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Good to see some new posts. Not good that it has been over two years since there has been any new service added at ORH. I moved back to Worcester 5 years ago and have flown 4 or 5 times a year since then so about 20 flights +/- over the past 5 years. Have not taken a single flight out of ORH. We actually have to go to the Orlando area in August and figured it would be a great opportunity to fly out of ORH. That idea didn’t last long as it would have been close to $1,400 for two roundtrip tickets.

Didn’t appear to be due to limited seat availability either as more than half the plane had seats available to pick from when booking. Ended up getting a flight out of Logan for $240 each roundtrip on Delta. I’m all for paying a bit more for convenience but $1,000 more is a no go. Not sure what is going on at ORH or if there is any plan. I drive on Goddard Memorial Drive several times a week and will sometimes detour up Airport Drive and most of the time it’s a ghost town up there. The parking lots are rarely more than 1/3 to 1/2 full. Nice to see that the city is paving the lower end of Goddard Memorial Drive finally. I’m really starting to think that a lack of direct access is killing this airport. What else could it possibly be???

I read somewhere that Logan had 43 million passengers in 2024. Logan doesn’t have an infinite amount of space to continue growing so at some point I have to imagine they’ll top out. I have a client in Chelsea that I have to visit usually once a week and there are literally cars parked in the medians and under the overpasses at Logan. Basically, anywhere they can park a car, they are parking them. Logan Express in Framingham is undergoing a major expansion also.

JetBlue is operating in the red and says they won’t be profitable again this year. I don’t see any new service coming anytime soon. I wish the American flight to Philly was earlier. As with the Delta flight to LaGuardia it’s too late in the day so you either miss most connections or arrive at your final destination way too late at night.