LOS ANGELES | LAX Modernization Plan - Page 23

LAX_Alex · #**441** Posted **Jun 28, 2013, 9:39 AM**

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Originally Posted by Westsidelife

No thanks, I'd prefer some different (better) designs.

Anyone ever been through BCN's T1? That's what a light, airy, and cosmopolitan terminal looks like. Bradley West looks very "North American."

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2536/...34d339f379.jpg

I guess everybody have different opinion, when it come to airports. That terminal looks kind of bland. The new Tom Bradley looks more live with all the new media display and art work.

citywatch · #**442** Posted **Jun 28, 2013, 2:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by StethJeff

That new section of TBIT still only represents a small fraction of the entire terminal. It's still surrounded by absolute shit on basically three sides. Someone would need to highlight, copy, and paste that building about two dozen times across the airport before LAX becomes anything worth celebrating. Theme Building is a gem and the light columns are sweet, the rest amounts to one of the worst airports I've ever been to.

I remember a writer visiting LA several yrs ago & saying that LAX was sort of analogous to the city in general. She said there was one standout bldg or nice landmark surrounded by lots of....well, what you feel about much of LAX.

however, ppl may find themselves thinking the grass is greener....much greener....on the other side of the hill.

This is one of the views a visitor to what recently was rated as the best airport in the world....changi airport in singapore....will see when traversing the main road around its terminals......

maps.google.com

^ that's surprisingly park like....nice cuz of all the greenery----so in that case, the grass is greener on the other side of the hill. But it also had an oddly low key burban quality about it too.

this is a better shot of one of changi's terminals...

manila-x

^ I'll take LAX's theme bldg any day over changi's air controller tower.

this is one of the views a visitor to the outside of the airport mentioned by westsidelife...BCN in barcelona spain....will see....

cnn.com

^ that reminds me of LAX decades ago, before an upper deck was installed. As with changi, it too has an oddly low key burban quality about it.

one of the other terminals at bcn....

img.dooyoo.de

I have to agree with lax_alex.....the new terminal at LAX looks interesting & even enjoyable, while some of the immediate impressions I have of what I see above or in westsidelife's pic make me go

Quixote · #**443** Posted **Jun 28, 2013, 7:41 PM**

You guys can hate LAX all you want, but the flight options we have out of there are great. We're not a hub for one particular airline like ATL or ORD. LAX is a focus city for American, United, Delta, Southwest, Alaska, Virgin America, and a few international airlines. Tons of flights to NYC, London, and Tokyo. Great access to Canada, Mexico, Alaska, Hawaii, Australia/New Zealand, French Polynesia, and East/Southeast Asia. Now we have two airlines flying to Sao Paulo and there's a push to bring back Avianca (Bogota).

202_Cyclist · #**444** Posted **Jun 28, 2013, 7:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by Quixote

You guys can hate LAX all you want, but the flight options we have out of there are great. We're not a hub for one particular airline like ATL or ORD. LAX is a focus city for American, United, Delta, Southwest, Alaska, Virgin America, and a few international airlines. Tons of flights to NYC, London, and Tokyo. Great access to Canada, Mexico, Alaska, Hawaii, Australia, French Polynesia, and East/Southeast Asia. Now we have two airlines flying to Sao Paulo and there's a push to bring back Avianca (Bogota).

You also forgot to mention that LAX has significantly fewer delays than O'Hare, JFK, Newark, SFO, Atlanta, ect....

atlantaguy · #**445** Posted **Jun 28, 2013, 8:26 PM**

Yeah, I actually enjoy flying in and out of LAX.

Ragnar · #**446** Posted **Jun 28, 2013, 9:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by 202_Cyclist

You also forgot to mention that LAX has significantly fewer delays than O'Hare, JFK, Newark, SFO, Atlanta, ect....

This is the best thing about LAX by far. I can't remember the last time I had a delay at LAX (unless it was because of the destination airport). And I certainly don't remember being #52 in line for take-off like you can be at JFK, ATL, EWR, ORD etc. Weather is never an issue.

The facilities for the most part aren't great, but LAX is an on-time airport with lots of non-stop flights to pretty much everywhere. Now all we need is a direct rail connection (which is coming with the Crenshaw Line/People Mover..... in 10+ years, but still....)

