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Originally Posted by homebody
I wasn't saying anything about it going anywhere. I just said Fredericton should be the lone international airport for the province. You don't have to leave to catch a flight. I just think that international flights should be handled out of YFC. Central to NB and furthest major city away from Halifax.
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Central to NB's....what, exactly?
204K live in Albert, Kent, Westmorland counties.
162K live in Carleton, Queens, Sunbury, York counties.
172K live in Charlotte, Kings, and Saint John counties.
Three airports for three spread out populations. In terms of the GMIA, they're situated in the area with the highest % growth in population over the past two decades and are central to the Maritime's economy because of proximity to PEI and NS.
It's foolish to think that we can move in a different direction from what we've been heading in the past few decades re: GMIA v YFC v YSJ. What difference does it make if NB's marquee airport is in one city or the other? Nothing but typical NB infighting over hurt feelings, IMO. As long as we're focusing our efforts on the largest airport in the largest market we'll be doing just fine, as well as supporting the smaller airports in the smaller markets through regional and domestic routes. Although Moncton is closest to Halifax the other two airports lose more business to Bangor when the dollar recovers, which it eventually will over time.
Given the state of NB's economy we should at least be grateful that all three airports are growing at modest rates.