Quesnel and area residents will soon have another option to fly to Vancouver and back.
Council has approved a five-year lease and Air Service Agreement with Pacific Coastal Airlines for use of space at the Quesnel Regional Airport.
Jeff Norburn, the Director of Community Services, talks about what it means financially for the city.
“Under the agreement Pacific Coastal Airlines will pay a fixed lease rate for space they use at the airport, and a per passenger fee for flights arriving and departing from the airport.”
Norburn says the projected annual revenue from the first year of the agreement is $27,806.
He says annual revenue generated for flights will depend on how many passengers there are.
Norburn says this agreement is similar to the deal the city has with Central Mountain Air.
The agreement runs from October 1,2025 to September 30, 2030.
The first flight by Pacific Coastal out of Quesnel will be on October 30th.
