As pandemic recedes, confidence grows among CT travel industry: 'People can travel very easily now' FacebookTwitterEmail Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Conn., saw its passenger traffic decrease 54 percent year over year in the first three months of 2021. But its owner-operator, the Connecticut Airport Authority, remains optimistic about the airport’s prospects in the remainder of 2021.Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut Media Ahead of Memorial Day weekend, a number of travel industry executives and experts are expressing confidence that many Americans will be ready to hit the road and take to the skies again this summer. Their bullishness reflects the proliferation of COVID-19 vaccines, the abatement of the pandemic across the country and data showing a significant number of Americans’ intent to resume traveling after facing social distancing restrictions in the past 15 months. A rebound cannot come soon enough for the leisure and hospitality sector, one of the industries most acutely affected by the global health crisis.