It seems as though you're correct about the airlines building their own terminals. Al ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Mueller" <dmueller7@xxxxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 12:05 AM Subject: Re: Southwest seeing how the wind blows > On Tuesday 16 November 2004 8:56 pm, Allan9 wrote: >> AFAIK every air carrier airport in the country leases in one way or >> another >> their terminal and gates spaces. > > If my understanding is correct, the LAX terminals may be owned by the > individual airlines. Terminal 2 for example is owned by Terminal 2, Inc., > which is in turned owned by Northwest Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, and Air > Canada. This recently became an issue since Virgin Atlantic wants > modifications to Terminal 2 in order to handle the A380, but none of the > terminal's owning airlines are in terribly great financial shape, and with > no > plans to operate the A380 themselves, are reluctant to fund the > modifications. > > I would imagine that American owns Terminal 4, Delta owns 5, and United > owns 7 > and 8. > > -- > David Mueller / MRY > dmueller7@xxxxxxxxx > http://www.quanterium.com >