There s no one on the staircase passengers use upon arriving in Saskatchewan s capital city. The number of flights scheduled to land on Monday: four. It’s almost like a ghost town, said James Bogusz, CEO and president of the Regina Airport Authority.
Canada s aviation industry has been among the hardest hit by the pandemic, because of federal travel restrictions and public-health advice urging would-be travellers to stay home.
Bogusz said he s concerned that any comeback in air travel could be hampered in Regina by service reductions to air-traffic control.
Nav Canada, the non-profit body that runs the country s civil air navigation service, is reviewing airport towers in Regina and six other small Canadian cities. That has triggered concerns from local leaders about the effect on their airports and community businesses.
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