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Originally Posted by CheeburgerCheeburger
My understanding is that this deal is dead.
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That would be a shame... hope it can be revived if so. That was a nice looking project.
Regarding the airport expansion - does anyone have links to the finalized plans? I've always felt that 30 gates would be too small at the outset. MSY is already averaging 150-160 departures per day and at an average of 5-6 departure per gate, it would be full.
My understanding is that they planned the North Terminal so that a 6 gate concourse could be built on either side, bringing the total to 42. It sounds like they are planning to build out one of those sooner rather than later. I hope they plan on expanding the international processing capabilities as well. It would be a stretch to imagine BA going daily, Condor adding frequency, and Icelandair and Norwegian starting up in the next few years. The airport is also targeting service to Mexico City and surely more service to Cancun and other Caribbean destinations is on the horizon.