Event Planner's Guide 2017

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COMMERCIAL AIRLINES SERVING PORTLAND • American Airlines

Air access to Portland is excellent, averaging nearly 100 arrivals and departures daily from hub cities. Given its frequency of flights and convenient schedules, Portland offers your attendees service and availability that cannot be matched by most destinations its size. Get to Maine. The Portland International Jetport is conveniently located just three miles from downtown Portland, and many hotels offer free shuttle service. Rental car, taxi, van and stretch limousine, and livery services are also available at the Jetport. Limousine, bus and van services are also available from other nearby airports. For motorists traveling from northeast cities, access by auto is a breeze; Portland is situated adjacent to Interstate 95 just two hours north of Boston and less than four hours from Hartford. Portland is also serviced by national and regional bus lines, offering numerous routes into the city. You can also ride the rails to Portland on the “Downeaster,” Amtrak’s passenger service between Boston and Brunswick. And ferry service between Portland and the Canadian maritime provinces on the CAT offers an entertaining travel experience. Once here, you will find it a city easy to navigate. The METRO bus system offers convenient public bus service from outlying regions to downtown. Our service team can also hook you up with local motorcoach companies to provide a shuttle bus for your delegates and help you find parking for large city-wide conventions.

• Delta Air Lines • Elite Airways • JetBlue Airways • Southwest Airlines • United Airlines NONSTOP FLIGHT CITIES Atlanta

Baltimore Charlotte Chicago/O’Hara & Midway Detroit Melbourne Newark New York/JFK & LaGuardia Orlando Philadelphia Washington, DC/Dulles & Reagan (The Jetport also offers easy connections from many other destinations.) OTHER AIRPORTS Miles to Portland Augusta....................................................... 60 miles Bangor.........................................................130 miles Bar Harbor...............................................160 miles Logan (Boston)........................................100 miles Manchester (NH)..................................90 miles Pease (NH).................................................50 miles

FROM OTHER CITES

Approx Approx Miles Flt. Times

Atlanta

1220 3:30 520 1:30 100 :30 1095 2:30 1840 5:00 3265 6:20 320 :60 3250 6:30 1500 3:30 535 1:40 415 1:15

Balitmore

Boston

SCHEDULES Air: portlandjetport.org Train: traintomaine.com Bus: concordcoachlines.com Ferry: cascobaylines.com

Chicago

Dallas London

New York Philadelphia San Francisco

Tampa

Washington, D.C.

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