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My favorite terminal is Detroit and Delta's terminal out there. Absolutely pristine and it's 15+ years old. Least favorite is Newark - that airport is a piece of garbage.
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With the open to the outdoors gates, was very old school. When I used to use ONT (late 80s) it was like stepping back in time. Only Delta had a jetway then. The west remote parking seemed like it was in Chino or Pomona. Great, easily accessible airport for the Inland Empire and the High Desert (where I was stationed). The only drawback was the antiquated waiting areas (a lot like BUR).
The new terminals are nice but they're just not the old ONT.
Ha, ha, on remote parking in Chino. I only used remote if I was going to be gone longer than a week. Other times I just had someone drop me/us out front.
As far as the new terminals, your right, no nostalgia.
At least ONT has been released from the chains of LAWA and thing are gonna get better.
My favorite is Hong Kong (Chek Lap Kok), it has won many awards. Great transportation, dining and shopping. In the US, I like Denver International.
The worst airport is EWR (Newark Liberty); mass confusion, inoperable toilets, dirty, no free Wifi (this is 2017!), horrible confusing monorail system.
Good Lord.
Newark doesn't have free wifi?
I've flown out of tiny regional airports in the Midwest and California that had it!
Thumbs up to Vienna. I'm not fond of the city of Zurich, but their airport is very efficient. Also clean, attractive and efficient are Stockholm's Arlanda, Copenhagen's Kastrup, and Dusseldorf.
Charles DeGulle is the worst. It is an ugly confusing mess, and if you arrive early in the morning, there is not even a place to eat.
As for the US, I like JFK, PHL, and BWI. Washington's Dulles is so bad that I wouldn't fly there even if you paid me. It is worse than third world.
I never really had any bad experiences at Dulles, the only real downside to Dulles is the traffic going to/from there and the outdated mobile lounges you use to get to some of the gates. Now Philadelphia on the other hand I actually have found it to be one of the most mismanaged airports in the US. I had a layover there a couple years ago and I nearly missed my connecting flight after clearing US immigration/customs and going thru security again because the TSA agents themselves were so incompetent, not to mention the bathrooms were filthy.
That is a nice airport. Big City airports, probably DIA, especially with the rail link to downtown. But ORD is not nearly as bad as many think.
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