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Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: MaineWriter on January 04, 2007, 09:59:25 am ---Honey, we ALL have to take off our shoes and belts...
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Well, sure. My point was just that the procedure is the same, even in a rinky-dink little airport like P'town.
MaineWriter:
Philadelphia, Logan, National...oh, excuse me, Reagan (in DC) all suffer from the same problem...they are close to the city with fairly limited room to expand. For Logan, a major strategy has been to try to entice people to fly to/from other airports, namely Providence RI and Manchester NH. I think this has been more or less successful. Dulles was supposed to be "the airport of the future" that would make Reagan obsolete. Well, that plan flopped and Dulles today is a disaster.
The Philadelphia airport seemed to go through an extended period of reconstruction but now that it is done, it is nice, and quite manageable. I get the feeling that lots of traffic has been diverted to Pittsburgh, which has eased up the burden in Philly.
Logan has been going through an extended period of construction for oh, the last 40 years or so. No end in sight on that one. LOL
And David, amazingly, in all my travels, I have never been to your airport...Bradley International, right?
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David:
--- Quote from: MaineWriter on January 04, 2007, 10:22:54 am ---And David, amazingly, in all my travels, I have never been to your airport...Bradley International, right?
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Yes. Bradley Int'l Airport, or Hartford/Springfield as often called is the second largest Airport in New England next to Logan. It is situated about 12 miles North of Hartford. We don't have any International flights currently, but in July NorthWest Airlines will offer non-stop flights to Amsterdam.
http://www.bradleyairport.com/home/home.php
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: MaineWriter on January 04, 2007, 10:22:54 am ---For Logan, a major strategy has been to try to entice people to fly to/from other airports, namely Providence RI and Manchester NH. I think this has been more or less successful.
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I guess it's what, Southwest?, advertises regularly down here that they fly from Philadelphia to "the Boston area," which, when you read the fine print, turns out to mean Providence and Manchester.
I know New England ain't that big--it ain't Wyomin', after all--but I'm, like, What's that about? If I had business in downtown Boston, why the heck would I want to go to Providence or Manchester, and then have to deal with getting into downtown Boston?
I know money's a good point, but still. ... ???
David:
Yeah, SouthWest advertises Bradley to Philly for $39. My Mom (who is afraid to fly) keeps saying she'll take that flight just to see if she can handle a short trip. I keep telling her that it is $39 + fees each way. Plus if she wants to go into Philly for lunch, she'll need a taxi (more $) each way. When she realizes the little lunch trip will cost her over $100 she nearly fainted! LOL
Of course she thinks you can still take the train to NYC round trip for $20 !
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