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A potential Air Canada pilots strike is the last thing that Regina International Airport needs. But that prospect looms over the airport this week, as contract talks stall between Air Canada and the pilots union. A strike could happen as soon as this weekend. Regina Airport Authority CEO James Bogusz spoke about what he knew […]

Statistics Canada says airfares rose two per cent year-over-year in June, and continued to soar above pre-pandemic levels. Figures from the consumer price index show the increase follows a 4.5 per cent year-over-year bump in May and a fairly flat April. Prices also stood nearly 19 per cent above what travellers paid for their plane […]

Its been a long haul for the Regina International Airport. Eight long years of not being able to offer flights from Regina to major US hub. During that time, if you wanted to get to the US by air from Regina, you would have to first fly to another Canadian city like Edmonton, Vancouver or […]

Come Monday, Canadian travellers booked with the ultra-low-cost airline Lynx Air will be out of luck and its employees out of work. Officials with the Calgary-based company announced Thursday evening that it is ceasing operations, effective at 12:01 a.m. MT on Feb. 26, after filing for creditor protection.  Lynx Air has advised passengers with existing […]

The Regina Airport Authority and WestJet announce a new direct flight route connecting Regina to Minneapolis, with operations set to commence in 2024. The airline outlines that the newly introduced service will operate daily throughout the year, beginning on April 28. Flights are slated to depart from Regina every morning at 8:15 a.m., with return […]

WestJet and its pilots union say they have reached a last-minute deal, averting a strike ahead of the May long weekend. A statement from the Air Line Pilots Association says union leaders voted to approve an agreement-in-principle, with a membership vote to begin in the coming days. The airline had grounded the bulk of its fleet […]

Talks between WestJet and the pilots’ union continue amid the countdown toward a Friday strike deadline, with the airline saying it has started to cancel flights ahead of the anticipated work stoppage. Some 1,800 pilots at the carrier and its Swoop subsidiary are poised to walk off the job as of 3 a.m. eastern daylight […]

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 […]

More bad news today for customers of embattled airline carrier Sunwing. The information on the latest round of cancellations comes via numerous social media posts from travel agents across the province. Passengers affected by cancellations in December were forced to rebook flights – those rebooked flights are now cancelled. One caveat on the cancelation is […]

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 […]