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Note that some of their upcoming long haul stuff is to obscure airports: their new flights from Edinburgh are to "Providence/Boston T. F. Green Airport" which i
by gsnedders 9y ago
Note that some of their upcoming long haul stuff is to obscure airports: their new flights from Edinburgh are to "Providence/Boston T. F. Green Airport" which is an hour+ away from Boston. (Well, it's a totally reasonable airport for Providence, but marketing it as Boston is dubious!)
- Xophmeister 9y agoThey fly direct to Logan and JFK from Gatwick. It probably doesn't make financial sense to connect "real" airports to relatively minor ones like Edinburgh.
- gsnedders 9y agoUnited and American fly to Newark and JFK respectively direct from Edinburgh, FWIW. And United fly to Newark from Glasgow, 50 odd miles away, too.
- wbl 9y agoYou can hop on a train to South Station. Granted you can do that from Newark, but it is a cheap train (only during the week because America). So not as convenient as Logan, but definitely comparable to SFO/Oakland.
- bsder 9y ago> Well, it's a totally reasonable airport for Providence, but marketing it as Boston is dubious!) If your destination is truly downtown Boston. However, a lot of people are coming from the suburbs or going to somewhere on Route 128. In those instances, Providence (or Nashua) is WAY faster--especially even remotely close to rush hours. Digging your way into Logan is always a nightmare. And Providence is a vastly nicer airport experience. The Boston airports really do qualify as close to each other if you're renting a car (less than an hour to Boston under most circumstances and probably less than 45 minutes if you're going to Route 128/I-495). (Long Beach to Ontario in Los Angeles is nominally 45 minutes but WAY longer due to traffic).