Halifax Stanfield International Airport Developments

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Sounds likely that an announcement of the return of the Halifax-Sydney route is coming next week:

Sydney Airport to announce new air travel route

For quite some time now, the Sydney Airport has been operating on two flights in-and-out per day – each route having a single to-and-from flight to Montreal and Toronto.

"Just recently, we went to Boston and my wife and I had to drive to Halifax to catch an hour-and-15-minute flight to Boston,” said Cape Breton Regional Municipality Deputy Mayor James Edwards.

Edwards said there is a particularly strong need right now for more air traffic at the small, regional airport, citing increasing enrolment at Cape Breton University and the new NSCC campus downtown as just a couple of examples of sources of potential travelers.

As things stand now, people often make the three-and-a-half hour drive to-or-from the Halifax Stanfield International Airport.

"It isn't really a huge inconvenience for us, but if we're going down south or whatever Halifax is usually the first stop unless we get a connector out of Montreal or Toronto,” Edwards said.

Next week, the Sydney Airport Authority plans to announce what it's calling a transformational new route along with Cape Breton's newest airline.

https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/sydney-a...source=twitter

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Great shot from Google maps of one of three regularly scheduled A330 passenger wide-bodies that are in Halifax today (all departing within a 5-hour period).

Air Canada AC667 A330 to Montreal departing Gate 12
Discover 4Y75 A330 to Frankfurt departing Gate 28
Condor DE2417 A330 to Frankfurt departing Gate 27



Source: https://maps.app.goo.gl/RgPrCKsy1Rr5dy886

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The article says it’s a new airline which I suppose could be Pascan or Porter. One of those is more ‘transformational’ than the other but good for them in any case.

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Originally Posted by egb

The article says it’s a new airline which I suppose could be Pascan or Porter. One of those is more ‘transformational’ than the other but good for them in any case.

Could be Porter with a daily Q400 to feed it's Halifax Hub. The new daily Florida flights are starting this fall.

If it leaves Halifax's late in the evening and overnights in Sydney and then gets into Halifax the next morning.

That would make Sydney the 9th destination served by Porter out of Halifax.

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Originally Posted by egb

The article says it’s a new airline which I suppose could be Pascan or Porter. One of those is more ‘transformational’ than the other but good for them in any case.

It's Pascan Saab 340.

Starts in October. 2x Daily Mon-Fri, 1x Daily Sun

Pascan (P6 920) Departs YQY (Sydney) 8:00 am arrives YHZ (Halifax) 8:45 am
Pascan (P6 924) Departs YQY 2:45 am arrives YHZ 3:30 pm

Pascan (P6 923) Departs YHZ 10:00 am arrives YQY 10:45 am
Pascan (P6 919) Departs YHZ 8:20 pm arrives YQY 9:05 pm