It's possible that Boston is now the airport that sees the most 787-9 operators.
British Airways
Virgin Atlantic
Japan Airlines
Hainan Airlines
Norwegian
I'm pretty sure Norwegian flies a 787-8 to Boston. That could change in the future though.
It's possible that Boston is now the airport that sees the most 787-9 operators.
British Airways
Virgin Atlantic
Japan Airlines
Hainan Airlines
Norwegian
When did JAL start running the 789 on Narita - Boston?
I'm pretty sure Norwegian flies a 787-8 to Boston. That could change in the future though.
By the way, I'd like to warn you all to never be tempted to fly Hainan unless your end destination is in China itself- The airline itself is great, China makes a terrible transit point though. I was pretty traumatized by my air travel experience in both Shanghai and Beijing. Chinese laws provide air travelers zero protection, they cancel flights constantly without rescheduling you for days however if you overstay beyond your 24 hour transit visa free period the Chinese government will offer no leniency. Have I already ranted about this here? I learned my lesson, if you are transiting through east Asia from Boston fly to Tokyo, and Hong Kong is good unless beijing continues to tighten their grip on them.
JetBlue had a schedule release yesterday.
Boston-Barbados going to Saturday and Sunday service
Boston-Liberia going back to Saturday only service
Boston-Port Au Prince extended but just weekly for most of January
Boston-New Orleans getting bumped to 2 daily in November
Boston-St Maarten to 4 weekly (1 Friday 2 Saturday 1 Sunday)
Boston-Aruba up to 11 weekly (at least daily with 2-Friday 3-Saturday 2-Sunday)
I wonder if we will see a new destination if DOT doesn't award Boston-Havana.
Is that an extension for New Orleans? I thought JetBlue had been flying Boston-New Orleans twice daily for a couple of months now.
Logan airport passenger numbers for may are up 7.6% over 2015 passenger numbers. Year to date passenger numbers are 9.1% higher than they were last year. International passenger numbers are up 21% year to date.
https://www.massport.com/media/399633/0516-avstats-airport-traffic-summary.pdf
At this rate, Logan will likely pass Detroit this year and possibly Minneapolis in passenger traffic rankings. Another few years like this and they'll have to think about more substantial expansion plans than what's on the table.
It did: http://www.faa.gov/airports/plannin...nary-cy15-commercial-service-enplanements.pdf
It's an interesting change of perspective - the fact that the airport Logan just passed on the enplanements list looks like this:
Another way of looking at it is that only 2 million enplanements separate Logan from Newark and Orlando, and only 4 million from Charlotte, Seattle and Houston. Those seem like big numbers until you consider that 13 million enplanements separate Atlanta from LAX, the first and second-place airports on the list.
Logan is essentially the same size as some far more imposing and expensive facilities.
Interesting - what is the difference between the total passenger statistics that are self reported by the airport authorities (massport link two posts above" and the "enplanements" statistic that is quoted on the link above?
Two things. An "enplanement" is someone getting on a plane - enplanements are departing passengers. "
It did: http://www.faa.gov/airports/plannin...nary-cy15-commercial-service-enplanements.pdf
It's an interesting change of perspective - the fact that the airport Logan just passed on the enplanements list looks like this:
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Im shocked that Charlotte is so high, and Honolulu so low. Oakland also surprised me.
Also while all the large airports are showing growth, many of the smaller ones are losing out. Too much consolidation.
Due to Boston's location at the northeastern edge of the country Logan receives very little connecting traffic.