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| city-served  = [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], US
| city-served  = [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], US
| location    = [[East Boston]], [[Massachusetts]]
| location    = [[East Boston]], [[Massachusetts]]
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* [[Cape Air]]
* [[Delta Air Lines]]<ref name="Delta">[http://news.delta.com/boston-logan-international-airport-0 Boston Logan International Airport | Delta News Hub<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[PenAir]]
| focus_city= *[[American Airlines]]
* [[JetBlue Airways]]<ref name="JetBlue Airways – Press Releases">{{cite press release |url=http://investor.jetblue.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=131045&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1595211&highlight= |title=JetBlue Airways – Press Releases |publisher=JetBlue |date=August 10, 2011 |accessdate=November 25, 2011}}{{dead link|date=September 2015}}</ref>
* [[Azores Airlines]]
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'''Logan International Airport''' (officially '''General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport''')<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/actsResolves/1943/1943acts0528.pdf |format=PDF |title=An Act Providing for the Development, Enlargement, Extension, Development, Construction, Alteration and Operation of the Commonwealth Airport -- Boston, So Called, and Providing Further For Ease-ments, Roads, highways, Approaches, and Means of Access By Railroad or Otherwise in Connection Therewith, Acts (1943) Chapter 528, (Section 8) |publisher=[[Massachusetts General Court]] |date=June 12, 1943 |access-date=September 14, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/actsResolves/1954/1954acts0361.pdf |format=PDF |title=An Act Changing The Name of the General Edward Lawrence Logan Airport, Acts (1954) Chapter 361 |publisher=[[Massachusetts General Court]] |date=April 29, 1954 |access-date=September 14, 2015}}</ref> {{Airport codes|BOS|KBOS|BOS}} is an [[international airport]] located in the [[East Boston]] neighborhood of [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], United States (and partly in the town of [[Winthrop, Massachusetts]]). It covers {{convert|2384|acre}}, has six runways, four passenger terminals, and employs an estimated 16,000 people. Logan is the largest airport in [[New England]] and [[List of the busiest airports in the United States|17th busiest airport]] in the United States, with 33.5 million total passengers in 2015.<ref>{{cite report |title=2013 North American Airport Traffic Summary (Movements) |publisher=Airports Council International |url=http://www.aci-na.org/sites/default/files/nam2013_top_50.xlsx |format=XLSX |access-date=September 14, 2015}}</ref> It is named after [[General Edward Lawrence Logan]].
'''Logan International Airport''' (officially '''General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport''')<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/actsResolves/1943/1943acts0528.pdf |format=PDF |title=An Act Providing for the Development, Enlargement, Extension, Development, Construction, Alteration and Operation of the Commonwealth Airport -- Boston, So Called, and Providing Further For Ease-ments, Roads, highways, Approaches, and Means of Access By Railroad or Otherwise in Connection Therewith, Acts (1943) Chapter 528, (Section 8) |publisher=[[Massachusetts General Court]] |date=June 12, 1943 |access-date=September 14, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://archives.lib.state.ma.us/actsResolves/1954/1954acts0361.pdf |format=PDF |title=An Act Changing The Name of the General Edward Lawrence Logan Airport, Acts (1954) Chapter 361 |publisher=[[Massachusetts General Court]] |date=April 29, 1954 |access-date=September 14, 2015}}</ref> {{Airport codes|BOS|KBOS|BOS}} is an [[international airport]] located in the [[East Boston]] neighborhood of [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], United States (and partly in the town of [[Winthrop, Massachusetts]]). It covers {{convert|2384|acre}}, has six runways, four passenger terminals, and employs an estimated 16,000 people. Logan is the largest airport in [[New England]] and [[List of the busiest airports in the United States|17th busiest airport]] in the United States, with 33.5 million total passengers in 2015.<ref>{{cite report |title=2013 North American Airport Traffic Summary (Movements) |publisher=Airports Council International |url=http://www.aci-na.org/sites/default/files/nam2013_top_50.xlsx |format=XLSX |access-date=September 14, 2015}}</ref> It is named after [[General Edward Lawrence Logan]].


The airport serves as a [[focus city]] for [[JetBlue]],<ref name="JetBlue Airways – Press Releases" /> which carries out the largest operations from Logan International Airport, as well as a [[Airline hub|hub]] for [[Delta Air Lines]].<ref name="Delta"/>  The regional airline [[Cape Air]] and commuter airline [[PenAir]] all carry out hub operations from Boston. [[American Airlines]] also carries out many operations from the airport. All of the major U.S. air carriers offer flights from Boston to all or the majority of their primary and secondary hubs. It is also a destination of many major European airlines. Logan Airport has previously served as a hub for [[Air New England]], [[Provincetown-Boston Airlines]], [[American Eagle (airline brand)|American Eagle]], [[Braniff International Airways]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Braniff International Airways: The History of an Amazing Airline |website= Fly Away Simulation |date=April 25, 2013 |url=http://flyawaysimulation.com/news/4683/ |access-date=September 14, 2015}}</ref> and [[Northeast Airlines]], as well as a focus city for [[AirTran Airways]], [[American Airlines]], [[Continental Airlines]],  [[Continental Connection]], [[Pan American World Airways]], [[Trans World Airlines]], and [[US Airways]].
The airport has frequent service to destinations throughout [[North America]] (including the [[United States]], [[Canada]] and [[Mexico]]), [[Latin America]], the [[Caribbean]], the North Atlantic region (including [[Bermuda]] and [[the Azores]]), and [[Middle East]], [[Europe]] and [[Asia]].<ref name="JALTokyo">{{cite news |first=Katie |last=Johnston Chase |title=Japan Airlines Sets Hub-Tokyo Service |url=http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2011/05/27/japan_airlines_sets_hub_tokyo_service/ |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=May 27, 2011 |accessdate=May 27, 2011}}</ref> Recently, Logan has seen rapid growth in international traffic, with new routes added by airlines such as [[Aeromexico]], [[Air Berlin]], [[Air Europa]], [[Cathay Pacific]], [[Copa Airlines]], [[El Al]], [[Emirates (airline)|Emirates]], [[Hainan Airlines]], [[Japan Airlines]], [[Norwegian Air Shuttle]], [[Qatar Airways]], [[Scandinavian Airlines]], [[TAP Portugal]], [[Thomas Cook Airlines]], [[Turkish Airlines]], [[WestJet Encore]], and [[WOW air]] as well as increased traffic on previously existing routes to Canada, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.






==Hotels==
==Hotels==
Both [[Hilton Hotels & Resorts|Hilton]] and [[Hyatt]] operate hotels on airport grounds near Terminal A, with the latter property overlooking [[Boston|downtown Boston]] and [[Boston Harbor]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://harborside.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels-harborside/index.jsp?src=agn_mls_hyt_lclb_gplaces_bosha&hyattprop=yes |title=Hyatt Harborside Hotel |website=Hyatt |accessdate=April 13, 2013}}</ref>
Both [[Hilton Hotels & Resorts|Hilton]] and [[Hyatt]] operate hotels on airport grounds near Terminal A, with the latter property overlooking [[Boston|downtown Boston]] and [[Boston Harbor]].




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