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Bradley International Airport
Facility Gains Altitude After Pandemic-induced Declines
Kevin Dillon can see a number of signs of much-needed progress at Bradley International Airport, starting with the
parking garage.
Until quite recently, it was all the parking the
airport needed to handle not only the passenger volume at the facility, but all the employees as well. In fact, it was far more than enough. But over the past few months, things have started changing.
“Now, most days, we’re starting to fill the park- ing garage, and we opened up two additional surface lots — and that’s a good sign,” said Dil- lon, executive director of the Connecticut Airport Authority, adding that there are many others indicating that Bradley is gradually returning to pre-pandemic levels of vibrancy, including the restaurants and retail shops that are reopening their doors after being closed for months, new carriers introducing routes out of the airport, and, most important, climbing passenger totals.
“We’re pleased with the way the numbers are starting to roll out, although we still have a ways to go.”
“We’re pleased with the way the numbers are starting to roll out, although we still have a ways to go,” he said, noting that most all travel at pres- ent is leisure in nature. “At the beginning of the year, we were still down 60% compared to pre- pandemic levels; now, on any given day, we’re down 40% to 50% — it can shift any day. And it really does seem to correspond with the vaccine rollout here in the region. The more people got vaccinated, the more people started to fly. The more people start to fly, the more people see that, and they start to get a level of confidence.
“As we look toward the summer, we are expecting a very healthy summer travel period,” he went on. “What you’re starting to see in terms of some of these airline announcements and route announcements is a recognition on the part of the airlines, as well, that this recovery is
The addition of new flights from carriers Breeze Airways, above, and Sun Country Airlines, below, is one of many signs of progress and vibrancy
at Bradley International Airport.
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