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Air travelers should expect a very busy Kamloops Airport after Christmas
KAMLOOPS – With Christmas just around the corner, the Kamloops Airport is expecting its busiest…
Snow having little impact at Kelowna airport
STILL A VERY BUSY DAY AT YLW KELOWNA – Today is one of the three…
Tourism Kamloops planning a rebrand of the city
KAMLOOPS – As Tourism Kamloops plans for the next five years, it’s looking at rebranding…
New flights to connect Kelowna with Winnipeg
KELOWNA – New non-stop flights between Kelowna and Winnipeg will begin later this summer. WestJet…
Fort McMurray wildfire blamed for dip in traveler numbers at Kamloops Airport
KAMLOOPS – After several months of steady increase through the gates of Fulton Field numbers…
Tourism increase keeps Kamloops Airport numbers at record level
KAMLOOPS – With more than 116,000 travellers passing through the gates at Fulton Field in…
Why not everyone is so cozy with Airbnb rentals
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – With its lakes, wineries and attractions, of course homeowners in the B.C. Southern…
HELSTON: Satisfy your wanderlust within 100 miles
My friends and I often grumble about not being able to travel more. It’s too…
Kamloops Airport having a good year so far
KAMLOOPS – Fulton Field saw a lot of air travellers in January. Kamloops Airport manager…
Kamloops Airport numbers remain on pace for record year
KAMLOOPS - With only a month left to go, the Kamloops Airport is set to beat the record 310,000 travellers who passed through the gates in 2014. With more than 290,000 travellers already in the books for 2015, the airport has surpassed the 2013 numbers and is just shy of the nearly 313,000 travellers who...
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...
Armstrong couple’s Instagram photos will make your jaw drop
ARMSTRONG - We guarantee you’ll be reaching for your hiking boots — and maybe your passport — after scrolling through this Armstrong couple’s Instagram photos. Kam Phung and Nanae Hoshi, from the small North Okanagan town of Armstrong, have been documenting their travels and outdoor adventures with a series of stunning Instagram photos from around...
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...
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,...