Air travel to smaller communities and even medium-sized cities has withered, pushing up fares and leaving parts of the country less connected
A crew member of an Arrow Air DC-8 walks on the tarmac at the international airport in Gander, Nfld. on Sept. 10, 2002. The cargo jet had earlier slammed into some construction barricades on a shortened runway.From his office overlooking the runway at Gander International Airport, Reg Wright can see all flights in and out of his corner of Newfoundland.
Driving the travel rebound is a surge along big-city routes. Flight volumes rose 19 per cent for Vancouver-Montreal, 12 per cent for Toronto-Vancouver, 10 per cent for Calgary-Vancouver and a whopping 51 per cent for Ottawa-Calgary over the past five years, according to figures provided to The Canadian Press by aviation data firm Cirium.
The dearth of departures has prompted some travellers to look south for flights – out of Detroit, Plattsburgh, N.Y., and Bellingham, Wash., for example – draining revenues from Canadian airlines and airports.During the pandemic, carriers took the opportunity to streamline their fleet by ditching older planes in favour of newer, bigger ones. The fresher aircraft are more efficient, as are business models that operate fewer flights and carry more passengers over longer distances.
In Cape Breton, residents now have to go through Montreal or Toronto if they want to fly to Halifax after both airlines cut back from a combined 240 flights per month to zero. Other experts say more direct support for regional flights is needed, pointing south of the border. The U.S. Essential Air Service program ensures scheduled flights to hundreds of small communities by subsidizing air service that would otherwise not be profitable enough for carriers, which bid on the contracts.
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