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When are they re-naming Terminal E as Terminal D? And I assume the reconfiguration means passengers no longer will walk in the open air to go between Terminals C & E. From today's Herald.
http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1066588Logan plans changes in 2 terminals
By Donna Goodison | Tuesday, January 15, 2008
The reconfiguration of Northwest Airlines? and AirTran Airways? operations at Logan International Airport will free up two international gates in Terminal E, allowing the airport to alleviate congestion on heavy travel days and possibly accommodate new international service.
The planned $8 million changes are part of Logan?s master plan to make the airport more efficient.
There are no immediate takers for the two Terminal E gates, which Northwest currently uses for domestic flights, according to Director of Aviation Ed Freni.
?We?re constantly, through our route development program, looking for international activity, and we have a number of different irons in the fire as far as possible future activity,? Freni said. ?But, right now, taking these two gates will help us relieve what?s a pretty compressed schedule currently.?
Northwest?s new gates will be located at the end of Terminal C that?s closest to Terminal E, where its ticketing operations will remain. Logan also will expand the airline?s post-security passenger holding areas, WorldClub private lounge and administrative offices in Terminal C, and add a third security checkpoint lane to accommodate Northwest customers.
AirTran Airways, meanwhile, will see its bi-level Logan operations consolidated. Its ticketing counter on the lower level of Terminal C will move on March 1 to the upper level of Terminal C. AirTran?s lower-level security checkpoint will be eliminated, and its gates will be relocated from one side of Terminal C to the other.
The changes will allow Logan to build out a circuitous portion of Terminal C and make it more user-friendly as well as to expand concessions. ?There will be some shifting and new offerings in Terminal C,? Freni said. ?The whole area needs a facelift.?
Logan officials hope to start the project in early spring and complete the bulk of the work before the end of summer.