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Kelowna Airport 2021
Flying out of YLW for the holidays? Here’s what you need to know
The Kelowna International Airport is encouraging anyone travelling by air over the holidays to ensure…
Tourism boost expected from $5.5M upgrade to Kelowna airport private aircraft services
A $5.5 million capital project planned for Kelowna International Airport in 2022 is the first…
International flights set to resume at Kelowna airport
International flights will resume at Kelowna International Airport effective Nov. 30. International routes from Alaska…
Airlines add more flights, larger aircraft on routes between Okanagan, Kamloops and Vancouver
With landslides blocking all main highway routes between the Lower Mainland and the southern Interior,…
UPDATE: Kelowna airport to become international again
The federal government announced today, Nov. 2, that international flights will be able to land…
Flair Airlines expansion means more direct flights from Vancouver, Victoria to Kelowna
New destinations are being added as Flair Airlines expands its service in Canada and U.S.…
Time running out for Kelowna airport to get international status back
Kelowna airport is at risk of losing its winter flights to the U.S. and sun…
Kelowna airport ‘scrambling’ to implement new mandatory vaccination
After just announcing that free COVID tests are now available to the 1,000 people working…
COVID-impacted Kelowna airport may offer UBCO empty parking spots
Flights are down at Kelowna International Airport so there’s lots of parking spaces going unused.…
Another passenger aircraft landing in Kelowna hit by laser
A potentially dangerous laser beam hit an Air Canada Jazz plane coming in for a…
Building power systems for low emission trucks expected to create 100 jobs in Kelowna
A “micro-factory” is under construction in the Kelowna Airport Industrial Park that will build battery…
Flights to resume at Kelowna airport today, extra flights being added
Scheduled flights at YLW Kelowna International Airport are expected to resume at around 3 p.m.…
Air Canada’s Kelowna to Montreal route takes flight
The first direct Montreal to Kelowna Air Canada flight was made today, kicking off a…
Kelowna air traffic control facing staff shortages as pandemic winds down
Concerns are being raised about operating hours at Kelowna International Airport’s air traffic services as…
Flair Air offering low-cost flights from Kelowna to Ottawa
New, ultra-low cost flights will start between Ottawa and Kelowna in August on Flair Air.…
Big aircraft causes small delay at Kelowna airport
A technical problem related to parking one of the largest aircraft ever to visit Kelowna…
WestJet flight out of Kelowna carries passenger with COVID-19
The B.C. Centre for Disease Control has updated its flight exposure list and includes a…
COVID-19 travel restrictions have devastating impact on Kelowna airport passenger numbers
Passenger counts through the Okanagan’s largest airport fell drastically last year due to the impacts…
Student pilot struck runway lights in crash at Kelowna airport: Transport Canada
A student pilot who crash landed short of the runway at Kelowna International Airport in…
Two more Kelowna flights had possible COVID-19 exposures
Two Air Canada flights into Kelowna last week had people on board who potentially were…
Two more possible COVID-19 exposures on Kelowna flights
The B.C. Centre for Disease Control says two more Kelowna flights have had possible COVID-19…