Portland International Jetport | PWM

Portlander said:
Agree TC, but it will provide shelter from the elements and beats walking outside to the aircraft and climbing stairs. (y)
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Well, of course. I remember back before the new addition, the terminal had double doors that opened up from side to side and no vestibule! I remember one time it must have been no more than 10 degrees outside, and someone with a lot of bags stopped in the middle of the open doors and futzed around for at least a minute. I swear the terminal temp went down by at least 20 degrees. That was back when Mainers were more hardened, I guess.
 
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It took me a minute... that one with the girl (ghost?) with the pink suitcase mustbe the view coming in from Gate 11, with the new addition on the left.

Having arrived at one of the current outside gates on a very cold night this past April, and standing around on the tarmac (dressed for Florida) waiting for them to bring up our son's wheelchair, I'll take actual jetways and a walkway any day!

Are those Rubb buildings maintenance, etc. areas? I assume all the waiting, etc. will be in the main building.
 
They are for maintenance and storage purposes and departing passengers will remain in the climate controlled terminal until boarding. The gal with the pink suitcase just spent the weekend with me and is leaving Portland as quickly as possible. She is actually walking in the "circulation" portion of the expansion just past Linda Bean's Lobster restaurant and the new gates (distant left) are being blocked by the large support column.
 
American will retain use of Gate 11. Gates 12 and 14 will start as common use but may be assigned if one of the non-signatory carriers choose to be signatory.
 
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So my understanding of gate ownership post-renovation is

Gate 1 A/B -United
Gate 2 - United
Gate 3 - United
Gate 4 - Southwest
Gate 5 - Common
Gate 6 - Common
Gate 7 - Delta
Gate 8 - Delta
Gate 9 - American
Gate 10 - American
Gate 11 - American
Gate 12 - Common
Gate 14 - Common
 
Would not be surprised to see Breeze step up and become signatory later this year and select Gate 6 once the new jetway is installed. Maybe Southwest will add more year round destinations (MDW, BNA and somewhere in Florida) and secure Gate 5 to have two side by side options. The two new gates will at least give Portland the ability to lure a new airline in the future.
 
Has B6 given its notice to not become the signatory carrier at 6? They are done for the season at the end of Oct
 
Portlander said:
Would not be surprised to see Breeze step up and become signatory later this year and select Gate 6 once the new jetway is installed. Maybe Southwest will add more year round destinations (MDW, BNA and somewhere in Florida) and secure Gate 5 to have two side by side options. The two new gates will at least give Portland the ability to lure a new airline in the future.
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I think the only thing stopping WN from expanding are their overall fleet issues and delays with the 737-MAX-7. WN is short on planes right now and the MAX-7 has been desperately needed to replace older 737-700's. So until they start getting new metal they won't be in a growth phase.

There have been rumors floating around that if the MAX-7 continues to be delayed, Southwest may try to acquire JetBlue or Breeze to get access to their orderbook of A220's. It's a bit of an open secret that Southwest is looking to get married. Recently their pilots union hired lawyers to prepare for any future acquisition WN makes.

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Is Delta still considered the flagship or primary airline at the Jetport? Or is that even a meaningful or sensible question to ask? I know they historically had some sort of status, perhaps informal, stemming from their purchase of Northeast somewhere in the far away and long ago. (I ask because their only having 2 gates when UA and AA each have 3, even if 1A/B and 11 suck.
 
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From Wikipedia. A little misleading because Republic Airways provides regional service to PWM as Delta Connection, American Eagle and United Express. However, American Airlines has been and continues to be the busiest airline out of Portland unless Cosakita has a different take on Mark's question.
 
My understanding was that pre-merger US Airways was considered the "flagship" carrier at PWM (If there really is such a thing at a regional airport) and that AA inherited that status.
 
Delta doesn't need more than 2 gates. 2 Flights a day to ATL on a 321, DTW 3 flights, MSP only seasonal, 4 to LGA, and 2 to JFK. Let's get some other destinations and maybe they might need 3.
SLC would be great add. AA needs to get MIA on a regular basis as well as adding PHX seasonal, DFW year round.
Breeze just got approval ISO, which could help PWM land international after FIS gets built.
 
PWMFlyer said:
Delta doesn't need more than 2 gates. 2 Flights a day to ATL on a 321, DTW 3 flights, MSP only seasonal, 4 to LGA, and 2 to JFK. Let's get some other destinations and maybe they might need 3.
SLC would be great add. AA needs to get MIA on a regular basis as well as adding PHX seasonal, DFW year round.
Breeze just got approval ISO, which could help PWM land international after FIS gets built.
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My last time flying out of PWM in late April Delta was occupying gates 5-8 during the early morning departure bank. ATL, DTW, JFK and LGA all had overnights / early AM departures.
 
I hope that Southwest doesn't buy Breeze....that would be a shame.
 
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Final enplanement numbers for CY23 have been released by the FAA and I've added a few screenshots for those of us who find this stuff interesting. PWM continued to remain in the top 100 busiest airports and is actually #93 when counting the airports in the 48 contiguous states which also excludes Guam and Puerto Rico. Fort Myers and Myrtle Beach were the only airports in the top 100 to show a decrease in passengers from the previous year. BOS came in at #16, BDL #56 and PVD at #79.
 
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I predicted a few years ago that Burlington would eventually pass Manchester to become New England's fifth busiest airport and BTV just barely managed to prove me right!
 
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Bangor is holding its own at #155 which is impressive for a city of only 32,000 while competing with cities that are much larger. Location, location. location! A side note, New Haven (HVN) jumped up to #135 with a 39% increase in passengers thanks to being chosen by Avelo Airlines as one of their hubs.
 
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