OF
OF THE
OF THE MOST MAGNIFICENT MOUNTAINS IN AMERICA. >>> 4@AND FIRST TONIGHT AS THE
WEEKS OF BEING INSIDE CONTINUE,
A LOT OF PEOPLE FORGOT4@ ABOUT
HOW NICE 4@IT WOULD BE TO GET 4
AN AIRPLANE AND FLY OUT OF
HERE.
>> 4@TRAVEL HAS
DRASTICALLY CURTAILED AND THAT
HAS HAD 4@MAJOR CONSEQUENCES. W
TALKED TO 4@PAUL BRADBERRY AND
SAYS WALKING INTO A TERMINAL
THESE DAYS CAN BE A BIZARRE
EXPERIENCE.
>> A BUILDING THAT IS OVER
330,00 4@SQUARE FEET, AND AT
PEAK TIMES NOW HAS 40 PEOPLE IN
IT.
THESE ARE REALLY TRULY
UNPRECEDENTED TIMES AND IT IS A
BIG AND 4@IT IS DISCONCERTING 4
SEE BECAUSE I THINK WE ARE
SEEING A GOOD INDICATOR FOR 4@T
NATION OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
THIS 4@SECTOR.
>> GIVE ME SOME NUMBERS IN
TERMS OF FLIGHTS OR PASSENGERS.
>> WE HAVE FALLEN OFF THE
CLIFF.
NORMAL PASSENGERS WOULD BE 6000
THIS TIME 4@OF YEAR.
AND NOW WE SEE ONLY A COUPLE OF
HUNDRED PASSENGERS.
TRULY 95% DOWN4@.
AND IF WE 4@LOOK AT THE NATION,
THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, THE LAST
TIME WE AVERAGED LESS 4@THAN
100,000 TRAVELERS A DAY 4@BACK
WAS IN 1954 WITH THE BIRTH 4@OF
AVIATION.
THE BOEING 707 WAS STILL IN
TESTING AT THAT TIME.
WE HAVE NOT 4@SEEN THIS VOLUME
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE 4@JE
AGE.
>> WHAT IS THE FINANCIAL HIT
AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOUR
AGE. >> WHAT IS THE FINANCIAL HIT AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOUR@
FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS AND THE
CHECKS YOU KEEP SENDING OUT
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER PEOPLE
ARE COMING TO 4@THE TERMINAL AN
BOARDING THE PLANES ARE 4@NOT?
>> WE JUST STARTED THIS AND
MARCH AND APRIL AND MAY ARE
USUALLY THE BUSIEST TIMES OF
YEAR CAUSE THAT IS WHEN PEOPLE
LEAVE FOR SPRING BREAK 4@4@AND
@ VACATIONS.
3500 PARKING SPACES ARE
NORMALLY 4@FULL, GENERATING OVE
$1 MILLION PER MONTH IN 4@PARKI
ALONE.
NOW THAT IS ESSENTIALLY ZERO.
>> I AM SURE YOU AND YOUR
COLLEAGUES ARE 4@TALKING AND
THINKING ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE @
LOOKS LIKE.
WHAT ARE THE IDEAS THAT YOU ARE
KICKING AROUND RIGHT NOW?
HOW ARE THINGS GOING TO BE
DIFFERENT IN THE MONTHS AND
MAYBE YEARS AHEAD?
>> WE CERTAINLY SEE IT WILL BE
ABOUT TRYING TO BRING THE
PASTOR BACK TO4@ A LEVEL OF
COMFORT.
YOU WANT4@ TO GO ON THAT VACATI
BUT ARE YOU WILLING TO PUT YOUR
HEALTH ON 4@THE LINE?
REALLY IT IS THAT PSYCHOLOGY OF
TRAVEL THAT WE WILL BE UP
AGAINST.
WE WILL BE HANDING OUT MASKS AS
NEEDED TO MAKE SURE WHEN PEOPLE
GET ON THE PLANE AND OUR IN THE
SMALL SPACE OF THE AIRCRAFT
THAT WE MAKE IT COMFORTABLE TO
GO BACK TO FLYING.
AIRLINES ARE WORKING ON THIS AS
WELL, TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE 4@ARE PROVIDING STERILIZATIO
OF THE AIRCRAFT AS PART 4@OF TH
MESSAGE.
