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Originally Posted by ATXboom
From ABIA website..
New air services added in 2008 were key contributors to building passenger traffic. This included seven new nonstop destinations
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Notice how when they list all the new nonstop destinations added last year, they left out Northwest's daily nonstop to Indianapolis that was added in May. That's because NW has already cancelled that flight. I'm not sure when it was discontinued, (sometime in January, I think) but it's gone now - as well as NW's nonstop from SAT to IND.
And speaking of Northwest which is merging with Delta - according to the
Austin Business Journal in an article about Delta giving up 170 gates nationwide it noted:
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The consolidation will not mean a loss of gates at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. a spokesman for the airport said. Delta currently operates out of gates 5 and 6 at ABIA. Northwest operates out of gate 3 and gate 4 has been empty. The merged operation will occupy gates 4, 5, and 6, leaving gate 3 vacant.
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Originally Posted by Jdawgboy
I would think that even if ABIA isn't going to expand just yet because of the economy, they have to be planning at least the next phase since they have passed 9 million in 08. Not sure how 09 will be for the airport but either way they have to be doing something about future expansion, even if its behind the scenes and just planning.
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One of the things that has to be done before they can build more gates off the end of the east concourse is refurbish the tarmac down there and relocate some of those buildings off the east end of the terminal. When I flew out of ABIA in January, I noticed that go-cart track is gone and is a parking lot again.
If you go to the
go-cart track's website it says :
WE'RE MOVING!
Iron Rock Raceway is temporarily closed. While no more information is available at the moment, please stay tuned to the website for more details
That leads me to believe that the tarmac reconstruction may be getting underway soon.
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