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Air Canada Adding Flights to and from Regina

Air Canada Adding Flights to and from Regina

Dec 14, 2023 | 4:44pm
The Regina Airport Authority announced that Air Canada will increase summer capacity in 2024. Flights will peak at four flights a day to Toronto and three flights a day to Vancouver, and round-trip, non-stop daily service will be introduced to Montreal. Justin Reves, Director of Revenue Development, Public Relations, and Customer Experience, said that Air […]

Construction worker dead after runway project accident at Regina airport

May 27, 2023 | 7:57am

A construction worker has died after a severe accident at the Regina airport. At 11:30 p.m. on Friday, a severe accident involving a worker happened on airport property. The accident was related to the 13-31 runway overlay project. Emergency responders attended the scene, but the injuries were deemed to be fatal. Both the Regina Police […]

Regina’s Airport Preparing for WestJet Labour Dispute

May 16, 2023 | 8:52am

WestJet is a key operator of Regina’s International Airport, but all that could come to stop on Thursday night. With the airline issuing lockout notice Monday night after the pilot’s issued strike notice, there seems to be little hope of stopping this labour dispute. This means most, if not all of WestJet’s flights will be […]

New Regina Transit Airport bus route 24 launches

May 8, 2023 | 1:09pm

The City of Regina and the Regina International Airport have partnered to add a new airport bus route to Regina Transit. The Regina Transit’s airport service Route 24 was launched and is designed to meet the needs of both employees at the airport and surrounding businesses and residents to and from the downtown core. Mayor […]

City Votes For Tax Exemption for Regina International Airport

Feb 23, 2023 | 10:06am

Its been a tough few years for the Regina Airport. The pandemic brought air travel to a crawl, and Regina has lost some direct access routes to the United States as well as other Canadian destinations. City Council has decided to help, by approving a five year tax exemption for the airport.  It works out […]

WestJet adds More Direct Flights to Calgary From Regina

Jan 17, 2023 | 8:23am

After Air Canada Announced it was scaling back operations and cutting direct flights to Calgary from Regina and other Canadian centers – WestJet has moved in to fill that void. James Bogusz President and CEO of Regina Airport Authority says the move is a boon for the city. “We have been working with West Jet […]

Local Company To Help Couples With Cancelled Destination Weddings

Dec 30, 2022 | 10:44am

Wedding bells aren’t ringing for couples who were planning on destination weddings in January – thanks to Sunwings cancelation of services to Regina and Saskatoon. Saskatchewan couples with destination weddings planned for January received some devastating news yesterday – with air carrier Sunwing announcing that they would not be servicing Regina and Saskatoon until February. […]

People from Regina remain stranded by Sunwing

Dec 30, 2022 | 10:38am

As bad of a week as Sunwing Airlines is having, for most of its passengers its worse. A series of weather cancellations and delays has thrown the destination carrier’s schedule into chaos stranding thousands of tourists in places like Mexico and Cuba. In Varadero, Cuba there are some 24 people from Regina who were due […]

Icy Runway Causing Delays and Cancellations at YQR

Dec 28, 2022 | 1:56pm

Air Travel is continuing to recover from all of the stormy, wintery weather over Christmas. At Regina’s Airport, there are some delays and cancellations because of the weather here. Airport President and CEO James Bogusz says freezing rain laid a thick coating of ice on the runway.  He tells 620CKRM crews have been working around […]

Air Canada stopping flights from Calgary to Saskatchewan in new year

Dec 6, 2022 | 4:52pm

2023 will mark the end of flights from Calgary to Saskatchewan airports for Air Canada. As of January 16, passengers will no longer be able to make the trip on an Air Canada flight. Justin Reves, the manager of customer experience with the Regina Airport Authority, called the news disappointing. “We know that Calgary is […]