Forget Logan.
Starting June 1 you don’t actually have to go there if you’re flying Delta or JetBlue. Not yet anyway. Landline has opened a remote checkpoint in Framingham that acts like a front door for the airport but sits thirty minutes away in your direction.
You drop your bags. You clear TSA. You walk off the plane almost an hour later without ever parking near Terminal C. It’s the first facility like this in North America.
Why drive through Boston traffic?
Don’t. Park at Landline’s lot. It costs less. Then get on a bus that whisks you airside at Logan. No pre-security chaos. No fighting for a spot in the garage. You arrive past security at Terminal A near gate A18 for Delta folks or Terminal C near gate C8 for JetBlue riders.
“We built Landline to fix [the] headache… before you ever reach your seat.”
— David Sunde, CEO of Landline
Sunde says the vision isn’t just about a bigger building. It’s about putting the airport experience closer to where people actually live because nobody loves the stress of arrival. Massport saw the potential to untangle the terminal from its geographic constraints so now you can do that.
Eight buses run daily right now leaving on the hour each. They might add more as lines get longer. The ride itself is tricky timing-wise. Forty minutes at dawn or nearly ninety during rush hour. So plan ahead but not too early. Arrive forty-five minutes before the bus leaves because that’s when check-in stops. TSA closes thirty-five minutes prior and there are fifty-five seats available on each trip.
What do you do while waiting? Not much really. There’s seating restrooms and vending machines with water available otherwise. That’s it. Limited amenities means this isn’t a lounge experience though parking runs twenty-nine bucks daily. Cheaper than Logan’s base rate by several dollars which adds up if you stay long enough to notice.
This isn’t exactly new globally but it is unique here. Other hubs like Philadelphia or Chicago O’Hare offer similar setups through American Airlines operations though mostly they just check your bag downtown not clear your body scanner until you arrive terminal-side later that day too. International airports offer different perks like home check-in (Emirates sends agents directly!) or even immigration clearing stations overseas before landing but those rarely let you bypass all security checkpoints entirely unless you’re elite first-class somewhere fancy enough for special treatment still.
Real progress happens when short-range planes arrive next year. Or two or three after. Then maybe we skip terminals altogether since you wouldn’t need massive runways or endless garages. Distributed airports sound promising theoretically anyway.
Until then take the bus
