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Kamloops Airport
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...
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...
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...
Kamloops Airport receives $4.4M in federal funding
KAMLOOPS – Fulton Field will receive more than $4 million in federal funding to help upgrade the runways this year. Local Member of Parliament Cathy McLeod joined Mayor Peter Milobar and other delegates at the airport today, May 22, to announce a federal pledge of $4.4 million. These funds are 55 per cent of what...
April numbers climb at Kamloops Airport
KAMLOOPS - After three months of slight declines the Kamloops Airport finally saw a rise in traveller numbers last month. April had nearly 900 more travellers in 2015 than in 2014, bringing the year-to-date traveller numbers to within 1,400 of last year. In total nearly 24,500 travellers passed through the gates of Fulton Field this...
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...
Suspected pipe bomb at Kamloops Airport turns out to be artwork
KAMLOOPS - A suspicious pipe-style package in the arrival area of the Kamloops Airport this afternoon halted operations and led to one cancelled flight. Local RCMP along with several emergency personnel attended the airport around 5 p.m. today, March 26, to follow an airport employee's report of a suspicious package in the arrival area. Cpl....
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...
Long-awaited Kamloops to Edmonton flight lands this weekend
KAMLOOPS - Last April WestJet announced it would start offering a direct flight between Kamloops and Edmonton and after 10 long months, this weekend will finally mark the inaugural flight. The first flight of WestJet Encore from Edmonton will land at 3:45 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 15 and the company will be celebrating with a welcoming...
The reason fewer travellers used Kamloops airport in January
KAMLOOPS - There were nearly 1,300 fewer travellers who came through the Kamloops Airport last month than the January before and it is believed the lower oil prices may be to blame. In January 2015 nearly 27,800 people came through the gates at Fulton Field, down from the more than 29,000 that travelled in January...
Record year for Kamloops Airport
KAMLOOPS - The number of people flying in and out of the Kamloops airport continues to rise, with 2014 another record year at Fulton Field. Over 310,000 travellers used the airport in 2014, compared to 290,000 in 2013, which had been a record year as well. The airport hit the record number despite a two...
Kamloops Airport cleaning up after storm
KAMLOOPS - There were nine flight cancellations at the airport Sunday and Monday but the break in the storm means flights are back to normal and crews have been able to start cleanup on additional taxiways. A total of 35 centimetres fell at Kamloops Airport over the course of the storm and airport manager Fred...
Snow impacting flights at Kamloops Airport
KAMLOOPS – The winter storm making it’s way through the Southern Interior Sunday is delaying or cancelling flights at the Kamloops Airport. The snow, which is expected to taper off Monday morning, is creating visibility problems for the aircraft. So far, a flight from Vancouver has been cancelled and one delayed, while a flight from...
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...
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...
Record growth leads to new construction at airport
KAMLOOPS - Traveler numbers are up more than nine per cent during the first six months of the year as tourism and workers travelling to northern camps continue to increase. Kamloops Airport Ltd. says the number of travellers were up by about 1,500 bringing the total number of travellers to 157,068 so far this year,...
Kamloops Airport creates, attracts employment opportunities
KAMLOOPS – Earlier today, operations staff at the Kamloops Airport released the 2013 Economic Impact Study to acknowledge the financial benefits the airport has on the community. Last year, the Kamloops Airport brought 610 direct, indirect and induced jobs, generating $27.8 million in annual wages. Some of the full-time jobs directly associated with the ongoing...
Direct flight to Edmonton a go
KAMLOOPS — Just a couple weeks after the city asked Air Canada to consider a direct flight between Edmonton and Kamloops WestJet has announced they will be launching that exact service early next year. A daily non-stop direct flight via WestJet Encore will begin Feb. 15, 2015 and will arrive at Kamloops at 3:15 p.m....
City pushes for direct Edmonton flight
KAMLOOPS — A direct flight between Edmonton and Kamloops would open up opportunities for the airport and those working in oil patches up north. Coun. Ken Christian along with airport and local business management attended a meeting between the three major Thompson-Okanagan airports and Kevin Howlett, Vice President of Air Canada, late last week. Christian...
Short life for Vancouver flight
KAMLOOPS — After less than four months of service, WestJet informed the Kamloops Airport Authority it will discontinue the morning flight between Vancouver and Kamloops by the end of the month. Operations Manager Ed Ratuski says they just received formal notice the WestJet route would be shut down March 1, well before the April 26...