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Demand at DCA will go up which means that prices will stay higher. It isn't going to expand much there are already a lot of reasons such as nearness to restricted area, nearby large buildings, lack of space. Budget travellers will expand the migration to BWI and take a train, busses or cars into the DC area like they do now. Or people living in the western suburbs will continue the migration to Dulles where International flights now operate from. If it wasn't that congress critters like DCA so much it would have had many more restrictions placed on it years ago. But since Congress gets special perks (like very special parking) they want to keep it open with long distance flights so they can get home easily.
While this is a fairly big move for one company. The DC Metro area has a population of over 6 million. 25K is less than .5%. And that is not counting the fact that a number of these jobs will be going to those already living in the area.
DCA to IAD is 23.3 miles, and DCA to BWI is 30.4 miles. The population within 5 miles of DCA is 640,815; within 10 miles is 1,786,530. I think that the 6 million metro area population is an overstatement of DCA's catchment area since most people in the suburbs are going to suburban airports even if it is a longer drive.
Plus you can't compare numbers of good paying to jobs to population in general
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Does DCA need to be expanded in general? Probably. But while Amazon's 25K head count will make them the largest employer outside of the Federal and local governments, coming in isn't exactly guaranteed to make a huge difference in the population here.
Possibly not a massive difference, but I think pressure to add more exemptions may increase. Possibly Alaska will just have to swallow hard and redirect some of the existing flights to Seattle.
AA is going to replace most its smaller RJs at DCA with E175s once the new commuter terminal is finished in 2021.
UA is going to expand IAD regardless of what Amazon does because it plans to send more connecting pax to that underutilized facility and away from supercongested EWR.
I lived in the DC area for nearly 20 years, and only times I ever used BWI were for super cheap Southwest fares. Doubt it benefits much from Amazon as it's a real hassle for the 1/2 of the Metro Area that lives in Northern VA.
AA is going to replace most its smaller RJs at DCA with E175s once the new commuter terminal is finished in 2021.
UA is going to expand IAD regardless of what Amazon does because it plans to send more connecting pax to that underutilized facility and away from supercongested EWR.
I lived in the DC area for nearly 20 years, and only times I ever used BWI were for super cheap Southwest fares. Doubt it benefits much from Amazon as it's a real hassle for the 1/2 of the Metro Area that lives in Northern VA.
IAD "underutilized?" I guess it's all relative, maybe compared with EWR, or ORD. It was pretty much a white elephant for decades until after passenger air travel deregulation in 1978 - and then the facilities were really cramped after 9-11 due to security measures. Do they still have the "moon buggies" [mobile boarding lounges]?
They've mostly been replaced by an airport subway, but they still run on less frequent schedules to the "D" side of the C/D Terminal.
Thanks for the update. Any info on when they're going to redo the "temporary" C/D Concourse - which is pretty pokey for a UA hub, especially compared with say, DEN or IAH?
Thanks for the update. Any info on when they're going to redo the "temporary" C/D Concourse - which is pretty pokey for a UA hub, especially compared with say, DEN or IAH?
Years away. Seeing that United also has hubs in EWR and ORD, not clear they're that concerned about a great airport experience.
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