World City Guide

Getting There By Air

Logan International Airport (BOS)
Tel: (617) 561 1800 or (800) 23 LOGAN (5 6426), toll free in the USA and Canada. Fax: (617) 561 1889. Website: www.massport.com
This is New England’s largest airport and conveniently located only four kilometres (two miles) from the city centre, which is just across the bay.

Major airlines: Over 55 international and domestic airlines use Logan Airport. All have websites and toll-free numbers, which can be found on the airport website above. A representative selection includes: Aer Lingus, Air Canada, Air France, Alitalia, American Airlines, British Airways, Continental Airlines, Delta Airlines, Icelandicair, KLM, Lufthansa, Qantas, Swiss, United Airlines, US Airways and Virgin Atlantic.

Airport facilities: All the terminals have food and drink areas, newsagents, gift shops and banking services. Though Terminal A is currently closed for renovations, and Terminal D offers only food, beverage, newspaper and Internet facilities, all other terminals have restaurants and a range of shopping and services. Terminals B, C and E have duty-free facilities. On-site car hire is available from Alamo, Avis, Budget, Dollar, Hertz and National. Enterprise and Thrifty are available nearby, but all of the car hire companies provide courtesy shuttle buses.

Business facilities: No dedicated area, although all terminals offer Internet access.

Transport to the city: There is an enormous range of transport from Logan. JC Transportation (tel: (800) 517 2281 or (617) 699 9194) operates 24-hour door-to-door shuttle buses to downtown for US$9, Brookline and Cambridge for US$12 and prices ranging from US$11-22 for surrounding areas. The Logan Express (tel: (800) 235 6416) bus service goes to the city suburbs of Framingham, Woburn and Braintree.

Taxis are available 24 hours from all terminals; rates are according to the meter within a 12-mile radius, beyond that there are flat rates. Trips to downtown cost around US$25 plus an airport fee of US$6.00 (US$1.50 Mass port fee and Sumner and Ted Williams Tunnel tolls of US$4.50).
Bonanza Bus Line (tel: (888) 751 8800 or (401) 751 8800; website: www.bonanzabus.com) and Plymouth & Brockton Bus Lines (tel: (508) 746 0378; website: www.p-b.com) offer service to Southern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Concord Trailways serves Northern New England (tel: (800) 639 3317;website: www.concordtrailways.com). Vermont Transit Bus Lines (tel: (800) 552 8737; website: www.vermonttransit.com) services Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Canada. Prices vary with destination.

The Airport Station is on the MBTA (tel: (617) 222 5000 or toll free (800) 392 6100; website: www.mbta.com) Blue Line subway (US$1 single fare). Trains to downtown run about every 10 minutes (journey time – 15 minutes). MBTA also operates regular bus services (US$0.75 single fare): routes 448, 459 and CT3 go downtown.

Between 0600 and 2000, Sun – Fri, the Logan DART Shuttle departs every 15 minutes from downtown’s Financial District via the South Station’s Gate 25 and from the MBTA bus stop at the Stone and Webster Building on Summer Street. It stops at all Logan airport terminals, US$5.
Harbor Express and Logan-Boston Water Taxi (tel: (617) 222-6999; website: www.harborexpress.com) run water shuttle service between Logan Airport, Long Wharf in downtown Boston, and Quincy and Hull on the South Shore. Weekdays 0555-2310, weekends 0800-2100, but departure times vary, US$10-12. For the same price, City Water Taxi (tel: (617) 422-0392; website: www.citywatertaxi.com) also operates from the Logan dock to several downtown Boston destinations (journey times – 7-25 minutes).

The Logan Shuttle courtesy bus connects (0400-0100) all terminals with the Airport Station on the MBTA Blue Line, Satellite Parking areas and the Water Transportation Terminal. The airport’s free water transport bus 66 connects all terminals to the Logan dock.

Approximate flight times to Boston: From London is 6 hours 30 minutes; from Los Angeles is 6 hours 30 minutes; from Toronto is 1 hour 45 minutes and from Sydney is 22-24 hours.

Arrival/departure tax: Included in ticket.