US moves at DFW

[nyprincess]

I will miss the BBQ at DFW. B) I hope there is good food in the new terminal. We have also moved to new gates in IAH.

 

[fly with US]

I hope there is good food in the new terminal.

Terminal E: (Not including the new ones opening up in the sattelite terminal)

Auntie Anne's Pretzels
Burger King
Dickey's BBQ
Freshens Yogurt
Haagen Dazs
Manchu Wok
Mr. Gatti's Pizza
Rider's World Bar
Seattle's Best Coffee
Starbucks Coffee
T.G.I. Friday's
Taco Bell Express
The Grove, Nuts/Fruits
Vintage Texas

 

[700AW]

UMMMmmmmmm Dickey's BBQ... I'm on the next flight out, all they need is a Razoo's then i'll never leave the airport

 

[RICflyer]

I admit guys that I'm a little confused by this thread. I was based at DFW before I was furloughed (recalled to STL). I get the impression that posters are using the terms Terminal E and Terminal E satellite interchangeably. Do not do this. Terminal E is just like every other terminal at DFW--semi-circular with approximately 35 gates.

The satellite was never used by any part of Delta other than Delta Connection. You don't see any jetways in that building because there never were any. There were just white canvas canopies that ran from the satellite building to the planes. Just like American Eagle's recently closed satellite north of Terminal A.

And, if I remember correctly from the time I flew DL Connection to Atlanta from DFW, there are no moving sidewalks in that tunnel out to the satellite. You have to walk every step of the way.

I will say I have flown mainline jets from the E satellite with a jetway, it was in the early 90's. You can see the jetways in the first picture

 

[fr8tmastr]

What gates are we moving to in IAH?

 

[fly with US]

What gates are we moving to in IAH?

I was wondering the same thing.

 

[700AW]

One of the new IAH gates is A17, down there in yet another Island of Mis-fits

 

[jimntx]

Jim, if we can agree to disagree 🙂 , but the satellite at Terminal E DID have jetways when first opened and was utilized heavily by Delta mainline jets. I personally boarded Delta flights, using jetways, from the satellite back in the day. Just look at the first photograph link above taken in 1992 and you will clearly see a flock of Delta MD-88s and Boeing 757s parked at the satellite with jetways attached.

As Delta slowly began downsizing from it's peak hub in the latter 1990s, the jetways were removed and the satellite was used for Delta Connection flights operated by ASA and Comair as you mention above.

The satellite is fully capable and only needs the jetways replaced for it to become ready to handle the big jets once again.

Well, that was WAY before my time at DFW. But, given the fact that about half of Terminal E with jetbridges already attached is available right now, why would anyone take on the added expense of putting jetbridges back on the satellite building AND make your passengers hike from the main terminal to the satellite?

Did you guys hire some AA management types?

 

[RowUnderDCA]

When DFW opened, Braniff was in 2W (B); Texas International, Ozark and Frontier was in 2E (A); American and Eastern were in 3E © and Delta and Continental were in 4E (E). I might not have the numbers exactly right. Only the Braniff terminal was a full semi-circle.

I think I recall actually getting on a Braniff jet at DFW without going through a metal detector, but maybe only once.

Pan Am came later... and United even later, I think.

What else... oh on the Braniff terminal, there were flippy signs on the access road that told you what city was arriving/departing nearby. So, it was definitely the idea that you'd drop folks off right at their gates.

 

[TheNewLowFare]

Has anyone worked a DFW flight yet? Is this a nice terminal?

I just finished a Seattle and I love the new terminal. It's very clean and waaaayyyyy better than the old terminal.

 

[N903AW]

Has anyone worked a DFW flight yet? Is this a nice terminal?

We have not made the move yet. Right now we are still at Terminal B. I was at DFW last week. I think we are waiting for the improvements to be made before making the move.

If anyone gets an official date for the move, please post it here.

 

[mga707]

When DFW opened, Braniff was in 2W (B); Texas International, Ozark and Frontier was in 2E (A); American and Eastern were in 3E © and Delta and Continental were in 4E (E). I might not have the numbers exactly right. Only the Braniff terminal was a full semi-circle.

I think I recall actually getting on a Braniff jet at DFW without going through a metal detector, but maybe only once.

Pan Am came later... and United even later, I think.

You are right on the money with your original 1974 DFW airline locations! The only original DFW airline you omitted is Mexicana, and I seem to recall them being in 3E with DL and CO, although they could also have been over on 2W with Braniff.

United was an early post-deregulation DFW addition, probably in 1979, and I think National came in about the same time, thus becoming Pan Am when the two merged in 1980.

 

[Geek]

We have not made the move yet. Right now we are still at Terminal B. I was at DFW last week. I think we are waiting for the improvements to be made before making the move.

If anyone gets an official date for the move, please post it here.

I just asked the PM on it and he has not gotten a date yet.
He will be one of the first to know....

 

[Henderfuzz]

I just asked the PM on it and he has not gotten a date yet.
He will be one of the first to know....

Im just curious what is the sorce of the move to the satellite terminal. I work at DFW and we are not moving there. Yes we are moving to E sometime near the end of June or early July but we are moving to the South end of that terminal.

 

[sfb]

And, if I remember correctly from the time I flew DL Connection to Atlanta from DFW, there are no moving sidewalks in that tunnel out to the satellite. You have to walk every step of the way.

Actually, that is not true. The tunnel from Terminal E to the Terminal E Satellite does indeed have moving sidewalks; I used them the last time I connected there back in mid-January 2005, just before Delta's hub there shut down completely. By then, Delta had pulled most of its flights out of DFW and the abandoned gate areas were looking pretty trashed.

I'm not sure why US is going out to the E Satellite; the only thing I can think of is that the main terminal may not currently be able to offer more than three or four contiguous gates; US and HP have, I believe, six in Terminal B.

As for IAH, Delta has moved to the North Concourse of Terminal A and vacated its gates on the South Concourse adjacent to America West's gate. I would suspect that US will move from A1/A2 down to A18/A19/A24.