Kelowna International Airport
(ROB MUNRO / iNFOnews.ca)
March 30, 2021 – 12:39 p.m.
Kelowna International Airport and Kamloops Airport will each receive $ 720,000 in provincial funding to keep them operating for another year.
They are two of 55 BC airports that will share $ 16.5 million in operating and maintenance costs, wages, rent, and other overheads from April 1 of this year to the end of March 2022.
“This funding will provide a lifeline to Kelowna Airport to maintain critical airport services that support cargo operations and Medevac services while we await the restoration of commercial air service,” said Sam Samaddar, airport director of Kelowna International Airport, at a ministry for press release on transport and infrastructure.
Five other airports in the Thompson and Okanagan regions are also being funded, including Vernon Regional Airport ($ 360,000), Merritt ($ 90,000), Princeton and Oliver ($ 48,000 each), and Revelstoke ($ 180,000).
Another $ 6.2 million will be awarded to 20 intercity bus companies, including four in the Thompson and Okanagan regions.
Big White receives nearly $ 21,000, Mountain Man Mike $ 136,800, Silver City Stagelines $ 189,675, and Thompson Valley Charter Ltd. $ 123,624.
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