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Originally Posted by roger1818
He also talks about it for about 3 minutes in his weekly video. He mentions a few things in it that aren't on his website, such as (paraphrased by me): - YOW is competing with other airports for new routes, and having an hotel attached to the terminal is one of the factors that airlines are looking for when they decide to add new routes to a community.
- The airport is subsidizing the new Air France route as it won't break even for them, yet.
- Under Ontario law, the city is limited in what they can directly grant to the airport, which is why they are using a CIP.
Link to where he starts talking about the Hotel.
People on hear complain about YOW not having enough flights, but when the airport asks for help from the city, many of those same people are saying, "Hell no! We don't want to pay anything for those flights. They should be given to us for free." |
Subsidies for Air France was definitely needed, and a step in the right direction. It looks like Alt is willing to accept much lower than originally asked, so if the grants they're looking for as per the program is for this lessened amount, I think it's a hit the city should take at this point to get this project running.