What do you think?? Sorry, I already posted it and once you--no changes can be made.
http://www.petitiononline.com/ORH/petition.html
We urge the City of Worcester to utilize the remaining funds available from the Small Community Air Service Grant (approximately $250,000) to entice JetBlue to divert two of the ten flights per day from Boston (BOS)-JFK to Worcester (ORH)-JFK. In addition to making these fuinds available to JetBlue, the City of Worcester should waive all landing fees and any other associated overhead expenses JetBlue would incur at ORH thru end of June, 2007.
We also urge MassPort, the City of Worcester's current operating partner, to help ORH convince JetBlue to move these two flights per day to Worcester. It would not only benefit their partner, Worcester Regional Airport, but the passengers in the Metro-West/Worcester areawould have Worcester as an option and help lessen the traffic into Boston.
Same Time Next Year
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It’s been nearly a year since I wrote about the problems that come from
having 11 bosses who are not on the same page about anything, as well as
suggestion...
4 months ago
6 comments:
I still think recruiting an airline not already serving Massachusetts is a better idea, but even this is light years ahead of what the city and/or Massport is doing
Bill, I would have liked to edit your petition for a little broader approach before you posted it. Sadly, I can't sign my name because I don't think it has the impact that is needed.
Tom said...
"Sadly, I can't sign my name because I don't think it has the impact that is needed. "
So you think ORH would be better off continuing as is, rather than trying to recruit Jetblue?
Just becasue it isn't enough doesn't mean it isn't good.
Tom:
344 days to the end of the current agreement, we do not have the luxury of being broad. We need to focus on one goal. To that end, JetBlue has been our consisten vision for two years.
If Charley Farley and myself are the only two , who sign the petition, then you are right. It will not have the impact that is needed.
Bill
JBLU needs the frequencies at Logan to compete with Delta and US Airways shuttle products. They wont move them to ORH. As a matter of fact, it is possible that if they have already signed corporate contracts to the shuttle routes that they may have commitments to customers to maintain the frequencies to lure them away from DL and US.
Anonymous:
Whether it is JetBlue, United or Delta, I do not think anyone cares who it is..
Allegiant has been great but we need to have multiple flights per day to a major hub to turn this airport around.. In light of the tunnel problems, I think if ORH was aggressive that we could potentially divert flights from one of these carriers to ORH.
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