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USAirways had service from PHL into New Haven up until the mid 2000s I think. It was normally Piedmont's Dash 8 (or maybe a Colgan SAAB) but we subbed service on the CRJ200 for a few months one year.

Edit: I stand corrected... there was regular USAirways/American service until last year.
 
BobDDuck said:
USAirways had service from PHL into New Haven up until the mid 2000s I think. It was normally Piedmont's Dash 8 (or maybe a Colgan SAAB) but we subbed service on the CRJ200 for a few months one year.

Edit: I stand corrected... there was regular USAirways/American service until last year.
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I guess I was just surprised that of all the places which might benefit from restored or expanded service New Haven was even a contender, let alone a winner. Happy to see it, though!
 
I think they're whistling in the dark. HVN's website pitches the comparison costs of flying out of the three New York City airports (72 to 94 miles). They don't compare flying out of either Hartford - BDL (54 miles of far less traffic) or White Plains - HPN (53 mi., fewer flights/destinations than BDL).

Their arguments are rational and clear, but ignore the fact that it's automatically a connection. It may depend partially on which side of New Haven you live.

I certainly echo Bob Ridpath's comment above.
 
I remember days long, long ago when airlines provided service from some of the most strange locations. As an aficionado, it was awesome to travel to those out-of-the-way places waiting for a Northeast DC9 or FH227 (Delta, for a while, too after the merger), an Executive Twin Otter, or Air New England DC3. The list of amazing flights and places into which they flew is almost beyond imagining these days (and not just in New England).

Direct PWM - BOS and MHT flights on Northeast DC9s or 727s; Executive Twin Otters in regular service to LEW; EEN, WOR, DC9 service into EWB with its five-thousand foot runway. Eastern still flew L-188s on their shuttles out of BOS. Berlin, NH had scheduled service, and Pittsfield, MA, too (twin pistons). POU on US Airways (in my time) to HPN, BTV and BGM. I flew occasionally in those days as a public speaker, and it was more convenient and fun to fly out of POU for connections than to drive the 40 minutes to HPN. I was often the only passenger. The list just goes on and on and on.

Not suggesting for a minute that the economics justified the service, but - man! - was it a glorious time in which to live. The old and dim instamatic pictures I have show a time we’ll never see again, for better or for worse.
 
Bob Ridpath said:
I remember days long, long ago when airlines provided service from some of the most strange locations. As an aficionado, it was awesome to travel to those out-of-the-way places waiting for a Northeast DC9 or FH227 (Delta, for a while, too after the merger), an Executive Twin Otter, or Air New England DC3. The list of amazing flights and places into which they flew is almost beyond imagining these days (and not just in New England).

Direct PWM - BOS and MHT flights on Northeast DC9s or 727s; Executive Twin Otters in regular service to LEW; EEN, WOR, DC9 service into EWB with its five-thousand foot runway. Eastern still flew L-188s on their shuttles out of BOS. Berlin, NH had scheduled service, and Pittsfield, MA, too (twin pistons). POU on US Airways (in my time) to HPN, BTV and BGM. I flew occasionally in those days as a public speaker, and it was more convenient and fun to fly out of POU for connections than to drive the 40 minutes to HPN. I was often the only passenger. The list just goes on and on and on.

Not suggesting for a minute that the economics justified the service, but - man! - was it a glorious time in which to live. The old and dim instamatic pictures I have show a time we’ll never see again, for better or for worse.
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Was this a side effect of a regulated industry or cheap airplanes/fuel? I mean, I guess the first airliners were crop dusters with wicker lawn chairs in the back, but that was almost 100 years ago.
 
Flyinthrew said:
Was this a side effect of a regulated industry or cheap airplanes/fuel? I mean, I guess the first airliners were crop dusters with wicker lawn chairs in the back, but that was almost 100 years ago.
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No idea how it came to be, personally, although I’m not quite old enough yet to have sat in a wicker seat:bounce: Certainly not suggesting it would be an effective business model today. It was just “normal” and a part of life in those days.

I understand dollars adjusted for inflation, and many people note the expense of air travel way back when ... I don’t get that. I saved my 35 cents/day lunch money and dollar a week allowance throughout the school year, along with scant hourly wages from a landscaping job to fly yearly on United from BOS - FWA (connections through CLE) during my teen years to visit grandparents during February vacation. It was not unusual to fly PWM to BOS on Northeast ($16 bucks student) when I might have ridden with my dad. Spent a number of weekends on Mohawk out of BOS who offered a $29.99 fare to fly from Friday 6pm to Sunday 6pm anywhere on their system (No reservations required).

It was glorious, and - somehow - affordable even for a kid with a part-time job.

I guess I’d be richer now had I saved those long-ago dollars, but I wouldn’t trade the experience for anything.

My father used to commute twice monthly from BOS to UCA on Mohawk (going to the Rome Air Development Center - RADC - as a consultant between a couple electronic firms and the Air Force). Never happen again, but it let me spend some glorious hours on the observation deck at Logan (thanks to a patient Mom). Even when there WAS security (late) you could still go to the gates after scanning without a ticket and the observation deck was still open.

The degree to which our world has changed within just my lifetime is difficult to fathom.
 
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PSA did PHL- HVN routes from about 2017 to late 2019 or early 2020 with 200s and occasionally 700s. We dropped it last year after the 200s were retired. We could probably do it in a 700 again. The limiting factor for a 700 or 900 was probably taxiway width on the east side of the airport vs u-turn on the runway. Not sure a 900 can do a u-turn on the runway and it definitely can't taxi around the east side. The 200s could go anywhere on the airport but got weight restricted to 38 pax anytime the runway condition was wet but still 5-5-5. Got stuck there for three days once due to mist making it 4-4-4 and they cancelled flights for required runway length being longer than the pavement.
 
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