JetBlue Adds SJU to Hartford Options

HARTFORD, Conn. and SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (January 5, 2012) – JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq: JBLU) today launched nonstop service between Hartford-Springfield’s Bradley International Airport (BDL) and San Juan’s Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU). Flights are on sale today through January 13, 2012 at www.jetblue.com/new as low as $139 (a) each way for travel on Tuesdays and Wednesdays... [Read more]

Emergency Aircraft Arresting System Unveiled at Groton New London Airport

Federal Aviation Administration Regional Administrator Amy Lind Corbett and Connecticut Department of Transportation Commissioner James P. Redeker visited in December and unveiled the newly installed emergency arresting system at Groton-New London Airport designed to stop planes that overshoot the runway. It is the first such system installed in Connecticut. “With this system, we have taken another... [Read more]

Bradley International’s Traveltini Opens With Help From BDL Execs

Mary Ellen Jones, Chair of the newly-formed Connecticut Airport Authority and Commissioner James P. Redeker today celebrated the grand opening of Traveltini Martini Bar in Terminal A, Concourse C, at Bradley International Airport. “Traveltini is a fabulous addition to other wonderful concessions at Bradley Airport,” said Ms. Jones. “The martini bar has a very upscale feel and offers a quiet respite... [Read more]

United States Travel and Tourism Exports: September 2011

Industry exports exhibit double-digit growth for seventh consecutive month The U.S. Department of Commerce recently announced that international visitors spent $13.0 billion on travel to, and tourism-related activities within, the United States during the month of September – nearly $1.5 billion more (13%) than was spent in September 2010. Travel and tourism-related exports have increased, on... [Read more]

The Newest Retailer on the Busiest Day – Traveltini Open at BDL

Travelers in and out of Bradley now have a new option inside the secure area – a Martini/Wine Bar. [Read more]  Read More →

Bradley Community Meets Delta Challenge

As you read here earlier, Delta Airlines’ BDL Station Manager challenged his staff and the airport community to raise $5,000 for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. “Raise five thousand dollars in 30 days and I will wear a pink dress to work” he ventured. Raise it they did…in less than a week. And then the stakes escalated as others joined in. At the end of the month, the... [Read more]

Flying Typers’ Geoffrey Arend at ACA

Flying Typers Publisher Geoffrey Arend has circled the globe for decades interviewing Airline, Airport, and Industry Executives. He is shown here in the lobby of the DoubleTree Miami Convention Center working the crowd, recording comments from fellow air cargo industry veteran Tony Romeo. Keep up the great work Geoffrey.  Read More →

Air Cargo Americas 2011 Off to a Bold Start

  Director Johnson welcomes the delegates to Air & Sea Cargo Americas 2011 The first full day of the bi-annual event saw an extremely busy exhibition floor at the newly renovated Doubletree/World Trade Center Miami. The first conference was welcomed by Bill Johnson, Director of the Port of Miami, who spoke of this year’s 6% increase in cargo throughput, on top of last year’s 5%. The... [Read more]

Halloween at Bradley no treat, but LUV is here

 Southwest Airlines celebrated its 12th Anniversary at Bradley on October 31st, 2011. The entire airport was still recovering from a historic Northeaster that dumped over a foot of snow, shattering a 32 year old record.  Read More →

CT Airport Authority Takes First Steps, Sets Priorities

CT Governor Dannel Malloy kicks off the CT Airport Authority’s first meeting After decades of discussion and a long history of resistance from the Connecticut Department of Transportation that previously ran the State’s airports, the newly created Connecticut Airport Authority (CAA) started its mission of re-creating the way that Connecticut’s 6 State owned airports are governed, managed,... [Read more]

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