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Medicine Hat airport loses commercial flight activity â for now
The Medicine Hat Regional Airport will no longer have any commercial flight activity, after two airlines pulled flights temporarily.
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Posted: Apr 05, 2021 10:42 AM MT | Last Updated: April 5
The Medicine Hat Regional Airport has gone quiet after both Air Canada, and now Westjet have pulled commercial flights temporarily.(City of Medicine Hat)
WestJet to suspend flights again
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A WestJet Link 34-seat Saab 340b aircraft taxis to the gate at Medicine Hat Regional Airport in this June 2018 file photo. The pandemic has forced the airline to once again suspend flights to and from Medicine Hat. Flights will stop from March 21 to June 24. NEWS FILE PHOTO
WestJet will temporarily suspend flights to and from Medicine Hat Regional Airport.
The airline made the announcement Thursday and will cease flights from March 21 until June 24. Lloydminister, London, Ont. and St. John’s, Nfld. are also affected.
The company said the decision had been made due to lower demand as a result of COVID-19.
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Anyone heading down Gershaw Drive will notice one of the newest additions to the city.
A big, red sign reading `YXH’ has been built roadside near the airport and it sits at the entrance of YXH Gateway.
The project has been in the works for years and will bring commercial development to the Medicine Hat Regional Airport’s front yard.
“We started airport work a few years ago with the resurfacing of the runway,” said Invest Medicine Hat’s director of land development and real estate Chris Perret. “The second phase of that was building a new hangar and some bayside commercial property.
Anyone heading down Gershaw Drive will notice one of the newest additions to the city.
A big, red sign reading ‘YXH’ has been built roadside near the airport and it sits at the entrance of YXH Gateway.
The project has been in the works for years and will bring commercial development to the Medicine Hat Regional Airport’s front yard.
“We started airport work a few years ago with the resurfacing of the runway,” said Invest Medicine Hat’s director of land development and real estate Chris Perret. “The second phase of that was building a new hangar and some bayside commercial property.