Fears about a sluggish economy do not appear to have dampened leisure travelers’ eagerness to take to the skies, she said. Wieland sees a similar flight path ahead. “My suspicion is Boston is going to catch up pretty quickly in the next six to eight months,” he said. back to 2019 levels, but having added beyond that level,” Delta spokesman Drake Castañeda said.įrom Heimlich’s perspective, the jet stream is at Logan’s back: As international travel, particularly transatlantic flights, continues to pick up, Boston should benefit. “Delta is proud to stand alone as the only one of the major carriers at Logan to not only fully restored capacity. But Delta is on track to surpass JetBlue by number of flights as the Atlanta-based airline adds more at Logan for this summer season, Massport confirms, totaling more than 150 peak-day departures. ![]() Market leader JetBlue remained the number one airline at Logan through May, based on passengers carried and number of flights. One bright spot for Logan: Delta’s ambitions to dominate in Boston are back on track after getting sidelined by the pandemic. “There’s a reason places like Sarasota, Florida, Austin, Texas, and Nashville are growing through the roof and getting more and more air service,” Heimlich said. Massachusetts lost more than 100,000 people to other states during the pandemic, ranking it among the top five states for net outmigration. Relocations could also be playing a role. (Wieland estimates the prepandemic mix at Logan was 60 percent leisure and 40 percent business, and that ratio is more like 70-30 today.) And there have been many layoffs in the tech sector, which has a big presence in Greater Boston, keeping a lid on expense accounts. ![]() Heimlich also noted that Boston depends heavily on corporate travel, which still has not rebounded. ![]() A traveler pulls their luggage between terminals at Logan International Airport on Jan.
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