For Immediate Release

Media Relations & Tourism Sales Department of the Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau.

Larry Meehan, Vice President of Media Relations & Tourism Sales, lmeehan@bostonusa.com, 617-867-8231; Joanna Blasi, Media Relations & Tourism Sales Coordinator, jblasi@bostonusa.com, 617-867-8226.

 

November 2007

 

New 2007 international nonstop air service to BostonUSA:

Madrid-Boston with Iberia Airlines begins May 6, 2007; Dublin-Boston began March 25, 2007; Glasgow-Boston Flyglobespan May 25, 2007

 

Boston’s Logan International Airport will now offer direct service from 37 international destinations,

up from 23 in 2001.

 

  

• Madrid-Boston
• Spanish national airline Iberia will offer five times a week service to Madrid May 6, 2007 on a 260-seat Airbus A340.

 

• Northwest Ireland-Boston
• Scottish discount carrier Flyglobespan will begin the new twice-a-week flight from Ireland West Airport in Knock, County Mayo on May 29, 2007.

 

• Glasgow--Boston
• Scottish discount carrier Flyglobespan will begin the new daily service from Glasgow to Boston on May 25, 2007.

 

• Dublin-Boston
• Irish airline Aer Lingus resumed Dublin- Boston nonstop service to Boston's Logan International Airport March 25, Flights depart five times weekly, on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays,. In May the service will be expanded to once daily. Aer Lingus, also flies to Boston from Shannon.

• Amsterdam--Boston

• USA-based Northwest will offer a second daily flight from Amsterdam to Boston on July 15, 2007.

• Paris-Boston
• American Airlines resumes Paris-Boston daily nonstop service on May 1, 2007 . Daily service continues through October 27, 2007.

 

• Manchester (England) -Boston
• American Airlines resumed Manchester -Boston daily nonstop service on April 10, 2007. Daily service continues through November 30, 2007.

 

• Stockholm -Boston
• Finnair Airlines will offer Stockholm -Boston nonstop service three times weekly beginning on June 7, 2007 though September 5, 2007.

 

• Bermuda-Boston
• Jet Blue Airlines will begin daily nonstop service on May 1, 2007 . Daily service continue through October 31, 2007.

 

• Munich -Boston
• Lufthansa  Airlines resumed Munich -Boston  daily nonstop service on March 25, 2007. Daily service continues through October 27, 2007.

 

• Rome- Boston
• Alitalia Airlines will resume Rome -Boston  daily nonstop service on June 10, 2007. Daily service continues through October 17, 2007.