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www.HartfordBusiness.com • March 25, 2019 • Hartford Business Journal 7 Hartford-Brainard, Waterbury-Oxford and Groton-New London — to Av- PORTS as a cost-saving measure. "We don't have a specific timeline," Dillon said of CAA's discussions with AvPORTS. "We're interested in trying to reach an understanding with them as soon as possible." CAA and AvPORTS have agreed that 16 full-time unionized employees would, under any deal, remain in place. That had been a sticking point in the negotiations. Meantime, one of the airports that AvPORTS would manage under that deal, Groton-New London, could once again start offering commercial flights, Dillon said. The 489-acre airport is only about 65 miles away from Bradley, but given its proximity to businesses like Pfizer and Electric Boat, not to mention casinos and the Coast Guard Academy, Dillon sees opportunity in expanding Groton-New London's services to commercial flights. "We've done a fair amount of market research down there as to what destinations people are look- ing for, and what companies are likely to utilize at the airport," Dillon said. "It's a matter of convincing an airline to start operations at the airport." Additionally, CAA is looking into possible hotel development at Groton-New London, Dillon said. That airport is also among the four with advanced plans to develop air- plane hangars on-site. The other three, Hartford-Brainard, Windham and Wa- terbury-Oxford, already have signed term sheets with developers Hartford Jet Center, Windham Air Services and Atlantic Aviation, respectively. "At Hartford-Brainard, (there's) a heavy presence of privately owned aircraft," Dillon said. "But some of the hangar development that we're look- ing at along with Hartford Jet Center would give the potential to handle some smaller corporate jet aircraft." Hangar development facilities are usually constructed by third parties, which absorb the cost, Dillon said. Once they're up, CAA collects ground rent and fees associated with aircraft parking. The Waterbury-Oxford hangar development, if greenlighted, would be used by U.S. Customs and Border Pro- tection, Dillon said. That would make Waterbury-Oxford the only CAA air- port outside Bradley that can accept direct flights from foreign countries. In a recent interview, CAA Board Chairman Tony Sheridan cited the moves Dillon is making with develop- ment at both the regionals and Brad- ley when expressing his optimism for the year ahead for the authority. "I believe that growth will happen," Sheridan said. "There are a lot of excit- ing changes (coming)." Moving forward, identifying and pursuing opportunities for develop- ment will remain a key part of CAA's business strategy for its five smaller airports. 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