London and Paris on Norwegian are around $335 r/t this fall. Tough to beat that.
Gotcha - I see what you were saying. I think it's a broader discussion on resource allocation. There's a whole debate you could have about diverting air related funding to build a true high speed network on the east coast corridor so that the service becomes compelling enough to take market share from the regional flights to free up space. In hypothetical world, if you had Boston to DC in Japanese style high speed rail, you'd be bananas to want to fly to NY, Philly or DC. Obviously that would clear a massive amount of slots for take off and landing that could be allocated to other destinations not serviced by train. The problem has always been the insane land acquisition costs to make this happen and the fact that our only regional rail service is probably the most poorly managed in the western world. People always underestimate the land acquisition costs (we have eminent domain but you still have to pay "fair" value).
Hmmm....maybe that Hyperloop running on top of 95 would do the trick!
British Airways will begin A380 service to Boston in February 2017.
http://www.routesonline.com/news/38...ways-adds-a380-boston-service-in-febmar-2017/
Nice. When is the E expansion supposed to be done? That's a little over 7 month from now.
Gate hold areas in November. Clubs should be ready by Feb.
Rail is also marginally competive in BOS-PHL, particularly when AA/US was successfully monopolizing (after Southwest pulled out and before JetBlue entered) BOS-PHL on Amtrak had something like a +50% / -30% swing when fares spiked upon Southwest's exit and fell on JetBlue's entry.
PHL is also a market where security time at the airport is a notable % of trip time.
And wasn't a lot of 2001's traffic prop flights from apron space (Cape Air as CO* at A and BizEx at B) that has since been built upon?
Good to know. This seems to be the one project going on in Boston right now that's very tough to get shots of.
Is that from Logan?
Airbus stated today its slowing A380 production to one plane a month. Doesn't look like new orders are on the horizon, so I think once existing orders are delivered, production will end. If it wasn't for Emirates, production might never have started. In any event, three A380 gates at Logan is at least one too many.
Mass -- I was through Logan a week or so ago and took some pix from the inside of Term E [can't see much] and some from the top of the new section of Central parking [can see one corner] plus excellent view of Central Power HVAC Plant
Note for anything but the E-enhancements the top [level 10] of the new Central Parking extension provides a great vantage point
However, the best view of the Terminal E A-380 work is probably from the Silver Line heading around the loop ramps on the way toward the Ted Williams Tunnel. I was on the wrong side of the bus but I caught a fairly nice view over my shoulder.
Regardless of how slowly they make A380s, that doesn't change the fact that British Airways, Lufthansa & Emirates are beginning service with wide wing-span aircraft to Boston. The 3 gates are such because there's one gate for each airline and the clubs for each allow direct boarding to the specific gate.Airbus stated today its slowing A380 production to one plane a month. Doesn't look like new orders are on the horizon, so I think once existing orders are delivered, production will end. If it wasn't for Emirates, production might never have started. In any event, three A380 gates at Logan is at least one too many.
Yes. The expansion technically isn't all about the A380, but rather "Group VI" aircraft which includes both the A380 & the 747-8.At the very least, can the 380 gates allow airlines to board with 2 jet bridges? That would make boarding a 744, 77W, 772, etc. easier.
Lufthansa has 14 A380s, and BA 12. I'm skeptical, over the long term, that either of these airlines will serve Boston with A380s. BA currently flies to IAD, LAX, MIA, SFO, and Vancouver with A380s.