Maritime provinces, Ottawa announce $9 million to help restore regional air travel
Under a three-year pilot program with PAL Airlines, daily flights will be offered between Halifax, Sydney, N.S., Charlottetown, Fredericton and Moncton, N.B.
Passengers are expected to fly with the service later this year, although exact dates aren't yet known.
The joint funding includes $5 million from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, $2.9 million from Nova Scotia, $840,000 from P.E.I. and $458,000 from New Brunswick.
P.E.I. Premier Rob Lantz and Island MP Sean Casey made the announcement Friday at the Charlottetown airport with Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston and Gilles LePage, minister responsible for New Brunswick's Regional Development Corporation.
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The announcement comes after the Council of Atlantic Premiers formed a working group in February 2023 on regional air travel that included government and airport authority representatives.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 8, 2025.
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