air travel

YQR has long road to recovery, says Airport Authority CEO

Jan 3, 2021 | 8:05am

Like most other Saskatchewan businesses, 2020 was a very challenging year for the Regina Airport Authority. President and CEO James Bogusz said before March things were essentially “booming”. However at the height of the pandemic passenger levels at Regina’s Airport were down to two percent of normal numbers. Bogusz says that resulted in some very […]

Liberals to soon require air travellers to test negative for COVID-19 before arrival

Dec 30, 2020 | 12:14pm

The federal government says it plans to require air travellers to test negative for COVID-19 before landing in Canada. Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc says cabinet ministers decided this morning to quickly enact the new requirement. All passengers on flights entering Canada will require a negative PCR test three days before their arrival. LeBlanc didn’t […]

Regina airport hopes to see people flying again soon

Jun 29, 2020 | 7:49am

Activity at the Regina airport basically remains at a standstill with very few people coming in and out.  It has been that way since the pandemic started in March as people stopped flying. It has put the airport in a very perilous situation financially with cash reserves being depleted more and more each day. Airport […]

YQR airport sure to feel impact of COVID-19

Mar 17, 2020 | 5:00am

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday that Canada will be closing its borders to anyone who is not a Canadian citizen, in an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19. We reached out to James Bogusz, CEO of the Regina Airport Authority to see how these changes are going to affect YQR. While the impact […]

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