US moves at DFW

[Dorf]

"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."


Actually, that move has already taken place a little over a week ago. US is no longer at A1/A2 but over with HP at A17/19 area.

Dorf

 

[WorldTraveler]

There is no doubt that the DFW airport board made this attractive to all of the airlines that were willing to move. And US is no doubt willing to cut costs. Not sure if the satellite part is true but it would provide a nice platform from which US could launch some more flights. Given that DFW has not succeeded at any new airlines, they obviously are willing to give AA all the gates it can fill while keeping just a handful for future expansion.

Part of DFW's change in plans may be because the Wright compromise proposal that is floating around is to allow one stop flights at Love Field while not increasing nonstop flights. That would allow WN to grow but not open the whole Pandora's box. AA will face some price pressure but they won't have to deal w/ WN nonstops to LAS, LAX, BWI, and MDW. And the demand for gates at DFW will grow only incrementally rather than dramatically.

 

[SpinDoc]

Acordint to Airliners.net, US will be moving to the satellite terminal in Terminal E.

Yeah. The move coincides with the untimely departure of the US Airways Station Manager, Mark Dobbs. America West decided that the US Station Manager is no longer needed, and Mark has been forced out, to be replaced by the HP Station Manager. Mark was a good person who ran the station well. His expertise will be missed by the "new" US Airways.

This type of scenario is happening across the system in medium sized cities where both carriers operate. US Station Managers are being kicked out in favor of the HP Manager. Anyone who says US/HP was a merger of equals needs to know this. It was a takeover, plain and simple. HP took over US.

Most unfortunate.

 

[gso2pit]

Yeah. The move coincides with the untimely departure of the US Airways Station Manager, Mark Dobbs. America West decided that the US Station Manager is no longer needed, and Mark has been forced out, to be replaced by the HP Station Manager. Mark was a good person who ran the station well. His expertise will be missed by the "new" US Airways.

This type of scenario is happening across the system in medium sized cities where both carriers operate. US Station Managers are being kicked out in favor of the HP Manager. Anyone who says US/HP was a merger of equals needs to know this. It was a takeover, plain and simple. HP took over US.

Most unfortunate.

at least it didn't happen in ORD

 

[RowUnderDCA]

Well, even if you presume that U/HP consolidation was a merger put together by outsider investors to create a new business plan that has the potential for a ROI for those investors, or other financial benefits, as I do, then you still must recognize that part of the new business plan that the outsiders invested in was one where HP management would dominate. While, it's likely the outside investors did not REQUIRE that HP station managers survive at a higher rate than U managers, it's an understandable result of HP senior management predominating. I don't think it adds much to the philosophical (academic) argument regarding who bought whom.

Anyone that expected that U management would predominate in the 'merged' carrier hasn't been paying attention. For one thing U management had been evacuating U for ... what... years?

By the way, I think LCC in the satellite would be kind of cool. I dislike DFW's one-sided gates and the throngs of people in the massive hallway. It'll seem quieter.