The air connections between Red Deer and Fort McMurray will increase in a couple of weeks.
Northwestern Air Lease Ltd. announced on Monday that is adding a Wednesday flight between the Red Deer Airport and Fort McMurray, beginning April 10. The regional airline currently offers passenger service between the two cities on Mondays and Fridays.
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A proposed airport in Parkland County won’t change plans to make Villeneuve into a hub for business and medevac flights, say locals.
Parkland Airport Development Corp. announced earlier this month that it planned to build an airport in Parkland County near Highway 16A and Highway 60 about five minutes west of Edmonton.
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EDMONTON – Citing extraordinary demand, Sunwing has announced the addition of winter flights from Edmonton to Cancun, Mexico.
The new flights will depart on Tuesdays, commencing Feb. 12 until Apr. 9.
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EDMONTON – Edmonton International Airport had its busiest year ever in 2012, according to passenger statistics released Monday.
The number of overall passengers served at the airport grew last year by 6.4 per cent, or 400,000 people, to 6.68 million.
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The Town of Peace River continues to seek a major airline carrier to operate out of the Peace River Airport, with the acting CAO and a councillor recently attending an Air Canada conference.
Councillor Colin Needham and Acting CAO Paresh Dhariya, met with representatives from Air Canada on December 12 in Montreal aiming to make Peace River a known prospect to the company.
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EDMONTON – Starting in June, passengers will be able to fly directly from Fort McMurray to Denver, Colo., as part of the first scheduled non-stop passenger service from the northern Alberta city to the United States.
“The service is the culmination of 18 months of discussions with United to introduce this service to Fort McMurray,” said Scott Clements, the chief executive and president of the Fort McMurray Airport Authority. “This flight places us on the world map, making it easier for visitors to travel to the region while benefiting residents destined to the U.S. and other international destinations.”
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Air Canada (AC.B-T 1.81 0.01 0.56%) unveiled a major expansion in its flights to Asia, a high-growth area for Canada’s biggest airline in recent years, as it seeks to boost revenue in an attempt to become profitable.
In what it described as its “most far-reaching international expansion of its schedule in its 75-year history,” Air Canada said on Thursday it would add flights from Canada to Asian cities including Beijing, Seoul and Narita, Japan. Subject to government approval, the airline will also start flying to Istanbul.
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Calgary may soon see another airline enter the market — local charter company Enerjet is looking for investors for a possible expansion.
Enerjet currently has a fleet of three Boeing 737s. Most of their business is contracted by big oil companies to fly workers up north.
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