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He has other questions — including why it’s OK to cross the
border for a funeral, but not a business meeting — and they all
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come, he said, from a place of common sense. “We’re not ques-
tioning the travel advisory, but I do think testing here at Bradley would make all the sense in the world.”
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If the impact of discouraging interstate travel was a short-
term thing, it would be less frustrating, but Dillon is looking far beyond 2020, when airlines will emerge from the pandemic as
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much smaller companies, with fewer planes to spread around the nation’s airports, and some tough decisions to make about
Physical distancing is easier when terminals are less crowded, as they are
now.
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where to put them.
“They’re really having a struggle,” he said, with some airlines
saying they don’t expect to return to normal operations until 2023 or 2024. “There are going to be winners and losers coming out of this.”
This is true, he said, not only of airlines, but of airports.
“Airports are competing for some very limited airline assets, aircraft and flights, so we want to present a market that’s viable,”
“We have a lab that’s willing to start testing here, yet we can’t convince the Department of Public Health to allow that to occur. It makes no sense. Because what’s impacting us now is the travel advisory that’s been put in place here in Connecticut.”
Dillon explained. “This travel advisory really starts to skew how some carriers look at Connecticut and Bradley Airport and this region. It’s a concern of ours not only for today but as we look to the future — what damage we’re doing to our relationships to air- lines as well as their view of this market.”
For this issue’s focus on transportation, BusinessWest spoke with Dillon about how Bradley is navigating an unprecedented business challenge, and why it’s important to keep investing in
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