lobbies could become one big mall. That seems to be happening everywhere else. It could happen here.