>> YOU THINK THAT TRAVEL WILL
EVENTUALLY COME BACK?
>> MY EXPECTATION IS YES,
PEOPLE WILL WANT TO TRAVEL AND
THIS WILL PASS.
>> AT BANGOR 4@INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT TH4@E SITUATION IS
SIMILAR BUT IT NOT EXACTLY THE
SAME.
THE DIRECTOR 4@SAID WHILE OVERA
REVENUES ARE DOWN PART OF THE
BUSINESS IS STILL DOING OKAY. 4@
>> ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT
BANGOR DOES HAVE HIS GIVEN 4@OU
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION AND 4@
STRATEGIC LOCATION, WE ARE
STILL ABLE TO HELP 4@WITH 4@OTH
ESSENTIAL SERVICE INDUSTRY LIKE
THE MILITARY.
WE GET A LOT OF MILITARY TROOPS
ESSENTIAL SERVICE INDUSTRY LIKE THE MILITARY. WE GET A LOT OF MILITARY TROOPS@
COMING THROUGH AS WELL AS 4@4@C
FLIGHTS COMING THROUGH BANGOR.
THOSE ARE CARGO FLIGHTS GOING
TO OTHER PLACES IN 4@THE U.S.
THAT NEEDS MEDICAL SUPPLIES .
IT IS INTERESTING TO SEE THE
SHIFT.
WE ARE AFFECTED BY 4@REDUCTION @
REVENUE CERTAINLY.
>> WHAT IS IT LIKE WHEN YOU
WALK INTO 4@THE BUILDING THAT I
SO QUIET AND EMPTY?
>> ROB, IT IS A VERY EERIE
FEELING TO WALK THROUGH AND SEE
SO QUIET AND EMPTY? >> ROB, IT IS A VERY EERIE FEELING TO WALK THROUGH AND SEE@
WHERE JUST4@ TWO MONTHS AGO IT
WAS A BUSTLING AND BUSY, 4@ACTI
AIRPORT.4@
BEFORE THE CRISIS WE WERE ON
PACE TO HAVE ANOTHER 4@RECORD
YEAR.
NOW BASICALLY WE'VE HIT 4@THE
BRAKES.
WE WILL NOT HIT THOSE RECORD
NUMBERS AND IT IS KIND OF
EERIE.
BUT I 4@DO COME INTO WORK EVERY
DAY.
WE HAVE ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEES
HERE AND 4@FRONTLINE EMPLOYEES
HERE.
I AM HERE 4@WITH THEM.
>> NOBODY HAS A GOOD 4@CRYSTAL
BALL.
BUT WHAT IS YOUR BEST
ASSUMPTION RIGHT NOW AS TO WHEN
PEOPLE WILL START 4@TO RETURN T
TRAVELING?
>> REALLY, I THINK IT IS GOING
TO BE A LONG, SLOW AND GRADUAL
INCREASE.
HOPEFULLY BY MAYBE THIS 4@TIME
NEXT YEAR, OR 12-18 MONTHS AND
WE WILL START TO SEE THINGS
COME BACK AND GROWTH IN AT THAT
POIN4@T.
>> 4@4@FOR YOU WHAT IS BEEN THE
WEIRDEST SENSATION AND
EXPERIENCE COMING OUT 4@OF THIS
>> AS SIMPLE AS THIS SOUNDS, I
DID KNOW SOMETHING 4@WAS REALLY
SERIOUS WHEN I COULD ACTUALLY
PART IN OUR EMPLOYEE PARKING
LOT AND BE IN THE FIRST ROW.
THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED IN YEARS.
>> WHEN WILL THOSE PARKING
SPACES FILL 4@UP AGAIN AND WHEN
WILL AIR TRAVEL RETURN TO
NORMAL?
THE ANSWER IS ONCE AGAIN,
NOBODY 4@KNOWS IN COLLUDING PAU
BR4@ADBERRY AND THEY 4@ACKNOWLE
THAT.
DELTA AIRLINES SAYS IT EXPECTS
IT WILL TAKE TWO OR THREE YEARS
THAT. DELTA AIRLINES SAYS IT EXPECTS IT WILL TAKE TWO OR THREE YEARS@
FOR ITS BUSINESS TO GET BACK TO
WHERE IT'S BUSINESS WAS BEFORE