According to experts, airports plan to remove moving walkways for a strategic reason.
The site One Mile At A Time and airline, hotel, and loyalty program expert Ben Schlappig explain that moving walkways prevent people from easily accessing airport shops.
“It also acts as a divider, with people walking on each side of it. It’s like being in a car and seeing a store on the other side of a six-lane road,” Schlappig compared.
The expert also noted that airports are, after all, businesses and make money from fees related to planes and other revenue opportunities, including commercial concessions inside the airport.
Moving walkways, although convenient for passengers who need to reach boarding gates quickly, do not allow shops to receive more customers.
Airport operators want to prevent passengers from simply sitting at their designated boarding gates and instead want them to spend as much money as possible.
According to CNBC, airports in Chicago, Las Vegas, Orlando, Dallas, and Cincinnati have already removed their moving walkways. It is still unknown which other airports have adopted the practice.
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