Quixote · #**447** Posted **Jun 28, 2013, 11:04 PM**

^ Add Osaka and Belize City to the list of places where we can travel to non-stop.

Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Bogota, Dublin, Delhi, Copenhagen, Brussels, Kuwait, Doha, Abu Dhabi, etc. are hopefully next (a few of them are unlikely, I know).

Rail Claimore · #**448** Posted **Jun 28, 2013, 11:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by Quixote

^ Add Osaka and Belize City to the list of places where we can travel to non-stop.

Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Bogota, Dublin, Delhi, Copenhagen, Brussels, Kuwait, Doha, Abu Dhabi, etc. are hopefully next (a few of them are unlikely, I know).

I'd expect to see a few more mainland Chinese cities in the coming decade.

Quixote · #**449** Posted **Jun 28, 2013, 11:35 PM**

^ That doesn't excite me as much.

How is there a market for flights to Peru and Chile, but not Colombia? Why did Avianca pull out of LAX?

202_Cyclist · #**450** Posted **Jun 29, 2013, 12:45 AM**

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Originally Posted by Quixote

^ That doesn't excite me as much.

How is there a market for flights to Peru and Chile, but not Colombia? Why did Avianca pull out of LAX?

Stand by-- my friend negotiates bilateral treaties for the US Dept. of Transportation. I will find out.

202_Cyclist · #**451** Posted **Jun 29, 2013, 12:47 AM**

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Originally Posted by Rail Claimore

I'd expect to see a few more mainland Chinese cities in the coming decade.

The number of non-stop flights to/from China is limited by a treaty. The last expansion that I know of was in 2009 or 2010.

Stratosphere · #**452** Posted **Jun 29, 2013, 4:59 AM**

I just found out about Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 which is currently under contruction. The bridge that connects the midfield concourse with the main terminal looks much more pleasing to the eye than the LAX design. Hope they take note.

edluva · #**453** Posted **Jun 29, 2013, 2:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by Quixote

^ Toronto Pearson's T3 (I was there 2 weeks ago) has the sort of simple, clean, cosmopolitan look that I'm referring to. I don't think DFW or DTW have that look.

The retail and concessions are what make the new TBIT worth celebrating. Architecturally, it's like the airport version of a suburban shopping mall.

something I have been saying all along. It's adequate architecture at best. I welcome it as an improvement.

112597jorge · #**454** Posted **Jun 29, 2013, 5:54 PM**

Emirates will now launch A380 service to LAX.

Quixote · #**455** Posted **Jul 5, 2013, 5:50 PM**

Here's the most comprehensive video tour to date of the new Bradley concourses...

• Video Link

Quixote · #**456** Posted **Jul 5, 2013, 6:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by Rail Claimore

I'd expect to see a few more mainland Chinese cities in the coming decade.

China Eastern will begin service to Chongqing this coming September.

In other news, Air Berlin is terminating service to Berlin (but keeping Dusseldorf).

StethJeff · #**457** Posted **Jul 5, 2013, 6:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by Quixote

Here's the most comprehensive video tour to date of the new Bradley concourses...

• Video Link

I'm not trying to hate on LAX. I actually really enjoy going there, but that's because I've been there a million times, I'm a local, frequently park at the beach, and never have to make a transfer there. This new TBIT does very little on its own. However, once there's a people mover, direct rail to Union Station +/- West LA, and the other terminals are cleaned up, then we'll see people's opinions change. None of my friends from Australia, Netherlands, Costa Rica will be impressed by this alone.

Quixote · #**458** Posted **Jul 18, 2013, 4:04 AM**

New customs hall...

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater

Quixote · #**459** Posted **Jul 18, 2013, 4:13 AM**

July 2013 photo update...

http://www.lawa.org/uploadedFiles/LA...uly%202013.pdf

edluva · #**460** Posted **Jul 18, 2013, 4:26 AM**

lipstick on a pig

you can't (literally) paint over the fact that transfers between international and domestic flights require one to exit a building, drag carry-ons through possible inclement weather, wait in line, and go through security checks once again. cosmetics do not improve dysfunction.

and speaking of cosmetics, this new terminal looks like it was designed in the early nineties by the architect for the south coast plaza. blocky and white. as outdated as i predicted when it was under construction. no elegance, no grace, no sophistication.

nearly $5 billion and this is more or less what we're going to get. how disappointing.