Tim MacDonald
Senior Member
The myth continues. T2 was never meant to be a temporary terminal, nor was it ever designed to be a freight terminal. It might have looked like a freight barn but it was never built or designed as such. The jet age, but particularly the widebody revolution of the 747, DC10 and L1011 coming to market nuked the original plan of having six Aeroquay buildings spread across the airfield. Remember that the first T1 wasn't originally built with boarding bridges.
Yes, T2 was very dark until the modifications in the very early 90s that added windows, ripped out the carpeting, and added the white tile floors. It would take me five minutes to walk from my office at the international end roughly above gate 102 to the domestic check-in area. T2 looked even worse in the mid 80s after the check-in desk attacks in Rome and one other European city that escapes me resulted in the hideous blue hoarding being installed in front of the International checkin area. I know it was there in early 1986 but can't recall if it was there in 1987 or later. I know it was gone by 1990.
Yes, T2 was very dark until the modifications in the very early 90s that added windows, ripped out the carpeting, and added the white tile floors. It would take me five minutes to walk from my office at the international end roughly above gate 102 to the domestic check-in area. T2 looked even worse in the mid 80s after the check-in desk attacks in Rome and one other European city that escapes me resulted in the hideous blue hoarding being installed in front of the International checkin area. I know it was there in early 1986 but can't recall if it was there in 1987 or later. I know it was gone by 1990.
