Your First Look at the Modernization Project That Aims To Bring Love Field to the Big Time

• Worst airport I've ever been in, and no amount of lipstick is going to make me want to look twice at this pig. 

• Who doesn't love Love? Me. Old. Small. Longest and slowest check point lines of any airport I've ever been in.

• I live 10 minutes from Love but can be at my gate at DFW faster.

• everything that happens in the airline industry happens because of federal subsidy, so it's fairly reasonable to expect them to make legislation that directs it. obviously the process oozes with corruption, but most people aren't arguing for the Feds to stop sending their money.

• DFW is convenient, to those that live by it, and its actually one of the easiest airports in the world to get around.  And the reason Love always felt like a 1950's regional airport is because, that what it was.  Oh and have fun flying across the pond from there

• Fair enough, except the only way that it happened was through federal legislation.

• When will the tunnel from the Love Field terminal to the otherwise poorly located DART station be completed?

• People that live in Fort Worth

• I appreciate the minimalist design

• When do we get an underground people mover to the DART light rail station?

• Be nice if the folks at Love built a little place where folks can sit in the shade and watch airplanes come and go -- something like Founder's Plaza at DFW, but a little closer to the action. As it is, we make do with George Coker Drive, when it's not filled with parked cars.

• Personally, I liked the 1950's feel of the place.  Between the DFW Airport Board's shenanigans and EBJ conflict of interest, I hope that SWA really takes off (pun intended). In the meantime, the DFW Airport Board subsidizes the capital for the expansions to suit AA. As some one once said in the 50's: "Who wants to fly to Ft. Worth?"

• [...Dallas Love Field is shucking its cramped, regional-backwater duds for an expansive Big City makeover. DFW's about to get a run for its money.] The irony here is that Love Field's expensive makeover was mandated by Ft. Worth, the DFW Airport Board and American Airlines as part of the Wright Amendment settlement. Why in the world would they want that, you may ask?  Simple:  Southwest Airlines was put on the hook for all the debt that had to be issued; this cost will ultimately be borne by Love Field passengers via increased ticket costs.  In addition to higher base ticket costs, Love Field ticket taxes known as  passenger facility charges (PFCs) have also escalated dramatically. By driving up the cost of flying out of Love Field, it was hoped that its relative attractiveness as an airport would be reduced (in the financial world, the "attractiveness" of an airport is determined by the the total cost of using it, rather than its physical beauty).

• Coolie.

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