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Traveller numbers continue to climb in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The number of passengers to go through the gates at Fulton Field last month is keeping the airport on pace for a record year. In October 2015 more than 26,700 travellers came through the Kamloops Airport, up five per cent over October 2014. The jump is the lowest since April 2015 but keeps...
Passenger numbers continue to grow at Kamloops Airport
KAMLOOPS - The number of travellers using Fulton Field continues to climb monthly as the airport aims for another record year. In September, nearly 25,000 travellers came through the gates of Kamloops Airport, up from just over 23,000 in September 2014. That brings the year-to-date numbers up to more than 238,000 this year, a 2.5...
Bear with two cubs spotted at Kelowna Airport
KELOWNA – The Kelowna Airport sees its share of visitors but nothing like the three spotted there recently. A mother black bear and two cubs were seen three times between the highway and the long term parking lot over the past three weeks, according to airport spokesperson Jenelle Hynes. “There have been no encounters with...
What the Vernon airport is today and what it could be 20 years from now
VERNON - Seated on a flat landing below orchard-brushed hillsides on the west side of town, the Vernon airport is a little known nook of activity where corporate jets offload business people, ambulances airlift patients to hospital and adrenaline-hunters enjoy the rush of a freefall. It’s small enough that curious onlookers might be treated to...
Have your say on the future of Vernon’s airport
VERNON - Vernon residents are invited to have a say on the future of the local airport. The city is reviewing plans for the airport over the next 20 years and wants to hear from residents and businesses at an upcoming open house Sept. 17. It’s all part of a project to develop a new...
More travellers using Kamloops Airport
KAMLOOPS - With more than 27,000 passengers through the gates last month the Kamloops Airport remains on track for a record year. In July 2015 nearly 27,200 people used the Kamloops Airport for travel, an 8.3 per cent increase over July 2014. Managing Director Fred Legace partially attributes the higher numbers to increased tourist travel...
Jump in passenger numbers at Kamloops Airport
KAMLOOPS - Six months into the year and the Kamloops Airport is starting to see bigger jumps in travellers coming through the gates. Traveller numbers increased by more than six per cent over last year for June, the biggest increase Fulton Field has seen so far in 2015. In total more than 25,000 travellers passed...
Deer found hanging by leg rescued by Vernon men
'IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A HORRIFIC DEATH’ VERNON - A deer left hanging from a chain link fence was rescued by two Vernon men over the weekend. Pete Wise, who operates a wildlife control company, was making his rounds at the Vernon airport early Saturday morning when he noticed the deer hanging by its leg....
Kamloops Airport numbers continue to climb
KAMLOOPS - The upward trend in the number of travellers coming through the gates at Fulton Field continued in May, following a slower start to the year. The first three months of 2015 saw a slight decline in the number of travellers coming through Kamloops Airport but both April and May offered an increase in...
Emergency crews respond to incident at Kelowna airport
KELOWNA - Emergency crews responded to an incident involving a small plane Monday afternoon at the Kelowna airport. The pilot of a private, two-seater aircraft experienced issues while on takeoff and veered off the runway, airport spokesperson Jenelle Hynes says in a release. The runway was closed for approximately 40 minutes causing delays for two...
United Airlines drops service to Kelowna
KELOWNA – After less than a year of service between Kelowna and San Francisco, United Airlines has departed for good. The carrier first started service to Kelowna in October of last year and according to airport spokesperson Jenelle Hynes had already decided in December that it just wasn’t economically feasible to continue the once-daily flights...
Airport numbers continue to drop in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A slight decline in traveller numbers at Fulton Field is being attributed to a continued decline in the number of resource workers in northern Alberta. In March the number of travellers dipped by almost 250 passengers to 28,290, compared to more than 28,500 in March 2014. Combined with modest declines in January and...
