PTV = passenger transfer vehicle, indeed like your transporters. Mike Gammon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shawn P. Stokes" <HTMunster@Mindspring.Com> To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 11:13 PM Subject: Re: Speaking of Montreal... > Oh which I'm one of. I live between the two airports, with no traffic > issues I can be in long term parking in 20-25 minutes to both IAD and > DCA. I've taken 5 flights in a little under 5 months and 4 of the 5 have > been out of IAD. Just easier to get to traffic wise, from here in the > Tysons area, there are few places I can't go non stop from IAD that I can > get to from DCA, and the fares are normally equal or better. Now if I'm > leaving from work I like DCA (I work in Crystal City) but otherwise I keep > to IAD. > > One question, what are the PTV's? Are those like the transporters we have > at IAD? In a way I'll be sad to see ours go, they are a neat way to see > the aircraft. Of course, to get rid of most them they need to finish the > tunnel for the tram, and they keep collapsing it as they build it, and I've > lost track where it is in process. > > Shawn > > At 07:40 PM 2/15/2003 -0800, Jon Wright wrote: > >Is there any chance that economic development from Montreal will push out to > >Mirabel and, ulimately, make it a viable location? That's one of the factors > >that led to IAD's success. Originally a ghost town, as Northern Virginia > >grew up around Dulles, Dulles eventually became a more convenient location > >than National for a lot of folks. >