Logan International Airport (BOS)
Tel: (617) 561 1800 or 1 800 235 6426/23LOGAN.
Website: www.massport.com  

Logan International Airport is New England's largest airport and conveniently located only 4km (2 miles) from the city centre, which is just across the bay.

Airport facilities: All the terminals have food and drink areas, gift shops and banking services. Terminal D offers only food, beverage, newspaper, banking and Internet facilities, while all other terminals have restaurants and a range of shopping and services. Terminals B, C and E have duty-free facilities. On-site car hire is available from Alamo, Avis, Budget, Dollar, Hertz and National. Enterprise and Thrifty are available nearby, but all the car hire companies provide courtesy shuttle buses.

Business facilities: No dedicated area, although all terminals offer Internet access.

Transport to the city: There is an enormous range of transport from Logan. JC Transportation (tel: 1 800 517 2281; website: www.jctransportationshuttle.com) operates 24-hour door-to-door shuttle buses to Downtown. The Logan Express (tel: 1 800 235 6426) bus service goes to the city suburbs of Framingham, Woburn and Braintree.

Taxis are available 24 hours from all terminals. Rates are according to the meter within a 12-mile radius; beyond that there are flat rates.

Bonanza Bus Lines, now part of Peter Pan Bus Lines, (tel: 1 888 751 8800; website: www.peterpanbus.com) and Plymouth & Brockton Street Railway buses (tel: (508) 746 0378; website: www.p-b.com) offer service to Southern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Concord Coachlines serves Northern New England (tel: 1 800 639 3317; website: www.concordtrailways.com) . Vermont Transit Lines (tel: 1 800 552 8737; website: www.vermonttransit.com) services Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Canada. Prices vary with destination.

The Airport Station is on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) (tel: (617) 222 5000 or 1 800 392 6100; website: www.mbta.com) Blue Line subway. Trains to Downtown run about every 10 minutes (journey time - 15 minutes). The MBTA's Silver Line bus rapid transit system connects the airport with South Station. MBTA also operates regular bus services: buses 448 and 459 go downtown.

Harbor Express (tel: (617) 222 6999; website: www.harborexpress.com) runs water shuttle services between Logan Airport, Long Wharf in downtown Boston, and Quincy and Hull on the South Shore. City Water Taxi (tel: (617) 422 0392; website: www.citywatertaxi.com) also operates from the Logan dock to several downtown Boston destinations (journey times - 7 to 25 minutes).

The Logan Shuttle courtesy bus connects all terminals with the Airport Station on the MBTA Blue Line, Satellite Parking areas and the Water Transportation Terminal. The airport's free water transport bus 66 connects all terminals to the Logan dock.

Approximate flight times to Boston: From London is 7 hours 30 minutes; from Los Angeles is 5 hours 30 minutes; from Toronto is 1 hour 30 minutes and from Sydney is 22 to 24 hours.