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Before the coronavirus pandemic hit, Worcester Regional Airport was slowly adding more airlines and direct flights, with three carriers offering five direct flights. However, after the COVID-19 social distancing restrictions hit, the carrier with the most flights, JetBlue Airways, requested to temporarily suspend its service in Worcester. The U.S. Department of Transportation denied the request, but JetBlue still eliminated its direct flights to Fort Lauderdale and Orlando and its direct flight to New York City was booking at 15% capacity.

Will the Worcester Regional Airport recover its full complement of airlines and flights once the coronavirus pandemic has passed?
Yes, the airport was trending up before the crisis. (29%, 65 VOTES)
Yes, as long as it keeps improving its infrastructure and systems. (35%, 78 VOTES)
No, since the airport was struggling to fill flights before the crisis. (13%, 28 VOTES)
No, because the airline industry will be significantly changed after the crisis passes. (23%, 50 VOTES)
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Before the coronavirus pandemic hit, Worcester Regional Airport was slowly adding more airlines and direct flights, with three carriers offering five direct flights. However, after the COVID-19 social distancing restrictions hit, the carrier with the most flights, JetBlue Airways, requested to temporarily suspend its service in Worcester. The U.S. Department of Transportation denied the request, but JetBlue still eliminated its direct flights to Fort Lauderdale and Orlando and its direct flight to New York City was booking at 15% capacity.

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  • April 21, 2020

    And, it still needs better marketing across a wider geography and to promote some of its advantages like the cost of parking and short lines. Covered parking or a garage right there with also be be great to add to it and a bus to Union Station and even Springfield and Providence!

  • April 21, 2020

    The question is misleading in that it doesn't specify what it means for the pandemic to have passed. In some minds, it will never pass; in many others it is within a few weeks of passing. WRA 's flights and passenger counts will likely follow the industry recovery. When air travel returns to its 2019 levels, WRA's flights and passenger counts will return to their pre-pandemic levels. If traffic stays low for the long-term, the Worcester flights will be among the ones the airlines will cut. There will be fewer planes to go around and probably fewer airlines if travel doesn't resume by summer. The fixed costs of an airline are enormous, and cannot be sustained by many carriers much longer.