By their own admission, another runway is a short-term remedy, at best. The detrimental impact on our neighborhoods is too great. I do not believe that Massport has done nearly enough to meet that burden. Massport has pledged that this runway will remain unidirectional. Neighborhood residents also point to the fact that Massport has not followed through on plans for MBTA blue line improvements and buffer parks.
Small planes exacerbate delays at Logan, while providing only limited passenger capacity.
If the airlines were required to rely on slightly larger aircraft rather than more frequent flights to meet the demands of smaller markets, delays would decline. Massport should be working to encourage this. Massport should reconsider trying peak hour pricing as a way to discourage smaller aircraft from landing at Logan during peak traffic periods, and to create an incentive for the use of alternative airports. This might also encourage consolidation of commuter flights into smaller numbers of slightly larger aircraft, as mentioned above. Massport seems to have ignored the option of peak pricing.