[PRCo] Fwd: Airports

[Fred Schneider]

And the people who live southern Long Island feel the same way about  
JFK.   But for me, 150 miles away in Lancaster, PA, I spend almost  
half the time getting there within the city limits of New York  
City.   And the people who live on Long Island also have the same  
problem getting to anywhere else west of New York!

That is why PHL (Philadelphia International) is my airport of choice  
when going to Europe even if the landing choices are not as abundant  
as Kennedy.   I can get to London Gatwick (LGW) instead of Heathrow,  
which is a lot more sane.   I can easily get to Muenchen (Munich).   
There is one flight at day to Brussels (I can only fly on one).   
Zurich begins in June.   Paris is offered by both Air France and U S  
Air.   There is also service to Madrid and Rome.   And I can get  
there with by train from Lancaster with a change at 30th Street,  
Philadelphia.  I don't have to suffer with New York City.   Stockholm  
and Shannon are seasonal.  There is a closer one for domestic  
flights ... Harrisburg International is 30 minutes away but the word  
international is a misnomer.  They bring in customs people for  
charters.   But it is OK for certain US trips like Los Angeles or  
Chicago.

We do have a local airport with several drips a day to Pittsburgh but  
that is sort of useless now that Pittsburgh is no longer a US Air  
hub.   The Lancaster Municipal Airport is really a good Italian  
Restaurant where you go to watch the planes land and take off.


Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Bob Rathke" <bobrathke at comcast.net>
> Date: May 25, 2007 8:58:50 PM EDT
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Subject: [PRCo] Airports
> Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>
> I drive or taxi to O'Hare 2-4 times a month - it's 18 miles and  
> only 25
> minutes from our house.  The trick is to live or work on the north  
> side of
> Chicago.  Going through the city of Chicago to points south and  
> east is
> asking for travel delays.
>
> O'Hare is my airport of choice because I can get a plane from there  
> to any
> place in the U.S. - and much of the world - without connections.
>
> Bob 5/25/07
>