Flair Airlines is set to take flight from Prince George again starting in roughly three months.
At the beginning of 2021, YXS airport said Flair Airlines was temporarily grounding flights involving the northern capital for January and February, hoping to return in March after having to pause services as a result of continued restrictions on travel amid the pandemic.
Services are now set to resume on May 1, 2021, YXS says.
Prince George was one of six Canadian Airports the company decided to suspend as public health officials discourage non-essential travel.
Since March 2020, Flair Airlines has been marked five times for COVID-19 exposure on aircraft departing or arriving in Prince George with the last flight on Dec. 31, 2020, involving COVID-19.
As of this publication, the BCCDC has listed the following flights:
- March 5 = Air Canada flight 8209 from Vancouver to Prince George - rows nine to 15
- March 12 = Central Mountain Air flight 9M728 from Prince George to Kelowna - rows not reported
- March 15 = Central Mountain Air flight 9M725 from Kelowna to Prince George - rows not reported
- Aug. 21 = Air Canada flight 8212 from Prince George to Vancouver - rows six to 12
- Aug. 24 = Flair Air flight 8711 from Vancouver to Prince George - rows 26 to 32
- Aug. 24 = Flair Air flight 8711 from Prince George to Edmonton - rows 26 to 32
- Oct. 13 = Flair Air flight 8187 from Prince George to Edmonton - rows 10 to 16
- Oct. 18 = Air Canada flight 8209 from Vancouver to Prince George - rows eight to 14
- Oct. 18 = