The New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, Connecticut will hold its annual SPACE EXPO on Sunday, April 1, 2012. This is an opportunity to discover New England’s Aerospace Industry and today’s partnerships in space exploration.
More than 15 exhibitors from across New England will participate in the event including Hamilton Sundstrand, Division of United Technologies; National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Aldrich Astronomical Society, McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center; CATO Rocketry Club; NASA; One Giant Leap; Arunah Hill Natural Science Center; and Talcott Mountain Science Center.
A NASA astronaut will be at the Museum for the day as well as NASA scientists and presenters from the commercial aerospace industry. Meet some of the engineers from Hamilton Sundstrand who helped save the Apollo 13 mission.
Most of the activities will be hands-on. Visitors can try on a real space suit, pilot a space craft simulator, touch a meteorite, taste space food, learn about the atmosphere of Mars, build a rocket and much more.
Rebecca Cross, author of I am a Space Shuttle, will be providing free signed copies of this children’s picture book.
This event is sponsored by The Connecticut Space Grant Consortium and by Hamilton Sundstrand. The Space Expo will run from 10 AM to 4:00 PM. For the convenience of visitors, a food vendor will be on hand all day. The New England Air Museum is located by Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. For further information, call the Museum at (860) 623-3305 or visit www.neam.org.
Come join us for our annual Space Expo for a fun and educational program about Space.
Members of the East Granby Chamber of Commerce gathered last evening, Friday, February 16, at the New England Air Museum for a Chamber networking event. The event drew its largest crowd ever including 20 exhibitors from around the region and offered local business owners the opportunity to showcase their goods and services. The New England Air Museum Thursday unveiled its newest addition to its collection of aircraft, a SH-2F Seasprite helicopter.
[Windsor Locks, CT – February 10, 2012] The Airport News and airportnews.com today announce staffing changes at the business publication. Mr. Dan Carstens, long time Publisher will be assuming new responsibilities at the Connecticut Airport Authority in the capacity of Marketing and Business Development Consultant for the organization.
“I am very excited to be assuming my new role with the Connecticut Airport Authority. I look forward to concentrating my efforts on developing Bradley International Airport and the State’ s general aviation airports towards greater economic stature. I expect The Airport News will remain a vital part of the aviation community. I am confident that the current team, with Ms. Murphy’s leadership, will continue with the great work that has been our trademark to date. There will be no additional staffing changes at the publication,” said Mr. Carstens, who has managed the publication for the past 19 years.
Ms. Margaret Murphy, who most recently has been working with the sales and editorial team, will assume all Editorial and Publishing responsibilities immediately. Ms. Murphy previously held positions as Marketing Consultant with Marina Bay Sands in Singapore and as Marketing Director for Foxwoods Resort Casino.
“This is a wonderful opportunity and a great honor to be assuming this role, after the tremendous leadership that Mr. Carstens has provided over the past years. This is a dynamic publication that reports on a very diverse business community. The airports and their surrounding businesses are an economic engine in the region and a vital part of Connecticut’s economic stability and growth. I look forward to moving the publication and online formats forward.”
The Airport News and airportnews.com cover news and events that relate to the Bradley International Airport, and Connecticut’s aviation businesses and communities. The reach of Connecticut’s aviation business family is worldwide, and its economic impact covers the entire region. For more information regarding The Airport News and airportnews.com visit our website or call Ms. Murphy at 860.460.5095.
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 between January 19 and February 15, 2012.
“We are proud to support the strong business and family ties between Hartford and San Juan with this new nonstop service,” said John Checketts, director of route planning for JetBlue Airways. “JetBlue thinks the flight should be an enjoyable part of the journey, from the most legroom in coach to unlimited name brand snacks, and your own personal entertainment choices. We would like to thank the communities in Connecticut and Puerto Rico for their strong support of JetBlue.”
“The mutual commitment between JetBlue and Bradley continues to grow. New travel options opening new destinations draw more customers, which benefits everyone,” said Mary Ellen Jones, Chair of the Connecticut Airport Authority. “With Connecticut’s special ties to Puerto Rico, I am confident that this non-stop service to San Juan will add another chapter to JetBlue’s success story in our state.”
“Puerto Rico had a 4.1 percent increase in tourists during the fiscal year 2010-2011, as measured by hotel registrations. For the 2011-2012 season, we expect better results with more visitors heading this way to discover why Puerto Rico does it better. JetBlue’s new non-stop service between Hartford-Springfield’s Bradley International Airport (BDL) and San Juan’s Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU) now provides additional flight options to travelers from one of our top markets in the East Coast to our Island. The Puerto Rico Tourism Company welcomes this new service and thanks the airline for the additional seats,” said the Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Tourism Company, Mario González Lafuente.
