Journey by Boston by airplane and by cruise ship surged to new heights over the previous 12 months, setting a pair of latest information at services overseen by the Massachusetts Port Authority.
After a gradual June, Logan Airport ended fiscal 2025 with practically 44 million passengers served, a 5% enhance over fiscal yr 2024. Massport CEO Wealthy Davey stated the overall variety of passengers was the “highest ever.”
“We finished a banner year at Logan Airport,” Davey stated at a board assembly Thursday. “The bottom line is very, very good news for Logan and our financial picture.”
Davey and Ed Freni, Massport’s aviation director, touted a set of current customer support enhancements and milestones, pointing to a brand new report by the publication Easy Flying that dubbed Logan “America’s Most Beautiful European Gateway Airport.”
Officers beforehand introduced that Logan served a file 43 million passengers in calendar yr 2024, greater than the prior file of 42.5 million set in 2019, earlier than the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted journey patterns. The 43 millionth passenger, Reagan Berry of Boston, acquired free tickets from Delta Airways in December.
Whereas demand continues to develop, Massport can be pursuing vital investments within the airport, together with a $425 million undertaking to enhance transportation infrastructure and construct a brand new parking storage.
Freni stated momentum seems to be persevering with by the primary two and a half weeks of fiscal yr 2026.
“We see strong numbers,” Freni stated. “In fact, we’re averaging over the forecast for July.”
Excessive demand was not restricted to the skies above Boston. Massport officers additionally stated Thursday that the Flynn Cruiseport served 465,000 passengers in fiscal 2025, 22% greater than in fiscal 2024 and 5% greater than the quasi-public company projected in its finances.
That, too, was a “record-breaking fiscal year season,” in line with Massport Port Director Lauren Gleason. She added that officers count on a “strong summer” forward.
Worcester Regional Airport didn’t expertise the same development. Freni stated passenger volumes had been about 2% decrease there than the prior fiscal yr. His presentation described “increasing competition from ultra low-cost carriers at alternative airports” as a doable issue.
Massport leaders have been monitoring the outlook on each journey and transport amid the prospect of main tariffs taking impact. In April, Davey warned of “potential headwinds coming in the third quarter and beyond.”
Conley Terminal, the main marine port in South Boston, ended the fiscal yr with about 137,000 containers processed, which Gleason stated was “within 2% of our budget.”
“This year faced a number of challenges for our container shipping business,” she stated, referencing the closure of the Suez Canal and tariff uncertainty. “But despite that, our shipping remains strong from over 40 different global weekly connections that we provide through Conley Container Terminal.”
Davey stated his group is working to shut the books on fiscal yr 2025 and plans to current a remaining replace in September, however he forecast that the outlook is “incredibly healthy.”
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