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CBC
4 days ago
- Business
- CBC
Regional air access returns to the Maritimes
Maritime travellers will soon have another way to get to and from P.E.I. PAL Airlines is bringing back flights between Charlottetown and Halifax, and adding service from Halifax to Sydney and from Fredericton to Moncton. CBC's Connor Lamont has more.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Maritime provinces, Ottawa announce $9 million to help restore regional air travel
CHARLOTTETOWN — The Maritime provinces and Ottawa are spending $9 million to help restore air travel between Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. 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. 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. The Canadian Press
Winnipeg Free Press
5 days ago
- Business
- Winnipeg Free Press
Maritime provinces, Ottawa announce $9 million to help restore regional air travel
CHARLOTTETOWN – The Maritime provinces and Ottawa are spending $9 million to help restore air travel between Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. 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. Monday Mornings The latest local business news and a lookahead to the coming week. 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.
CTV News
5 days ago
- Business
- CTV News
Provincial, federal governments spending $9M on Maritime flights pilot project
The Maritime provincial governments and Ottawa are spending more than $9 million on a three-year pilot project that will offer daily flights to and from major cities in the region. The project, which is also funded by regional airports, will see PAL Airlines – which offers flights around Eastern Canada and Quebec – provide daily connections between Halifax, Sydney, Charlottetown, Fredericton and Moncton for the next three years. Halifax will serve as a hub in this project. 'Regional air connectivity between New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia is essential to our growth by making it easier for people to move, work and do business across our shared region,' said Gilles LePage, New Brunswick minister of Environment and Climate Change, in a news release. The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency is spending $5 million on the project. Nova Scotia is pitching in $2.9 million, P.E.I. is contributing $840,000 and New Brunswick is spending $458,000. The project comes after Pascan Aviation withdrew from the McCurdy Sydney Airport in Cape Breton last month, ending its flights between Sydney and Halifax 'Restoring regional air access has been a top priority for our member airports, and this initiative is the result of years of collaborative effort,' said Nadia MacDonald, executive director of the Atlantic Canada Airports Association. 'Strong air connections are vital, not only for business and tourism, but also for access to healthcare, education, and maintaining the ties that keep families and communities connected.'
CBC
07-05-2025
- CBC
Left out of the loop: Labradorians say they're not happy about new air travel loop
Isolated, excluded and out of the loop. Torngat Mountains MHA Lela Evans says that's how Labradorians feel about the new PAL Airlines loop between St. John's, Gander and Deer Lake. Evans says it adds insult to injury for those struggling with essential travel. Heather Gillis reports.
