remote TSA – Starting June 1, travelers flying Delta Air Lines and JetBlue from Boston Logan will be able to check in, drop bags, clear TSA, and transfer by coach to the airport from a new remote terminal in Framingham operated with Landline and Massport.
When Delta and JetBlue flyers leave home on June 1, they won’t just be heading toward Boston Logan International Airport. They’ll be heading toward security first—at a remote terminal in Framingham—then rolling into the airport through a coach ride that drops them inside the TSA-controlled area.
Beginning June 1. mobility company Landline and the Boston operator Massport will open a new remote terminal in Framingham. Massachusetts. a suburb west of Boston.. Hourly buses will connect the site to Boston Logan. where travelers can board a Landline coach bus after completing check-in and TSA screening at the remote facility.. The terminal itself will be located in a former park-and-ride lot.
At the Framingham remote terminal. Delta and JetBlue flyers will be able to check in. drop bags. and clear TSA before getting onto the coach.. The ride is expected to take 45 to 60 minutes. and the coach will drop passengers inside security—either at gate A18 in Terminal A for Delta or at gate C8 in Terminal C for JetBlue.. Checked bags will be transferred directly between planes and buses.
The remote terminal at Logan Airport includes both a bag drop for Delta and JetBlue and a TSA checkpoint for travelers—built around a different travel rhythm than the typical in-town check-in model.. There. travelers may check in and drop bags in the city. but they still go through security only after reaching the airport.
That contrast is where Landline’s growth story becomes part of the news.. The company. founded on the idea that buses could replace short-haul flights at lower cost while linking smaller communities to major hubs. has expanded into an airport ground transportation network operating independently and as a partner to airports and airlines including Air Canada. American Airlines. and Sun Country Airlines.. David Sunde, CEO and co-founder of Landline, said the company’s latest move is aimed at addressing big-airport constraints.
“The story here is that big airports are out of space,” Sunde said in an interview.. “Construction at big airports is really difficult and really expensive.. Now. we have a counterpoint that is we can stand up. in six months. a facility in a parking lot. in a suburb of one of the biggest metro areas and busiest airports in the U.S.. and have it screening people almost immediately.”
Even with that speed. the operational stakes are also clear: the arrangement is designed with different rules than a typical airline-led connection.. Unlike an option where a single carrier manages end-to-end travel. Landline’s partnership here is with Massport rather than an airline.. That means users do not earn loyalty points for the Landline bus portion of their rides. and there are no connection guarantees if the bus—or their flight—is late.. Landline will communicate with Delta and JetBlue about who was screened in Framingham and making the journey to BOS.
Sunde framed the advantage of the setup as more than just convenience. “The airlines have awareness of where you are and that’s certainly a step above driving yourself to Logan,” he said.
The service is marketed and sold under the existing Logan Express brand, rather than as a new airline route. Seats are priced from as little as $9 one-way, and kids under 17 ride for free.
There is also an access-and-emotions element to the push.. Richard Davey. CEO of Massport. told The Boston Globe in September that the agency hopes to encourage more people to take transit to BOS rather than drive. and that the remote terminal is meant to reduce anxiety about getting to the airport.. “Part of the intent is to reduce people’s anxiety of getting to the airport,” Davey said.. “We’re going to start small to see if we can get folks excited about it.”
To anchor the airline side, Delta and JetBlue are already positioned as the primary beneficiaries.. Delta and JetBlue will together fly 51% of all seats from BOS in June. schedule data from aviation analytics firm Cirium shows.. Charlie Schewe. director of sales-east at Delta. called the remote terminal “the kind of innovation we want to be part of — elevating the journey and getting people to their destination seamlessly.” Daniel Blake. vice president of airport experience at JetBlue. said. “We’re excited to try new ways to enhance our customers’ journey by thinking outside the box and collaborating with our airport partners.”
The timing and structure also place Boston in a narrower category of airports where remote screening happens before arrival.. BOS is the third major airport—after Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport (ORD) and Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)—where Landline brings travelers who have been screened elsewhere inside security.. Landline’s other operations at Denver International Airport (DEN), Minneapolis-St.. Paul International Airport (MSP) and Pearson International Airport (YYZ) in Toronto all arrive landside (or outside security).
The pattern is explicit across the company’s footprint: when remote screening is part of the service. the airport pairing matters—BOS. ORD. and PHL are listed as places where passengers are brought “inside security” after being screened elsewhere. while DEN. MSP. and YYZ are described as arriving landside.
Massport is already looking ahead as well. The agency is planning a new Logan Express facility in the southern Boston suburb of Braintree that, if the new Landline Framingham bus is successful, could include a TSA checkpoint and serve as another remote terminal for the airport.
Landline’s pathway to this model has taken time before it reached airports beyond its first connections.. It took four years from its launch to implement the first “tarmac-to-tarmac” bus connection. linking Atlantic City International Airport (ACY) in New Jersey and Lehigh Valley International Airport (ABE) near Allentown. Pennsylvania. with Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) in partnership with American and the TSA.. Landline also worked for years to transport travelers inside security from one airport to another via bus.
For travelers in Boston, the difference is immediate: on a single trip starting June 1, check-in and TSA screening both move off-site, with the coach dropping passengers at gate A18 for Delta or gate C8 for JetBlue once inside security.
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