SouthEnder88
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Agreed! Picked my mom up from the airport yesterday, and I have NEVER seen traffic that bad. The congestion to just leave the place started somewhere between terminals C and E
Well if you are in Europe when the ban is implemented you will have a real decision to make. Checked luggage or FedEx.
I flew Turkish from IST-BOS a few weeks ago where the ban is already in place.
Turkish, along with the other ME carriers affected, are gate checking electronics and taking pretty good care of them. You basically hand over your electronics to an employee at the gate who writes down what you have on a slip with your name (they check passports), and places your electronics into thick bubble wrapped pouches, seals it with tamper-evident tape, sticks on something similar to a baggage tag, hands you a corresponding claim tag, and places it in a hard suitcase behind them. The bags are then locked and carried by employees from the gate to the hold (We watched them do this). When you land, you proceed to the baggage claim where there's a table and a few airline employees standing in front of the bags. You hand over your claim tag and passport and they give you your electronics back.
Obviously it's not at all ideal. I think the ban is absurd (and frankly, more dangerous than the threat of a terrorist having the newest MacBoom Pro onboard). It wasn't as bad as expected (especially since it allowed us to have our electronics on the first leg of the trip which was an 8 hour flight). It did, however, lengthen the boarding process. And while it definitely alleviated the issues/concerns I had with potential theft or data compromises, it doesn't do anything for business travelers who expect to use the time aboard productively.
So what happens if I have an Ipad in my carry on and try and bring it on board? How does the airline know since it sounds like you can take your electronics through security and then it's up to the customer to declare it at the gate?
Tangent:
Boston should release an advertising campaign internationally: Boston, this is anti-trump country.
We should make lemonade from these lemons damn it. And I want our new international service to continue thriving.
Simultaneously, the trickle of new flight announcements has stopped..
No.
And lets not bring national politics back into this forum.
Also- This is the time of year where we probably won't hear much anyways except for a new Caribbean addition from JetBlue (which hinges on them being awarded the Boston-Havana frequency if they do not get it they put the plane on Boston-Antigua).s.
For any KBOS plane spotters, we've got a special treat today. An Antonov 124, a beast of a Soviet era cargo plane, will be arriving @ 3:30pm.
See: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/VDA5062
Enjoy.
Tangent:
Boston should release an advertising campaign internationally: Boston, this is anti-trump country.
We should make lemonade from these lemons damn it. And I want our new international service to continue thriving.
Delta is adding service to Pittsburgh starting in October.
No surprise! Its two daily weekdays once daily weekends. Weekend flights seem timed to feed Transatlantic in Logan.
Also Delta is doubling Cancun service for all of winter (Jan-April) now with Saturday and Sunday flights. They were running daily for Xmas/New Years in previous additions.
On top of Pittsburgh and Cancun, I've heard Delta's adding a lot more flights come September. No specifics but sounds like a decent increase in flights out of Logan.
On top of Pittsburgh and Cancun, I've heard Delta's adding a lot more flights come September. No specifics but sounds like a decent increase in flights out of Logan.
It's a saturated route but Chicago is the biggest hole in their network from Logan.
On top of Pittsburgh and Cancun, I've heard Delta's adding a lot more flights come September. No specifics but sounds like a decent increase in flights out of Logan.