June 28: Quebec City – Toronto (daily flights) June 26: Fredericton – Toronto (daily flights) June 24: Charlottetown – Toronto (11 times a week) May 6: St John's – Halifax (six times a week) The flight resumptions and their planned restart dates include: John’s to Halifax route, with flights six times a week, beginning May 6. On Wednesday, WestJet Airlines announced the airline will return service to Charlottetown, Fredericton, Moncton, Sydney and Quebec City, beginning in late June, after service was halted in November 2020 in response to the decline in demand for air travel as a result of the spread of COVID-19. “What we’re seeing now is airlines are starting to load up their summer schedules in anticipation of the potential for more travel going forward as more Canadians are vaccinated,” says Tiffany Chase, spokesperson for Halifax Stanfield International Airport. Now that number is down to about a dozen, but a few more flights are being added back. Just over a year ago, Halifax Stanfield International Airport saw about 200 flights per day. Last week’s announcement that the Atlantic bubble is set to reopen on April 19, has several airlines and hotels in the region preparing for an uptick in travel demand. It seems some Maritime businesses are starting to bet on the return of an Atlantic bubble later this spring.
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