P.E.I. launching COVID-19 rapid test project at Charlottetown Airport
From CBC News – link to source story Self-isolation will still be required after 2 swabs taken from arriving passengers CBC News · Feb 23, 2021 P.E.I. is embarking on a four-week pilot project where it will use both rapid and regular tests for COVID-19 on people landing at Charlottetown Airport. “This project will allow us to assess […]
Flair Airlines ‘light at the end of the tunnel’ for Charlottetown Airport
From CBC News – link to source story ‘It does give us hope’ Kevin Yarr · CBC News · Posted: Feb 10, 2021 Charlottetown Airport received some good news for a change Wednesday with the announcement that Flair Airlines would begin service to Toronto starting in June. The airport began 2020 with expectations for another record year for traffic, […]
Flair Airlines expands with eight new destinations across Canada
ULCC to bring low fare air travel to 18 cities by August, filling voids left by legacy carriers and ensuring affordable travel options are available for Canadians February 10, 2021 06:00 ET | Source: Flair Airlines Edmonton, Alberta, Feb. 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Flair Airlines, Canada’s only independent ultra low-cost carrier (ULCC), is expanding service and will […]
It’s official: 2020 worst year on record for Charlottetown Airport
From CBC News – link to source story Number of passengers down 81 per cent from 2019 Shane Ross · CBC News · Jan 27, 2021 Charlottetown Airport officials had projected a record year for 2020, but it didn’t turn out to be the record they hoped for. The final numbers are in, and they show what many observers […]
As flight service collapses in Atlantic Canada under strain of COVID-19, some worry the region’s being cut off from the rest of the country
From The Toronto Star – link to source story By Steve McKinley, Halifax Bureau ~ Wed., Jan. 20, 2021 We are in the depths of it right now. The COVID-19 pandemic has uprooted and locked down our lives. But as a vaccination effort continues across Canada, there is hope that, in the months ahead, things will […]
Charlottetown Airport now down to just one destination
From CBC News – link to source story New schedule in effect until at least Feb. 10 CBC News · Posted: Jan 11, 2021 Starting Monday, all passengers departing from Charlottetown Airport will have to go to or through Montreal. Passengers looking to travel on elsewhere will have to make connections from there. The change is one of […]
Air Canada cuts ‘final nail in the coffin’ for air service on Cape Breton Island: airport CEO
From CBC News – link to source story Airline suspending all service to and from J.A. Douglas McCurdy Sydney Airport next month CBC News · Posted: Dec 08, 2020 A decision by Air Canada to indefinitely suspend its operations in Cape Breton will have an “absolutely catastrophic” effect on the Nova Scotia island, the CEO of the airport […]
Air Canada to suspend flights between Toronto and Charlottetown in new year
From CBC News – link to source story and VIDEO After Jan. 11, only flights remaining will be between Charlottetown and Montreal Shane Ross · CBC News · Posted: Dec 08, 2020 Air Canada is suspending its flights between Charlottetown and Toronto in the new year, but is adding flights between Charlottetown and Montreal. Doug Newson, CEO of the […]
Air Canada to cut more routes in Atlantic provinces amid rising COVID-19 cases
From BNN Bloomberg – link to source story and VIDEO The Canadian Press – 8 December 2020 Air Canada will be cutting more routes in Atlantic Canada starting in the new year because of a second wave of COVID-19 infections. Effective Jan. 11, the airline says it will be suspending until further notice all flights […]
WestJet makes difficult decision to suspend service to four cities in Atlantic Canada
Airline cuts more than 100 weekly flights across region CALGARY, AB, Oct. 14, 2020 /CNW/ – Today, WestJet announced it will be indefinitely suspending operations to Moncton, Fredericton, Sydney and Charlottetown while significantly reducing service to Halifax and St. John’s. The suspension eliminates more than 100 flights weekly or almost 80 percent of seat capacity from the Atlantic region starting November 2. Details can be […]