From: ncole@nyx.cs.du.edu (Noah Cole)
Subject: Re: LA Airport
Organization: Macalester College, St. Paul Minnesota USA
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 92 14:22:40 GMT

hrose@eff.org (Helen Trillian Rose) writes:

>Noah> == Noah Cole <ncole@nyx.cs.du.edu> 
>Karl> == Karl Swartz <kls@ohare.Chicago.COM>

> Karl> Not true.  *Most* flights on international airlines leave LAX
> Karl> from the Tom Bradley Terminal, but not *all*.  Virgin Atlantic
> Karl> used United's terminal 7, at least until quite recently.  Strange
> Karl> bedfellows indeed!  Air Canada and Canadian both used terminal 2,
> Karl> though they've now moved to Bradley.  Avianca still departs from 2.

> Noah> Why does Virgin use the United Terminal.  At Boston Logan, tjhey
> Noah> don't use Terminal E either (TYerminal E is the International
> Noah> Terminal used by BA, AF, AC, LHm, and other international
> Noah> airlines).. they (Virgin) use Terminal B I think.  Sabena also
> Noah> useed another terminal.  Does anyone know why this is?

>Hah! That's an *easy* answer.

>Boston Logan is *packed*, especially Terminal E. It's so full that "Gate
>1" in Terminal E (Which is Northwest's gate) is really in Terminal D! (I
>kid you not, if you depart from Gates 1c, 1d, or 1e, be prepared for a
>hike!) 

That's true, in August when I was flying out here to MSP I had to walk a long way carrying  a MAC SE and it was not lght :-).
>VS (Virgin) isn't the only airline flying international flights out of
>somewhere other than Terminal E. Lufthansa departs from Terminal D (the
>only scheduled airline to fly out of that terminal -- this is if memory
>serves, I haven't been to terminal D lately :-). Sabena and Qantas
>depart from terminal B. TWA is out of terminal C. The only terminal
>which *doesn't* have international departures is Terminal A (the
>ex-eastern terminal, which is currently being shuffled about, due to the
>Big Dig). 

I think this is because Terminal A can not hold Widebody flights (757/767/747/
D10/L10) (for those of you who don't know what widebodies are), but that
may be incorrect.
>I would *prefer* to depart from somewhere than Terminal E. If you've
>been to Terminal E during the red-eye (6pm-9pm) period, it's *packed*.
>You can barely move, and if you ask someone to move, half of the time
>they don't understand you because they don't speak English. (hey, I'm
>not flaming, just commenting). The ticket counters are split half and
>half. Northwest has half of the space (and its flights are all day, not
>just a three hour time period), and the International Airlines (Air
>Canada, Air Atlantic, Aer Lingus, British Airways, Air France, El Al,
>etc) all share a very small space. Well, it isn't very small when
>there's noone there, but when there are 5 747's sitting on the ramp and
>all of the people about to get in those planes at the ticket counters,
>well, it can get "cosy". ;-)

I fly Northwest all the the time because I go to school here in Minneapolis
and live in Vermont, so fly MSP-BOS-LEB a few times a year.  I also like
Northwest over Delta because of the FF Programmes (I have many more NW miles).
Therefore, I travel through Terminal E a lot.  I like Terminal E becaus:
AU BON PAIN IS THERE! *yummy*!.  I know this is a strange reason, but I like
to get Au Bon Pain stuff ftom there.  I also look at the large 747's and it
is more interesting then the "slow" pace of the A, B, and C Terminals, but
when I am in a shitty mod it is true that I wouldn't want the hussle of E/
Well, thgis has been MHO.
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