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4 HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM | MARCH 24, 2025 What's Trending 860.482.7613 | BorghesiBuilding.com 2155 East Main Street, Torrington, Connecticut 06790 Borghesi Building & Engineering Co., Inc. has been in business for over 80 years. From office renovations to airline hangers, we have helped CT businesses grow. PROJECT SPOTLIGHT: CT FOOD FOR THOUGHT Check out our new website! © 2011 BlueScope Buildings North America, Inc. All rights reserved. Butler Manufacturing ™ is a division of BlueScope Buildings North America, Inc. Building Ideas That Work... Building Ideas That Work... CT Food for Thought, a non-profit, decided to grow by producing hydroponically grown lettuce. Their product is found locally at many area grocery stores, schools, hospitals, and food security programs. If your company is experiencing growth, whether produce production, manufacturing or is in need of additional operating space, give us a call. We have tremendous experience. Bradley Airport records 6.5% increase in 2024 passenger traffic By Greg Bordonaro gbordonaro@hartfordbusiness.com B radley International Airport continued its post-pandemic recovery in 2024 as passenger traffic increased 6.5%, according to new data. The Windsor Locks airfield, which landed numerous new routes last year and lost a few, reported 6.66 million passengers in 2024, up 6.5% from 6.24 million passengers in 2023, according to data from the Connecticut Airport Authority. That was the highest number of passengers since the 2020 pandemic. However, that total was still 1.3% below 2019's passenger totals of 6.75 million. In 2024, Bradley had 6.5 million domestic flight passengers, 105,195 international passengers, and 1,255 passengers who took charter flights. Aer Lingus, which re-established its direct flight from Bradley to Dublin, Ireland in 2023, recorded 71,735 passengers in 2024, down 2% from a year earlier. Breeze Airways, which has aggressively increased its number of routes at Bradley in recent years, recorded 581,143 passengers in 2024, up 38.7% from 2023. JetBlue had 947,286 passengers in 2024, down 1% from 957,158 in 2023. A Breeze Airways plane at Bradley Airport. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO 0 SUN COUNTRY AMERICAN AER LINGUS AIR CANADA SOUTHWEST FRONTIER BREEZE DELTA SPIRIT UNITED JETBLUE 2023 TRAFFIC 2024 TRAFFIC Airline passenger traffic at Bradley International Source: HBJ analysis of CT Airport Authority data Bradley International Airport passenger traffic 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Source: Bradley International Airport 1.5M 8M 7M 6M 5M 4M 3M 2M 1.2M 900K 600K 300K PASSENGER TRAFFIC