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 major step toward making this airport safer for everyone,” said DOT Commissioner Redeker. “This system has a 100 percent success record everywhere it has been installed and it is great news that we have been able to get it here in Groton.”
“With the installation of this system at Groton-New London, pilots and passengers will begin reaping the safety benefits of this technology immediately,” said Corbett, regional administrator for FAA’s New England Region.
The “Engineered Materials Arresting System,” or EMAS, is a bed of customized cellular cement material, according to Zodiac Aerospace’s Engineered Arresting Systems Corporation, the manufacturer. It is designed to crush under the weight of an aircraft, thus providing safe, predictable, controlled stop.
Mary Ellen Jones, chair of the new Connecticut Airport Authority, said the system is “consistent with the objectives of the Authority in keeping Connecticut at the forefront of technology and safety.”
The $9 million Groton-New London system, at both ends of the 5,000-foot main runway, is one of some 67 EMAS systems that have been installed at airports around the world. Other airports in the region, including JFK, LaGuardia, Newark and Boston Logan, have EMAS systems.
“The controlled deceleration achieved with EMAS reduces the risk of personal injury and damage to the aircraft. Yet, the bed remains accessible by rescue and recovery vehicles, so runway downtime is minimized,” according to a statement by Engineered Arresting Systems Corporation. “Winter weather conditions do not affect the system’s performance and snow can be easily removed.”
Funding for the EMAS project came almost entirely through the Federal Aviation Administration. The state contributed $790,000 for the project.
The EMAS system successfully stopped a plane on November 3, 2011, at Key West International Airport in Florida, with minimal damage. Four days earlier, another plane overshot the other end of the same runway, which did not have an EMAS system; although it stopped safely at the end of the airfield, the second plane was heavily damaged.
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 from the hustle-bustle inside the airport. Passengers can sit back, relax and enjoy a cocktail and selections off a casual menu.”
Commissioner Redeker added, “Bradley’s customers asked for new and interesting offerings at the Airport, and we heard their requests. Many months of planning and design occurred before the first martini could be poured…the result is a fantastic new venue for our customers. In addition, five new jobs were created with the opening of Traveltini.”
Bradley International Airport is the second largest in New England and serves an extensive geographic area, as its customer base covers the entire Northeast including Western Massachusetts, New York and New Jersey. According to the most recent economic impact analysis, Bradley contributes $4 billion in economic activity to the state of Connecticut and the surrounding region, representing $1.2 billion in wages and 18,000 full-time jobs.
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 average, nearly $1.5 billion a month in 2011 and now account
for more than 25 percent of all U.S. services exports.
- Travel Receipts: Purchases of travel and
tourism-related goods and services by international visitors traveling in the
United States totaled $9.8 billion during September, an increase of 10 percent
when compared to last year. These goods and services include food, lodging,
recreation, gifts, entertainment, local transportation in the United States, and
other items incidental to foreign travel. - Passenger Fare Receipts: Fares received by U.S.
carriers (and U.S. vessel operators) from international visitors increased
appreciably for the month. When compared to September 2010, U.S. passenger fare
exports increased (21%) to $3.3 billion forthe month.
International visitors have spent an estimated $112.8 billion on U.S. travel
and tourism-related goods and services year to date (January through September),
an increase of 13 percent when compared to the same period last year.
Americans have spent more than $82.3 billion abroad year to date (up 8%) -
resulting in a $30.6 billion trade surplus for travel and tourism through the
first nine months of 2011.
The Office of Travel and Tourism Industries (OTTI) is responsible for collecting,
analyzing, and disseminating international travel and tourism statistics for the
U.S. Travel and Tourism Statistical System. For more monthly travel and
tourism-related trade data dating back to 1992, please visit: <
http://tinet.ita.doc.gov/outreachpages/download_data_table/Monthly_Exports_Imports_Balance.xls
>.
Travelers in and out of Bradley now have a new option inside the secure area – a Martini/Wine Bar.
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 BCRF folks were $20,550.00 closer to beating Breast Cancer.
As in everything he does, Al was a great sport on this effort. He actively went out and promoted the drive, and brought the entire airport Community into this important challenge.
Al has completed the Boston Marathon a few times, but not yet in pink slippers. He is also a Board Member of “Bradley Family Day”, a wholly volunteer effort to raise funds for the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp…over $700,000 to date.
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.
