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Not exactly the kind of "new air handler" to get excited about at the Jetport. ;) Hopefully the next "new air handler" has a name like Spirit or Alaska :p

Seems that there are some new renderings for the office building (100 Rock Row) ....The building has been redesigned and shorted from 6 to 3 stories (2 if you don't count the first floor which is predominantly retail) The new design is (in my opinion) a horrible and uninspired downgrade. this...

Some observations flying out of the Jetport on Sunday: Breeze has advertisements up in multiple places around the terminal and arrivals area. Similarly, United has advertising up inside their jetbridges (gates 1,2,3) which seem to be tailored to the Portland market. I'm sure that's fairly...

I was able to find one rendering...not sure of this is the most current iteration of the project.

Sad news....This project is officially dead. Maine Public is going to be moving into the former public market building on Prebble / Cumberland. Apparently Maine Public had some fundraising issues and the board wasn't fully supportive of the huge upfront cost for constructing a new HQ and...

I wasn't aware of the history! Shame that never came to pass. A crew base doesn't have to be a maintenance base. Breeze has crew bases at PVD and BDL but no full maintenance facilities at either. A crew base would be an airport where Breeze can overnight aircraft. Breeze tries to make sure all...

I think a breeze-thru from PWM to BGR is pretty unlikely given the very short distance between the two...but if they add a few more destinations and frequencies from PWM I wouldn't be totally surprised if Breeze eventually opens a crew base at the Jetport.

Fairly minor point but taxi fuel is a separate thing and usually isn't held against an aircrafts total range. Planes burn very little fuel at taxi speed even with delays. Regarding runway length, the A220's specified takeoff distance is 6,200 ft. That assumes the aircraft is at full MTOW...

I don't think any of us have been able to find them! We may need the insiders to help us out :)

Breeze recently started service to DEN and just announced DFW. My optimistic thought is that next year they'll start flying PWM-DEN/DFW/MSY summer-seasonally and add PBI or FLL for the winter. I honestly don't think LAS or LAX is as far-fetched as we might think and PWM could support a 2-3x...

FLL or MIA seem like absolute no-brainers for PWM especially with cruise ship connections. Even BGR has seasonal FLL flights with Allegiant. AA isn't flying seasonal MIA this year. That route might have been a little bit too long and thin for an E-175. it would be nice to see it come back with...

Good comparison! I'd also expect additional direct frequency to be added on PWM-MCO at some point...A third weekly frequency at the very least. Worth noting that PWM-TPA and PWM-RSW had some of the highest load factors for the whole Breeze network in November and December so it's no surprise...

Allegiant has a pretty strong base in the Queen City. Their BGR routes actually have some of the highest load factors on their whole east coast network. I do think there will be a little bit of passenger cannibalization for Breeze's Florida routes from PWM , but BGR's biggest "pull" is as a...

It looks like Breeze is coming to Bangor. BGR- MCO, TPA. and RSW are all bookable on the Breeze website with flights beginning in October

Out with the old, in with the new! If B6 wants their own jetway maybe they shouldn't have made PWM a seasonal backwater in their network :p

looks good! They even got the airline gate assignments correct. Although I’m more curious about the background and that highrise poking out of Munjoy Hill :)

In terms of runway length we have more than enough to play with compared to some airports! John Wayne / Orange County Airport (SNA) has one primary runway measuring just 5,700 feet in length! (Even shorter than our runway 18/36) and yet SNA regularly handles transcon flights to EWR, IAD and JFK...

Great explanation! I'm wondering why they didn't choose to widen the shoulders while leaving the 75' taxiway in place...MHT and even BTV have 25'-75'-25' taxiways. At the very least it would offer more operational flexibility although I'm sure a FedEx 757 or A300 could still go down to Runway 11...

My understanding is that FAA standards trump all state and local environmental standards. For example, when runway 18/36 was being widened and lengthened the City of South Portland was unsupportive of the project, but the FAA stepped in and gave the ultimate go-ahead.

One interesting and odd thing to note about the Taxiway A reconstruction is that it actually involves reducing the taxiway width from 75 to 50 ft while widening the shoulders from 15 to 25 ft. The overall pavement width remains essentially unchanged but the taxiway proper is narrower. I'm...