T.F. Green Airport Improvement Program - FEIS Chapters - PVD

T.F. Green Airport Improvement ProgramEnvironmental Impact Statement and Final Section 4(f) Evaluationmarkets evaluated (Los Angeles area, San Francisco Bay area, and Seattle) continued to decrease one to threepercent from the analysis presented in the DEIS, while passengers traveling between Boston and the same WestCoast markets on non-stop flights have increased by about the same amount compared to the DEIS analysis.Los Angeles AreaThe O&D passenger traffic between T.F. Green Airport and the Los Angeles area, and the direct 56 passenger trafficbetween Logan Airport and the same market for 1993 through 2010 are shown in Chart 2-1. Air passengers access theLos Angeles market by using the five commercial service airports: Los Angeles International (LAX), Long Beach(LGB), John Wayne-Orange County, Ontario, and Burbank-Bob Hope Airports. LAX has the highest level of O&Dtraffic for an airport that does not receive non-stop service from T.F. Green Airport. 57From 1997 (the first full year of Southwest Airlines service at T.F. Green Airport) through 2003, the average number ofannual O&D passengers between T.F. Green Airport and the Los Angeles area was 212,603. Although legacy aircarriers such as United and American Airlines offered non-stop service from Logan Airport to Los Angeles duringthis time, the introduction of non-stop LCC service by JetBlue in 2004 from Logan Airport to Long Beach Airportcontributed to a 24 percent one-year decrease (2003 to 2004) of T.F. Green Airport O&D passengers in the Los Angelesarea market. New non-stop LCC service is noted in Chart 2-1 and indicated by the dashed lines. In 2009, both JetBlueand Virgin America introduced non-stop flights from Logan Airport to LAX, providing eastern New England regionair travelers more options for non-stop service to the Los Angeles area.From 2004 through 2010, the average annual O&D passengers between T.F. Green Airport and the Los Angelesarea market dropped to 141,108, which is a 34 percent decrease from the average annual O&D traffic between thetwo markets from 1997 through 2003. During the same period, direct passengers 58 between Logan Airport and theLos Angeles area market increased by 57 percent.56 Direct flights include either non-stop flights or flights that stop but some passengers do not disembark the aircraft. Therefore, direct air passengers include nonstopair passengers.57 Airline Origin and Destination Survey (DB1B): Market, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 2010 and 2011.58 Direct passengers include those on non-stop flights and on a flight with one or more intermediate stops but no change of aircraft (with the same flight number).Chapter 2 – Purpose and Need 2-12 July 2011\\mawatr\ev\09228.00\reports\FEIS_Final_July_2011\PVD_CH02_P&N_JUL_2011.doc