Originally Posted by
tartan 201
I don't think it's quite that simple Looking at Wednesdays in S23, the arrival and departure times are scheduled to be:
EWR
0805 - 0940
ORD 0825 - 1130
BOS
0835 - 1335 BOS aircraft goes out to JFK
YYZ (AC)
0835 - 1015
MCO
0850 - 1110
JFK 1005 - 1035 JFK aircraft goes out to BOS
ATL 1005 - 1205
IAD 1045 - 1230
A >65 minute delay to EWR and a >30 minute delay to AC, and everything else arriving on schedule, would see all of the above on the ground at the same time. There's also QR DOH
0650 - 0820 and WestJet YYZ 0905 - 1025.
As many have commented, it’s a nice problem to have so many long haul services. This summer, at most times, UA have been allocated the 1-4 gates. 1-3 can accommodate 752’s at the same time. Gate 4 can take up to a 777 and a 359. AC and Delta have been allocated 13-18. 13 can take up to a 763/788. AC on a number of occasions used 12. Steps only gate. The other gates can take all the wide-bodies, but not at the same time. The crazy set-up means all pax arriving into these gates must be cleared before departing pax can board. The airport must surely have known this would happen. The same issue happens at gates 1-4. Smacks of a cheap option, badly designed terminal extension. Gate 11 can accommodate 788’s and a 333. This gate in the past accommodated Etihad aircraft. BA then appeared to monopolise this gate for a time. As we know, for now, BA have slashed departures from EDI. I’m not sure why they don’t use this gate more often for DL or AC. The only ideal solution, would be a multi level satellite terminal, like they have at Heathrow. This would obviously come at a huge cost and is very unlikely to happen with the current owners.