Edmonton flight helps boost traveller numbers at Kamloops Airport
KAMLOOPS - The number of travellers coming through the gates of Fulton Field is less than last year, but the addition of a direct flight to Edmonton is offsetting any major decline. The latest report from the Kamloops Airport shows the number of travellers for February down nearly 250 over last year, for a total...
Gas price slide means savings on civic operations
KELOWNA - Questions about the impact of collapsing oil prices are starting to filter into Kelowna’s civic operations as the possibility of an extended downturn in fuel costs becomes apparent. Several councillors queried city staff during presentations at 2015 budget deliberations about the topic that has recently been dominating headlines in Western Canada. The first...
Barricades planned for deadly stretch of Hwy 97
LAKE COUNTRY – A dangerous stretch of Highway 97 where a woman died following a head on collision Sunday is getting some attention from the Ministry of Transportation. “That incident over the weekend was terrible and our thoughts are with the friends and family of the people affected,” says Ministry spokesperson Murray Tekano. “It’s really...
B.C. Coroners Service identifies woman killed in Highway 97 crash
KELOWNA – The B.C. Coroners Service has identified the woman killed in a crash between a semi and an SUV on Highway 97 north of the Kelowna Airport Sunday afternoon. She was Frances Marie Strocher, 48, of Kelowna. Const. Kris Clark of the Kelowna RCMP says Strocher was driving a Volkswagen Tiguan and was the only...
Flights cancelled by police helicopter searching for suspect
KAMLOOPS - Two arrival flights were cancelled Wednesday afternoon due to RCMP acitivities that closed air space above Kamloops. RCMP requested air space closure as its helicopter hovered and flew over the Batchelor Heights area in the search for suspects after a Mountie was shot in the early morning hours. "It was a tad on...
Alberta man charged with threatening WestJet flight in Kelowna
KELOWNA – A 35-year-old Alberta man, who is living in Summerland, is facing a number of charges in connection with a threat made to a WestJet flight in Kelowna on Saturday. At about 12:24 p.m., someone phoned in a threat regarding the flight scheduled to depart Kelowna for Calgary. Police still refuse to say what...
Litke still has a few tricks up his sleeve
PENTICTON - With two months left in office, Mayor Garry Litke hopes to accomplish a few more things before he walks out the doors of City Hall for good. Before he became mayor, Litke was a city councillor for eight years. Being a part of the team that created the South Okanagan Events Centre was...
WestJet encourages winter season in South Okanagan
PENTICTON - The arrival of WestJet in Penticton is encouraging the City, tourism and other organizations throughout the South Okanagan to focus on what the region as to offer in the winter season. AirCanada will no longer be the sole airline flying out of Penticton once WestJet joins the ranks at the end of October,...
Lost, confiscated and forgotten at the Kelowna airport
KELOWNA - Wallets, passports and designer bags—among hundreds of other lost items—are collected, meticulously logged and stored by the Kelowna International Airport each month. Only some find their way back home. Reuniting items with their owners is always the goal, says airport spokesperson Jenelle Hynes, it’s just not always the reality. Some items are given...
Kamloops airport numbers continue to gain altitude
KAMLOOPS - Nearly 20,000 more travellers have passed through the gates at Fulton Field compared to this time last year, keeping the Kamloops Airport on track for another record year. More than 27,400 travellers used the airport in August 2014, up nine per cent over the same month the year before and bringing the year-to-date...
Airport numbers continue historic climb
KAMLOOPS - Numbers continue to soar at Fulton Field with yet another increase in monthly travelers in July. Northern works and people visiting friends and family in Kamloops continue to push the increase, which saw about 1,600 more travellers in July 2014 than July 2013. Those 25,000 people bring the year to date total to...
Suncor gets official green light to fly employees out of YLW
KELOWNA – Suncor Energy received permission Monday to continue to run their own airline for their employees out of Kelowna International Airport. The energy company has previously been using the airport on an ad-hoc basis however the new agreement will allow the city to collect airport improvement fees at a rate of $15 per passenger....