ChrisNH From United States of America, joined Jun 1999, 3805 posts, RR: 2 Posted (5 years 6 months 4 weeks 21 hours ago) and read 2661 times:
A United Airlines 757 flew from Dulles to Bedford, Massachusetts (20 miles west of Boston) today, and after an hour flew right back down to Dulles. Flight northbound was 9887 and the flight south was 9981. First thought was a sports charter, but I can't piece it together if that's what it was. Any ideas?
Boston92 From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 3390 posts, RR: 7 Reply 2, posted (5 years 6 months 4 weeks 21 hours ago) and read 2635 times:
ChrisNH From United States of America, joined Jun 1999, 3805 posts, RR: 2 Reply 3, posted (5 years 6 months 4 weeks 20 hours ago) and read 2586 times:
Absolutely. Of course. I'm so conditioned to seeing inbound teams go to Providence. I suppose against the Patriots teams will try anything 'different.'
RL757PVD From United States of America, joined Dec 1999, 4537 posts, RR: 13 Reply 4, posted (5 years 6 months 4 weeks 20 hours ago) and read 2487 times:
It all depends what hotel they stay at usually.
Though alot of teams will still fly out of PVD, even if they fly into BOS or BED. Gillette -PVD is under 30 min.
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71Zulu From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 2736 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (5 years 6 months 4 weeks 19 hours ago) and read 2411 times:
It was the Redskins and their flight number is always UA 9887.
The Patriots use PVD as their home airport and so do most teams in town to play the Pats. This is the first time this season that a visiting NFL team has used BED.
Boston92 From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 3390 posts, RR: 7 Reply 6, posted (5 years 6 months 4 weeks 19 hours ago) and read 2376 times:
I believe the Colts used BOS a few years back as they stayed at the Westin in Waltham while I was there. Very cool seeing Manning and Co.
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ChrisNH From United States of America, joined Jun 1999, 3805 posts, RR: 2 Reply 7, posted (5 years 6 months 4 weeks 9 hours ago) and read 2189 times:
The only problem with flying into BED and staying in Waltham is that the team bus has to travel the same clogged Route 128/Route 1 path to get to Gillette. At least by flying into PVD and coming up Route 1 from the south, traffic congestion would be a bit less. But in general I would say that BED is no more than ten to fifteen minutes further from Gillette Stadium than PVD is.
Lat41 From United States of America, joined Jun 2004, 447 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (5 years 6 months 4 weeks 8 hours ago) and read 2180 times:
Apparently the lodging location dictated this move. The Redskins will return from PVD as per usual NFL outbound flights after Sunday's game. A NW 757 has used BED last year I think for the same logistics, yet brought the team back from Providence.
Airbazar From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 6877 posts, RR: 7 Reply 10, posted (5 years 6 months 3 weeks 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 1799 times:
Quoting ChrisNH (Reply 7): The only problem with flying into BED and staying in Waltham is that the team bus has to travel the same clogged Route 128/Route 1 path to get to Gillette.
Not much traffic on a Sunday afternoon, and i don't think they use Rt1. i believe VIP's and I guess this includes the team buses, use a back entrance off of I-95. Besides, they have a police escort all the way from the hotel to the stadium, so traffic wouldn't be an issue anyway.
B752OS From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 1322 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (5 years 6 months 3 weeks 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 1781 times:
Quoting RL757PVD (Reply 4): It all depends what hotel they stay at usually.
Though alot of teams will still fly out of PVD, even if they fly into BOS or BED. Gillette -PVD is under 30 min.
That's not always a sure bet. People forget that PVD is on the other side of Providence and for a city its size, Providence traffic if horrible and can be during the afternoons, weekends and weekdays. The new 195 and 95 interchange is ans has been causing problems for some time now.
Quoting 71Zulu (Reply 5): It was the Redskins and their flight number is always UA 9887.
The Patriots use PVD as their home airport and so do most teams in town to play the Pats. This is the first time this season that a visiting NFL team has used BED.
BED is the Celtics preferred airport but teams playing the Bruins, Red Sox, or Celtics fly into BOS. Also, the Patriots always leave out of BOS when they have played in the Super Bowl.
PVD757 From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 3375 posts, RR: 18 Reply 12, posted (5 years 6 months 3 weeks 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 1673 times:
Quoting B752OS (Reply 11): That's not always a sure bet. People forget that PVD is on the other side of Providence and for a city its size, Providence traffic if horrible and can be during the afternoons, weekends and weekdays. The new 195 and 95 interchange is ans has been causing problems for some time now.
The teams almost always fly into the airport that allows them the easist/quickest means to their hotel. It is usually PVD.
There is hardly any traffic going through Providence on the weekends and the construction has only impacted lanes closures during the overnight period. The traffic that exists is the M-F rush-hour traffic that would have been there anyway.
The first phase of the new interchange (95N to 195E) opens next week.
B752OS From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 1322 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (5 years 6 months 3 weeks 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 1659 times:
Quoting PVD757 (Reply 12): Quoting B752OS (Reply 11):
That's not always a sure bet. People forget that PVD is on the other side of Providence and for a city its size, Providence traffic if horrible and can be during the afternoons, weekends and weekdays. The new 195 and 95 interchange is ans has been causing problems for some time now.
The teams almost always fly into the airport that allows them the easist/quickest means to their hotel. It is usually PVD.
There is hardly any traffic going through Providence on the weekends and the construction has only impacted lanes closures during the overnight period. The traffic that exists is the M-F rush-hour traffic that would have been there anyway.
The first phase of the new interchange (95N to 195E) opens next week.
I have had some problems before going from 195 to 95 in recent months visiting some family that lives down in Rehoboth. It sure will be a big upgrade for Providence once the new interchange is completed, the drive times should be chopped down nicely.
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