Air Canada suspends flights at Kamloops and Penticton airports | iNFOnews

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(JENNIFER STAHN / iNFOnews.ca)

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January 12, 2021 – 2:57 PM

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Air Canada is suspending flights to and from Kamloops and Penticton indefinitely because of to vacation restrictions around COVID-19.&#13

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Throughout the nation, Canadian airports have been dealing with history very low passenger counts as non-crucial travel is not recommended by public health officers.&#13

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Ed Ratuski, taking care of director of the Kamloops Airport, explained they obtained the information this morning, Jan. 12, that Air Canada would be suspending flights temporarily starting Jan. 23. Air Canada is also suspending assistance to and from Penticton commencing, Jan. 11.&#13

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“It is really related to what we seasoned throughout the starting of COVID, with the to start with wave,” he claimed.&#13

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Presently there is a person Air Canada flight that travels to and from Vancouver every single day.

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During the pandemic, the airport sees approximately a few to four flights a working day, but Air Canada has only been working a single flight because the summer months.&#13

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“It will have an effect on travellers traveling for vital explanations, that is for specific. The passenger figures have been quite small simply because of the vacation constraints. Which is our issue is persons travelling for do the job or for critical causes… that limitations their selections even more,” Ratuski stated.&#13

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In the 2nd quarter of 2020, the airport experienced a 97% dip in traveller numbers.&#13

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In an emailed statement, Air Canada claimed the conclusion was manufactured because of to the “stifled demand from customers from ongoing travel restrictions and blanket quarantine procedures.”&#13

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Functioning in this atmosphere is not sustainable and we have built hard decisions to suspend all passenger operations to Kamloops Airport right until further more detect,” according to the statement.&#13

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“Our all round community capacity is currently down about 80% from the last typical 12 months which was 2019,” according to the assertion.&#13


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