Central Mountain Air Releases Summer Flight Schedule
(SMITHERS, BC May 11, 2021) Central Mountain Air responds to the need to provide air service to communities by adding 78 flights per week. Grande Prairie, High Level and Quesnel added to network. Flights per weeks8 – Edmonton YEG | Fort St John YXJ8 – Edmonton YEG | Grande Prairie YQU4 – Edmonton YEG | High […]
Flying for smiles – A Kelowna pilot has organized a flyover during May Long Weekend
From Castanet – link to source story Madison Erhardt – May 10, 2021 Play VideoMadison Erhardt Watch Video from Castanet A 22-year-old pilot is ready for takeoff with the goal of putting smiles on faces. Trevor Jones and over a dozen other pilots will take part in a fly-over on Sunday, May 23. The group will start […]
Swoop Returns to Winnipeg
Airline brings more choice and ultra-low fares back to Manitoba WINNIPEG, MB, April 25, 2021 /CNW/ – Today, Swoop marked its return to Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (YWG). The airline’s reintroduction of its ultra-low fares now connects Winnipeg with Hamilton’s John C. Munro International Airport (YHM) and Abbotsford International Airport (YXX), with operations to Kelowna International Airport (YLW) […]
Flair Airlines adds non-stop service between Ottawa-Kelowna
The growing ULCC will begin bi-weekly flights in August EDMONTON, Alberta, April 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Flair Airlines, Canada’s only independent ultra low-cost carrier (ULCC), is expanding service with a new, non-stop route between Ottawa International Airport (IATA code: YOW) and Kelowna International Airport (IATA Code: YLW) starting August 4, 2021, with flights on […]
Swoop Expands Summer Schedule and Brings New Routes and More Ultra-Low Fares to British Columbia
Airline introduces Victoria as new destination and adds more routes to Kelowna for peak summer travel VICTORIA, BC, March 31, 2021 /CNW/ – Today, Swoop, Canada’s leading ultra-low-cost airline, announced an expansion to its summer schedule, bringing new routes and more ultra-low fares to British Columbia. The airline’s expanded summer operations will bring new service to Victoria and celebrates the return and addition of new routes from […]
New Multi-Use Airport Hangar Debuts Innovative Wood Design in Canada
KELOWNA, BC, March 30, 2021 /CNW/ – Canada’s forest sector is transforming the materials we use in construction. Using mass timber in building construction helps lower emissions, advance innovation in forestry and supports local manufacturing and jobs. Canada is investing in the use of mass timber in innovative and non-traditional building applications. The Honourable Harjit Sajjan, Minister of National Defence, on […]
WestJet leads domestic recovery with the addition of 11 new routes
Airline’s investments in Western Canada support travel and tourism in anticipation of summer demand CALGARY, AB, March 26, 2021 /CNW/ – WestJet today announced 11 new domestic routes across Western Canada. The routes will offer new nonstop service for 15 communities across Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario. The enhancements follow an announcement made earlier in the week to return […]
KF Aerospace Centre for Excellence construction underway
Groundbreaking ceremony held to launch construction of the state-of-the-art aviation exhibition hall and conference centre March 25, 2021—Kelowna— The KF Aerospace Centre for Excellence has officially broken ground on its future location at 5800 Lapointe Drive, Kelowna International Airport (YLW). To mark the occasion – which coincided with KF Aerospace’s 51st anniversary— the Centre’s directors and […]
Kelowna still ‘international’
From Castanet – link to source story Rob Gibson – Mar 23, 2021 Photo: Contributed Despite what you might have heard, Kelowna International Airport has not lost its ‘international’ designation. Senior manager of airport operations, Phillip Elchitz tells Castanet Transport Canada has been moving to bring its policies in line with the International Civil Aviation Organization, a specialized agency of […]
Military equipment, personnel arrive at Kelowna International Airport
From Salmon Arm Observer – link to source story A CH-146 Griffon helicopter being unloaded from the RCAF’s C-17 Globemaster at Kelowna International Airport on March 11, 2021. (KF Aerospace) The RCAF is conducting training exercises in the Okanagan for the next few weeks MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ | Mar. 11, 2021 Canadian military personal and equipment […]