YEG - Edmonton Int Airport - Page 41

Coldrsx · #**801** Posted **Oct 12, 2007, 3:32 PM**

^sounds promising....so essentially adding like 70% more gates.

Coldrsx · #**802** Posted **Oct 12, 2007, 3:48 PM**

not bad...

codeman9669 · #**803** Posted **Oct 12, 2007, 4:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by Coldrsx

not bad...

image

It does look pretty decent. I wonder if US departures will ultimately move to the north terminal once fully completed??

I sure hope that some of that 1 billion will be used to spruce up the remainder of the north terminal...they sort of started, but definately didnt finish. The baggage claim area looks terrible (compared to the south terminal) and the airside departures area isnt any special either, ahhaha! I am sure they took all of this into consideration!

Coldrsx · #**804** Posted **Oct 12, 2007, 4:05 PM**

^i hope so and think they probably did...

no mention of the hotel....????

no mention of my starbucks:>

rapid_business · #**805** Posted **Oct 12, 2007, 4:10 PM**

$1 Bil. sure seems like a lot for this... but at our labour costs however....

So I take it the original plan went out the window?
The one that showed the south terminal heading due east, then curving down south?
What about future growth/expansion options...which direction would they build off of?
Does this mean the north expansion at the WestJet area is on hold?

LO 044 · #**806** Posted **Oct 12, 2007, 4:34 PM**

I think the addition looks pretty good myself. This type of setup seemed to have been favored by many people on the SSP and C2E forums. In fact this specific expansion setup was drawn up and explained on one of the two forums.

I'm a little curious about the 18 aircraft parked around the new extension. Can that many airplanes fit or is this just an overall impression of what the extensions is going to look like.

I'm assuming that the new extension will be setup like YYZ's Terminal 3 where on one side of a dividing glass you have US departures and on the other side you have domestic departures. A glass partition down the middle of the extension/hammerhead will provide that so perhaps US departures on the north side and domestic departures on the south side.

Hopefully the link between the hammerhead and the current south terminal will be wide enough. If you look at YYC's expansion plans, much of it includes widening the links between the hammerheads and main terminal.

Anyways, thumbs up from me.

EdmTrekker · #**807** Posted **Oct 12, 2007, 5:29 PM**

I agree - the plans look great. I am very pleased they are building for 9 pax and I bet we reach that faster than they are projecting. I particularly like the planned approach to construction where they will build the first phase away from the terminal building - allowing workers to avoid going through the airport etc. Very strategic - and indeed it will save time - hence money. As far as not raising the landing Fees - they appear to be planning to save the option to raise these for a rainy day - a good thing. I give it 4.5 kernals of popcorn out of 5.

Jasper and one o nin · #**808** Posted **Oct 12, 2007, 5:31 PM**

thats alot of friggin concrete for the new apron. Just look at what is proposed and then look at the vehicle parking area.

looks good though

tuffyy · #**809** Posted **Oct 12, 2007, 6:13 PM**

Now hopefully the new terminal features some good shopping,good food...Enough with this cara —!!!We need a YYC style departures hall with all the good stuff...

oilfan · #**810** Posted **Oct 12, 2007, 7:19 PM**

Hopefully this means that we will get those non-stop flights to US destinations that are not coming in because there are no open slots.

My guess is that the hammer-head will have a glass separation in the middle that can be moved around to make the U.S. area larger in the a.m. and smaller throughout the rest of the day. This way some gates can function as both a.m. US departure gates and p.m. Canadian or international departure gates.

The question now is whether the U.S. pre-clearance area will remain where it is, or whether it will move further south. My guess is that it will stay where it is, and the north side of the hammer will be U.S. gates, until you reach the head, while the south will be Canadian and international gates.

Don't know what they will do about Canada Customs though.

Coldrsx · #**811** Posted **Oct 12, 2007, 7:23 PM**

Poll

Edmonton Airports will spend $ 1 billion to expand the international airport. What would you like to see as part of the expansion?

More parking
39.84 %

Nicer architecture
11.72 %

Better places to eat
17.19 %

Move the airport closer to Edmonton
31.25 %

newfangled · #**812** Posted **Oct 12, 2007, 7:39 PM**

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Move the airport closer to Edmonton
31.25 %

I love that.

CanadianCentaur · #**813** Posted **Oct 12, 2007, 7:50 PM**

^ So do I.

$1 billion sure sounds like a lot for an expansion like this. I only hope it'll be worth it, especially for the north terminal. I did have to deal with the crowded 80s-era baggage claim area there as I was on a WestJet flight from Vancouver back on Tuesday, which got delayed almost 3 hours for mech reasons. At least they didn't take very long to get the baggage on the carousels!

Flying into YEG, Edmonton looked spectacular at night, and both the SW and SE portions of Anthony Henday Drive were very easily visible with all those streetlights.

Coldrsx · #**814** Posted **Oct 12, 2007, 7:54 PM**

How About Lights To Yeg Already!

#**815** Posted **Oct 12, 2007, 8:15 PM**

They'll lose alot of gate during this construction process due to attaching the new terminal to the south terminal. Wonder how they will pull that off.

LO 044 · #**816** Posted **Oct 12, 2007, 10:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by Coldrsx

Move the airport closer to Edmonton
31.25 %

It will be closer as southwest Edmonton develops to it's city limits and i'm sure the county of Leduc is scheming, er i mean planning to develop, south of 41 Avenue SW.

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Originally Posted by brento79

They'll lose alot of gate during this construction process due to attaching the new terminal to the south terminal. Wonder how they will pull that off.

The hammerhead will be built first and then it can be attached by a simple pedway. They will lose 4 or 5 gates at the most (Gates 62-70). The hammerhead and part of the link to the main terminal, from the posted picture itself, look like they can handle at least 7 or 8 gates. I don't think it'll be that big of a problem.

Greco Roman · #**817** Posted **Oct 12, 2007, 10:17 PM**

I like the expansion plan, but I"m wondering if this will encourage more direct flights out of Edmonton so that there will be less dependance on cities like, oh say Calgary, to connect from?

Coldrsx · #**818** Posted **Oct 13, 2007, 3:18 PM**

^more gates means more room for flights...so yes

oilfan · #**819** Posted **Oct 13, 2007, 4:23 PM**

I don't think that we'll lose any gates. Once the hammerhead is finished, they will close the existing U.S. holding area, and each of those gates, temporarily, as they build the connector to the hammerhead. My guess is that once you clear U.S. Immigration, you will get on a bus ala Dulles and it will take you to the hammerhead, which will be post-clearance U.S. holding area until the connector is fully built to it.

CMD UW · #**820** Posted **Oct 13, 2007, 6:07 PM**

@cold - the hotel is going to be built during the same time as the terminal expansion. This way they can tie in one contractor to complete the entire project, which could save time and money.