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May 2, 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Charlottetown Airport Authority Releases 2021 Results and Outlook for 2022 at Annual Public Meeting Charlottetown, PE – The Charlottetown Airport Authority Inc. (CAA) held its Annual Public Meeting this afternoon, where they released CAA’s 2021 Annual Report.  Highlights: 2021 saw 111,160 passengers go through YYG Charlottetown Airport. Passenger numbers…

January 12, 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE YYG Charlottetown Airport Announces Testing Pilot Partnership with Canadian Health Labs Charlottetown, PE – Starting January 13th, COVID-19 rapid antigen testing will be provided by Canadian Health Labs (CHL) at YYG Charlottetown Airport. YYG Charlottetown Airport is pleased to partner with Canadian Health Labs to provide a rapid antigen…

Earlier today, we were advised by Air Canada that they will be temporarily discontinuing service between Charlottetown and Toronto, as of January 11th. Air Canada will continue to provide a daily flight between Charlottetown and Montreal, with a 50-seat regional jet. These changes will stay in place until February 10th, and a decision regarding flight…

Charlottetown, PE – Charlottetown Airport Authority (CAA) held its Annual Public Meeting this morning, this year in a virtual format to comply with COVID-19 public health restrictions. The Airport Authority highlighted some of its many accomplishments from 2019, including the completion of the 2040 Master Plan and the release of an economic impact study which…

Flair Airlines Expands East: Bringing Eastern and Atlantic Canada Jet Service and Competitive Airfares Canada’s only independently owned low-cost carrier, Flair Airlines, adds new flights to Ottawa, Saint John, Charlottetown and returns to Halifax Edmonton, Alberta, February 10th, 2020 Flair is excited to announce its 2020 summer schedule which will expand service into Eastern and…

The Charlottetown Airport Authority is pleased to share that they achieved another year of record passenger movement at the airport. Last year, a record 383,183 passengers travelled through the Charlottetown Airport, representing a 3.4% gain over 2018. The growth is being attributed to Air Canada and WestJet’s increased seat capacity during the peak summer months…

WestJet today is bridging new domestic connections between the east and the west with the introduction of new non-stop seasonal service between Charlottetown, P.E.I., and Calgary beginning June 25, 2020. “As the official airline of Destination Canada’s domestic tourism campaign, we are proud to invest in this historic new connection,” said Charles Duncan, WestJet Chief…

As part of it’s 2020 summer schedule, Swoop, Canada’s ultra-low-fare airline and subsidiary of WestJet Airlines Ltd., announced its East Coast network expansion, with flights between Hamilton, Ontario and St. John’s, NL; Moncton, NB; and Charlottetown, PEI. The new service will begin in June as Swoop receives its tenth aircraft. “The growth of our fleet…

The Charlottetown Airport has partnered with the St. John Ambulance to launch a therapy dog visitation program at the airport. The program will see volunteer dog handlers and their trained pooches roaming the airport visiting passengers, visitors and staff with the intention of relieving stress, entertaining people and putting smiles on faces. The program will…

The Charlottetown Airport launched their first ever holiday food drive today in support of the Upper Room Food Bank. Passengers and staff can drop off donations via a food box in the terminal building now till Christmas. The food box will be located in the airline check-in area for passengers wishing to donate non-perishable food…