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austlar1 · #**6461** Posted **Jun 17, 2019, 8:31 PM**

Wonder how they handled the four or five unexpected international heavies (including a 388) yesterday. Did they just sit on tarmac or disembark passengers?

aschwab · #**6462** Posted **Jun 18, 2019, 7:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by austlar1

Wonder how they handled the four or five unexpected international heavies (including a 388) yesterday. Did they just sit on tarmac or disembark passengers?

Highly doubt they unloaded and processed them. That would require them to all go through immigration, grab bags/customs, and then reload them back onto the plane. All of it. All while people won't have their boarding passes or the airline would have to reprint them. Especially for an airline like Qatar who has no ground staff.

So, no, I highly doubt they unloaded them.

GoldenBoot · #**6463** Posted **Jun 18, 2019, 7:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by austlar1

Wonder how they handled the four or five unexpected international heavies (including a 388) yesterday. Did they just sit on tarmac or disembark passengers?

I can say, for sure, the Lufthansa A388 and Qatar B773 were not offloaded. They took off to IAH and DFW, respectively, after a few hours on the ground at ABIA.

I would expect the two AA flights did the same.

ON a side note: I have personally witnessed a AA B773 being boarded after offloading passengers the night before on a diversion of a flight from LHR to DFW. So it does happen - in rare occurrences.

It's not that AUS cannot handle it. It's more about the specific airline trying everything that can do to get their passengers to their destination as safely and quickly as possible. Furthermore, they also have to adhere to pilot and crew hour rules. That is, they cannot surpass a certain number of hours "on the job" before they are required to "rest" for another set number of hours.

ATCZERO · #**6464** Posted **Jun 22, 2019, 1:48 AM**

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Originally Posted by AvgeekDL

How are the rest of the new gates coming along? Are they still on track to open in the next few weeks?

I'll probably be able to take a look (with binoculars) sometime in the next 4 days.

freerover · #**6465** Posted **Jun 22, 2019, 1:53 AM**

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Originally Posted by AvgeekDL

How are the rest of the new gates coming along? Are they still on track to open in the next few weeks?

Last estimate was opening in July so they still have 5 weeks to go.

ATCZERO · #**6466** Posted **Jun 22, 2019, 9:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by AvgeekDL

How are the rest of the new gates coming along? Are they still on track to open in the next few weeks?

I got a decent look at the ramp. It looks as though the site has been almost fully prepped, but no concrete has been poured yet. I didn't see any rebar in their either.

mumu · #**6467** Posted **Jun 22, 2019, 10:35 PM**

A post about Delta / Korean Air possible service from SLC to Seoul, given Delta's purchase of a 4.3% ownership share in KA.
This indicates at least a bit how Delta is thinking about trans-pacific these days. Seoul is thus a bit more more likely to be our first route that way than before this partnership development, once the focus city expansion gets going for real.

https://liveandletsfly.boardingarea.com/2019/06/22/delta-salt-lake-city-seoul/

StoOgE · #**6468** Posted **Jun 23, 2019, 3:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by mumu

A post about Delta / Korean Air possible service from SLC to Seoul, given Delta's purchase of a 4.3% ownership share in KA.
This indicates at least a bit how Delta is thinking about trans-pacific these days. Seoul is thus a bit more more likely to be our first route that way than before this partnership development, once the focus city expansion gets going for real.

https://liveandletsfly.boardingarea.com/2019/06/22/delta-salt-lake-city-seoul/

Seoul is personally not my preference, but ICN has *amazing* connectivity and is a super nice website.

ILUVSAT · #**6469** Posted **Jun 23, 2019, 8:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by StoOgE

Seoul is personally not my preference, but ICN has *amazing* connectivity and is a super nice website.

It's all about connections. That's why DL's SLC-NRT flight failed - NRT is not a good connector to the rest of Asia.

drummer · #**6470** Posted **Jun 24, 2019, 12:19 AM**

Agreed on ICN. I fly through ICN all the time. NRT is a pain even if it has good connectivity to the US. I have a difficult time getting there from other Asian locations. HKG and ICN are the best, in my opinion. Other good connections are PKG and PVG, but I'm not a fan of flying through China due to their inconsistency with timeliness, pains with customs, etc. Their airports are generally boring also whereas HKG and ICN are beautiful and good for business travelers and families alike. If ICN happens, that'd be a huge win for AUS.

StoOgE · #**6471** Posted **Jun 24, 2019, 1:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by ILUVSAT

It's all about connections. That's why DL's SLC-NRT flight failed - NRT is not a good connector to the rest of Asia.

NRT is also criminally outside of town. It's hard to get to for an early flight. We had a 7 AM last month and the train (not NEX) was the only option other than a 200 dollar taxi.

I would rather go AUS - ICN and wind up and HND than direct to Narita.

chinchaaa · #**6472** Posted **Jun 24, 2019, 3:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by StoOgE

NRT is also criminally outside of town. It's hard to get to for an early flight. We had a 7 AM last month and the train (not NEX) was the only option other than a 200 dollar taxi.

I would rather go AUS - ICN and wind up and HND than direct to Narita.

Incheon is also pretty far outside of Seoul.

jbssfelix · #**6473** Posted **Jun 24, 2019, 4:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by chinchaaa

Incheon is also pretty far outside of Seoul.

Yes, about an hour via train.

StoOgE · #**6474** Posted **Jun 24, 2019, 7:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by chinchaaa

Incheon is also pretty far outside of Seoul.

I've never actually been to South Korea. I've flown through Incheon a few times so never knew.

That said, NRT is awful.

Jdawgboy · #**6475** Posted **Jun 25, 2019, 6:33 AM**

Would be most ideal if it was direct to Tokyo regardless of which airport, but I guess I can tolerate a one stop connection when I travel to Japan.

I just hate having to make any sort of connections when I fly.

drummer · #**6476** Posted **Jun 25, 2019, 1:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by Jdawgboy

Would be most ideal if it was direct to Tokyo regardless of which airport, but I guess I can tolerate a one stop connection when I travel to Japan.

I just hate having to make any sort of connections when I fly.

Problem is, Tokyo doesn't connect all that well to the rest of Asia except for a handful of places. I'm sure in Japan would be fine.

StoOgE · #**6477** Posted **Jun 25, 2019, 1:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by Jdawgboy

Would be most ideal if it was direct to Tokyo regardless of which airport, but I guess I can tolerate a one stop connection when I travel to Japan.

I just hate having to make any sort of connections when I fly.

I'm with you and would love an HND connection for pure lazyiness reasons.

enragedcamel · #**6478** Posted **Jun 25, 2019, 3:12 PM**

I haven't followed ABIA updates at all.

Is there a "master plan" of some sort, or otherwise an article, that describes the proposed and in-progress changes?

sammyk · #**6479** Posted **Jun 25, 2019, 5:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by enragedcamel

I haven't followed ABIA updates at all.

Is there a "master plan" of some sort, or otherwise an article, that describes the proposed and in-progress changes?

This may help: http://www.austintexas.gov/department/improvements-are-underway

enragedcamel · #**6480** Posted **Jun 25, 2019, 10:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by sammyk

This may help: http://www.austintexas.gov/department/improvements-are-underway

Thanks!

Are there any plans to renovate the passenger areas?

One of my major peeves whenever I travel through ABIA is the lack of power outlets. Would be nice to strip out the existing awful seats and replace them with modern seats that are comfortable and have charging ports for devices.

Also, I'm hoping it will become a real, 24-hour airport soon. I have arrived early a few times, and was really bummed that all the coffee shops and restaurants were closed!