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

T.F. Green Airport Improvement ProgramEnvironmental Impact Statement and Final Section 4(f) EvaluationSan Francisco Bay AreaThe O&D passenger traffic between T.F. Green Airport and the San Francisco Bay area, and the direct passengertraffic between Logan Airport and the same market for calendar years 1993 through 2010 is shown in Chart 2-2.Air passengers access the San Francisco Bay Area by using three commercial service airports: San FranciscoInternational, Oakland International, and Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airports. San FranciscoInternational has the ninth highest level of O&D traffic for an airport that does not receive non-stop service fromT.F. Green Airport. 59From 1997 (the first full year of Southwest Airlines service at T.F. Green Airport) through 2003, an average of145,510 O&D passengers traveled between T.F. Green Airport and the San Francisco Bay area airports per year.Many of the legacy air carriers such as United and American Airlines have offered non-stop service between LoganAirport and San Francisco International Airport. New non-stop LCC service is noted in Chart 2-2 and indicated bythe dashed lines. In 2004, non-stop LCC service to the San Francisco Bay Area from Logan Airport was initiatedwhen JetBlue Airways began non-stop service from Logan Airport to Oakland International Airport (OAK). In2005, JetBlue introduced non-stop service to Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC), which thecarrier temporarily discontinued in late 2008 (citing high fuel prices) and resumed in 2010. In 2007, JetBlue begannon-stop service to San Francisco International Airport (SFO), which the carrier also discontinued in late 2008(again citing high fuel prices) and resumed in 2010. In 2009, Virgin America introduced non-stop flights fromLogan Airport to San Francisco International Airport.From 2003 to 2004 (when non-stop LCC service to the San Francisco Bay Area was introduced from LoganAirport), passengers traveling between T.F. Green Airport and the San Francisco Bay Area airports decreased by26 percent. From 2004 through 2010, the number of average annual O&D passengers between T.F. Green Airportand the San Francisco Bay area airports dropped to 90,457, which is a 38 percent decrease from the seven-yearaverage of 145,510 O&D passengers between 1997 and 2003. The average annual number of direct passengersbetween Logan Airport and the San Francisco Bay Area market between the periods of 1997-2003 and 2004-2010increased by approximately 29 percent.59 Airline Origin and Destination Survey (DB1B): Market, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 2010 and 2011.Chapter 2 – Purpose and Need 2-14 July 2011\\mawatr\ev\09228.00\reports\FEIS_Final_July_2011\PVD_CH02_P&N_JUL_2011.doc