Airport
WestJet to start flying from Penticton to Vancouver
WesJet will start flying to Vancouver from the Penticton Airport next year. The airline announced…
Third hotel to be built near Kelowna airport, UBCO
A 200-room, six-storey Courtyard by Marriott hotel in the Airport Business Park has been approved…
Someone flew a drone over planes near Kelowna airport
An unauthorized drone was flying within one kilometre of Kelowna International Airport earlier this month…
Kelowna airport holding job fair to ‘weather the storm’ as traffic increases but staff levels remain low
Airport traffic has spiked past 2019 levels but the challenge remains to fill positions at…
Plane lands on its belly at the Vernon airport
A small plane came to a screeching halt at the Vernon Regional Airport yesterday. A…
Traffic is high and staffing levels are low at Kelowna airport
Staffing shortages are ongoing at the Kelowna International Airport, which keeps on getting busier. “It’s…
Traffic at Kelowna airport expected to reach highest altitude ever this summer
The man at the helm of the Kelowna International Airport is expecting to see the…
B.C. airline pitches Vernon to Vancouver flights
A B.C. airline is pitching the idea to run daily flights from Vernon to Vancouver.…
B.C. government creating 240 childcare spaces in Okanagan
The province is creating 240 new childcare spaces in throughout the Okanagan. Four child care…
‘Economic enabler’: How the founding of Kelowna airport 75 years ago turned the city around
When people look back on what moved Kelowna from the “ugly sister” of the Okanagan’s…
Kelowna airport gets $3.2M boost from federal government
Kelowna International Airport is one of a dozen in B.C. to get money from the…
Kelowna airport seeing faster recovery of domestic flights than international ones
December 2021 was almost as busy at the Kelowna International Airport as a typical pre-pandemic…
Kelowna airport wants policy change with COVID-19 tests for international flyers
Kelowna’s airport director says he’s tried multiple times to reach the federal government to discuss…
New affordable airline coming to Kelowna International Airport
An new airline is coming to Kelowna International Airport in April. The airline will provide…
Kelowna airport temporary shut down of food, beverage service ‘unprecedented’ due to lack of staff
COVID-19 vaccine refusal, difficulties finding workers and people calling in sick have compounded into the…