Airports feeling wind under their wings after announcement PAL Airlines will expand flights
From CTV News – link to source story & link to video Kyle Moore, CTV News Atlantic Reporter | Monday, April 12, 2021 SYDNEY, N.S. — Airports around here are hoping the addition of flights by PAL Airlines is a sign of recovery for the aviation industry, which has been hit hard by the pandemic. […]
Details of Financial Support to Air Canada
From: Department of Finance Canada | 12 April 2021 Backgrounder The government’s financial support to Air Canada is being provided under the Large Employer Emergency Financing Facility (LEEFF). The Canada Enterprise Emergency Funding Corporation (CEEFC) has committed to provide $4 billion in repayable loans and an equity investment in Air Canada of $500 million in newly-issued Class […]
WestJet to restore regional routes suspended due to COVID-19
Flights set to resume to airports across Atlantic Canada and Quebec City as part of the airline’s commitment to a safe restart CALGARY, AB, March 24, 2021 /CNW/ – WestJet today announced it will restore flights to the communities of Charlottetown, Fredericton, Moncton, Sydney and Quebec City after service was suspended as a result of COVID-19. The reinstatement of service will restore WestJet’s complete network of pre-COVID-19 domestic airports. “We committed to return to […]
Cape Breton aviation company hopes to fill void in the sky
From CBC News – link to source story With Air Canada and WestJet no longer flying into Sydney airport, Celtic Air Services is ramping up charters Tom Ayers · CBC News · Posted: Feb 12, 2021 A Cape Breton company is hoping to take advantage of a market opportunity after two major airlines scaled back scheduled flights in Atlantic […]
Sydney airport CEO says no assistance coming from federal government
From Cape Breton Post – link to source story Sharon Montgomery | February 11, 2021 SYDNEY, N.S. — Officials at the J.A. Douglas McCurdy Sydney Airport feel the federal government is not very familiar with Cape Breton’s major travel hub. In a story in Thursday’s edition of the Cape Breton Post, the federal government said they […]
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 […]
Canadian airlines accused of ignoring COVID precautions, denying refunds
News from CBC News – link to Story The cessation of physical distancing rules is causing frustration for passengers The Canadian Press · Posted: Jul 07, 2020 When Bobbi Jo Green booked a flight back in May for her, her husband, and her children to see two ailing family members, she was counting on the airline’s physical […]