Saskatchewan, Canada, identified for its rolling grasslands, forests and wheat fields, is getting one other year-round path to the U.S.
Canadian provider WestJet is launching year-round, nonstop flights from Regina Worldwide Airport (YQR) to Minneapolis-Saint Paul Worldwide Airport (MSP) as a part of its summer time 2024 schedule.
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Flights start April 28, with WestJet’s regional subsidiary providing one each day round-trip flight on a De Havilland Sprint 8 Q400 turboprop plane.
The Canadian provider additionally began flying between Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker Worldwide Airport (YXE), the most important metropolis within the province, and MSP in June.
WestJet operates a number of seasonal flights to the U.S. and Mexico from YQR, however that is the primary time since 2016 that the small Canadian airport could have a year-round path to the U.S.
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James Bogusz, the president and CEO of Regina Worldwide Airport, stated “the primary factor” he heard in Regina was that vacationers needed a year-round, nonstop path to the U.S.
“We have not stopped working with WestJet since then, and we’re thrilled that they’ve delivered on this for the neighborhood,” Bogusz stated in a assertion.
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MSP can also be a serious hub for Delta Air Traces, which has a codeshare with WestJet, which means that flyers for each airways would be capable to reap the advantages of the brand new route.
Jared Mikoch-Gerke, WestJet’s director of alliances and airport affairs, stated the brand new route reinforces WestJet’s dedication to Regina, Saskatchewan’s capital.
“Our latest funding in Regina will additional help the financial development of the area and unlock enterprise and leisure journey alternatives, as we speed up offering reasonably priced journey to our company,” he stated in an announcement.
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