So far, the Kenora Airport Authority hasn’t found an airline willing to offer daily service locally.
Ryan Reynard is chair of the airport authority and says it’s not for a lack of trying.
“We had a couple of meetings and we’re continuing to meet with small and larger airlines trying to find some interest…it’s challenging,” says Reynard.
Reynard adds the Kenora Airport hasn’t suffered too much from the loss of the daily Bearskin service.
“Lots of charters coming in, so folks coming up from the United States and across Canada, visiting the area. Still lots of medivac flights and things like that. When you think about it, Bearskin was only one flight a day, six days a week. We’d love to have a commercial schedule here, but there a lot of other activity at the airport.”
Bearskin Airlines pulled out of Kenora, Dryden and Fort Frances back in the start of May.
