[F1 Tommy]

Originally Posted by denizen467

This seems worth discussing more here and perhaps even trying to advocate somehow. We have lots of fanciful talk in this forum about dream projects and visions of what someone's ideal terminal would look like if they found gold under Lake O'Hare (I should say, oil), but this seems more realistic, and addresses a present, concrete need, and raises a good point about the alliance-grouped reconfigurations going on at other world hubs.

For example, if T5 is overflowing, why aren't more Star Alliance departures shifted to T1, where Lufthansa and ANA already enjoy check-in counters? I realize there may be capacity constraints at T1 too (then, just redistribute to T2) and LH and NH have close codeshare arrangements with UA, but still, it would make sense. After all, Lufthansa owns a fistful of other Star Alliance carriers, like Swiss International, so we are not talking about anything particularly more complex than what already exists.

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Just to drop in an update on a recent topic, Qatar Airways is doing radio commercials about its ORD service beginning April 10, pitching their convenience to accessing Asia, Australia, and other exotic regions.

It is going to get really full at the domestic terminals this summer so they won't have any room either. Also Qatar will leaving their aircraft at ORD for 8 hours on a long turn so that does not help with space. Atleast the new Air Berlin flights will be on faster turns.