One weekly round trip between the two destinations was provided last year on Friday’s, carrying nearly 3,200 people in and out of Nanaimo according to Nanaimo Airport president and CEO Dave Devana.
He noted as many as five weekly round-trips were made at one time between the two cities.
“It’s not as convenient for our customers, they don’t have a direct flight anymore in the summer to Toronto, but we do expect when the industry fully recovers here in Canada that Air Canada will come back and that flight will be re-started,” Devana said.
Citing continued regional population growth and a proven track record that direct flights between Nanaimo and Toronto are sustainable, Devana is convinced the service will return via Air Canada or another carrier.
“We’re confident that it will come back, it’s just a matter of time.”
Devana said Air Canada and other large carriers are focused on building up their hub airports in large Canadian cities…
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