Hanscom News: Massport Pushes Regional Airport Use

• 4/16/04 Worcester Telegram & Gazette: Massport has agreed to extend its operation of Worcester Regional Airport for another three years, allowing completion of a master plan and a study under way by the FAA.

• 11/3/03 Globe: Worcester leaders hope for a renewed commitment from Massport to run Worcester Regional Airport, which has struggled since Sept. 11, 2001.

• 1/22/03 Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Globe, Globe: US Airways will end service to Worcester Regional Airport on Feb. 8, which will leave the beleaguered airport with no commercial flights.

• 8/2/02 Worcester Telegram & Gazette: American Eagle reported yesterday that it would end flights to Worcester Regional Airport on Sept. 4, concluding months of struggle to boost travel on the Worcester-Chicago route.

• 4/18/02 Herald: Massport is suddenly looking for ways to disentangle itself from troubled Worcester Regional Airport, a move that could hamper regionalization efforts and put a greater strain on both Logan International Airport and Hanscom Field in Bedford.

• 8/22/01 Massport: The Airport Citizens Advisory Committee at Worcester Regional Airport voted 10-4 last week to recommend construction of a roadway to improve access to the underutilized facility.

• 3/31/01 Globe: Massport is encouraging travelers to use alternatives to Logan Airport, including T.F. Green in Warwick, R.I., Worcester Regional, Manchester and Pease in New Hampshire, Portland in Maine, and Bradley International in Windsor Locks, Conn.

• 1/4/01 Globe: Massport is planning to spend about $500,000 this year to promote the use of regional airports in New England. 

• 12/00 WSJ: Other regional airports feel that Massport is taking too much credit for a joint advertising campaign, and is using it to generate support for a new runway at Logan.

• 12/5/00 AP: Virginia Buckingham, the Executive Director of Massport, wants both a new runway at Logan and increased flights out of the regional airports.

• 7/5/00 WSJ: Massport will promote flights from out-of-state airports, including T.F. Green and Manchester.

• 7/2/00 Globe: Shuttle America, Massport weigh expansion to Worcester.

• 7/2/00 Globe: State Senator Robert Havern has suggested that Massport rent Manchester Airport.

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