tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661737.post5216516955494730868..comments2023-09-25T06:47:42.119-05:00Comments on Worcester Blog: Cape AirBill Randellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12621739944440784768noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661737.post-15082366338269000362011-02-14T22:27:59.255-05:002011-02-14T22:27:59.255-05:00Greetings -- In the 80s-90s MHT was nearly as sma...Greetings -- In the 80s-90s MHT was nearly as small as ORH...with a 3 UA flights to ORD, and 3 US flights to PHL, plus commuter flights with Bar Harbor and Precision to BOS, LGA, JFK, and EWR. The then-airport manager at MHT (Fred Testa) was out on the street (or rather, the streets of Dallas, Atlanta, and Minneapolis) courting airlines like Southwest, Delta, and Northwest. I thought he was Michaellenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661737.post-67584938626243059152011-02-09T16:04:36.883-05:002011-02-09T16:04:36.883-05:00OK let's say dereg was the 70's & the ...OK let's say dereg was the 70's & the 80's. Maybe I should have said the Eeffects of dereg really started to show up in the 80's.<br /><br /> Maybe I wasnt clear. I am in FAVOR of dereg. and market forces; be it airlines, trucking, public ed, firefighting, school custodains, and the like<br /><br /> Mr Lebeau, I do disagree re dereg and it a effect on Worc Airport. The Jahnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661737.post-68719705483543668682011-02-09T13:05:51.370-05:002011-02-09T13:05:51.370-05:00Jahn,
I would like to respond to your comments. Fi...Jahn,<br />I would like to respond to your comments. First,by 1986 most of the regulations on the airline that you so dearly miss were already gone. Certainly there were no rules forcing airlines to use Worcester at that time. Rather a combination of lower landing fees, less congestion and lower fuel costs made Worcester an attractive alternative to airports such as Logan and Bradley. Since thoseBill LeBeauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07979101081515035300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661737.post-62896412742539141502011-02-09T12:41:47.097-05:002011-02-09T12:41:47.097-05:00deregulation was in the '70's
http://en.w...deregulation was in the '70's<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airline_Deregulation_ActT-Travelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09422554327450701217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661737.post-22728795682294290422011-02-09T12:09:12.840-05:002011-02-09T12:09:12.840-05:00BIll I also meant to ask...........do you have tim...BIll I also meant to ask...........do you have time frame in mind for seeing some resulsts up on airport hill, before we decalre the Massport takover of the airport another Berkley Gone bad deal??<br /><br /> a.k.a. acquire assets for real short money and then either sit on them like a big fat hen sitting on eggs and/or they realized their supposedly short money deal was a bad idea???Jahnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661737.post-32105969851125896152011-02-09T12:05:21.744-05:002011-02-09T12:05:21.744-05:00Mr LeBeau, I think we all agree the airport was do...Mr LeBeau, I think we all agree the airport was doing well in the 1980's <br /><br /> My undersanding however is that back then air travel was heavily regulated and carriers were often forced by the the gov't to serve "lesser markets"...thus the bustling Worc Airport. <br /><br /> The airline industry also cannibalized themselves with the likes of $79 flights to far flung Jahnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661737.post-4163657278803230402011-02-08T23:40:10.515-05:002011-02-08T23:40:10.515-05:00Bill, I agree with you. Of course with the money M...Bill, I agree with you. Of course with the money Massport is wasting on things like parking attendants at Logan (See my blog) maybe there isn't much leftover for ORH. To all the naysayers out there during the 1980's Worcester airport had a couple years of 250,000+ passengers flying in and out of Worcester, and that was with the old terminal! Marketing is key and until it is done seriouslyBill LeBeauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07979101081515035300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661737.post-68032382826391608592011-02-08T20:18:20.549-05:002011-02-08T20:18:20.549-05:00BIll, ever hear the term flyover country :(
...BIll, ever hear the term flyover country :(<br /><br /> BTW, do we have weekly flight(s) to Tyrtle Beach? <br /><br /> Any word on how the peak season flights are stacking up htis year.................extra flights added............100% loads......etc???????Jahnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661737.post-45768048800860804432011-02-08T20:14:32.862-05:002011-02-08T20:14:32.862-05:00You know I've been reading of late about Worc&...You know I've been reading of late about Worc's Annual Visions Awards for certain folks. I cant exactly recall them all but it seems to me we had a student, a non profit chieftan, a bureacrat, a doctor, and maybe one other person.<br /><br /> Most of these people all have in common that they take their livelihood from taxpayers and or donors for the most part.<br /><br /> Today I read Jahnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661737.post-83800362846955885842011-02-08T20:06:00.970-05:002011-02-08T20:06:00.970-05:00Jahn
I got to admit I am disappointed to date wi...Jahn<br /><br /><br />I got to admit I am disappointed to date with MassPort. Although I did not expect miracles over-night, I did expect more to date.<br /><br />One more commercial carrier to Florida, Cape Air code sharing with JetBlue would have been nice? To see Cape Air flying from Albany to Boston , skipping right over Worcesyht over Worcester is disappointing.<br /><br /><br />BillBill Randellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12621739944440784768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8661737.post-47752691888837511652011-02-08T19:46:07.455-05:002011-02-08T19:46:07.455-05:00Will Randell said:
"Dont understand how we...Will Randell said:<br /><br /> "Dont understand how we can not get Cape Air to ORH with JetBlue code sharing?"<br /><br /> <<<<< Dont understand why 8 months into Massports takeover we STILL have the sooooooooooo few commercial flights.<br /><br /> As they used say during case studies at the B School (that's Harvard Bizz School for u Wormtownites) .... What doesJahnnoreply@blogger.com