They negotiated a 43-year lease, giving them complete control of airport operations and substantial profitability on relatively little investment. They chose and financed the ultra-low-cost carrier. Business travel is not part of their private equity model for Tweed. The investors behind expansion - Wall Street billionaires who own Avelo and airport manager Avports - understand our market well. New Haven lacks the business travel demand to sustain a medium hub airport. Since November, Tweed has gotten busy as a vacation and retiree hub, built around Avelo Airlines’ low-cost service. But can airport expansion bring us the business burst they promise? Convenience is king, accessible air travel the key and climate commitments separate. They no longer prioritize improved rail service They look beyond the city’s structural poverty, health disparities and dysfunctional schools. Yale officials have pushed Tweed expansion, claiming it will bring new businesses and economic benefits to the New Haven area, while dismissing environmental and health harms the inhabitants will suffer. Why not a fast train to reach Hartford-Bradley in a short time? France is now moving to tax or ban flights by private jets. To reduce carbon emissions, France banned short-haul internal flights where train alternatives exist. This summer’s extreme heat and wildfires focused attention on the causes of climate change. Yale claims that the University’s mission is to support sustainability, thought leadership and collaborative action on initiatives relating to the environment and sustainability. In a climate crisis, how do our leaders at Yale University and the City of New Haven justify an expansion of Tweed New Haven Airport? What sense does it make to scale up a small shoreline airport - located in a marsh, surrounded by residential neighborhoods, with no room for parking - when Bradley International Airport sits 53 miles north of us?
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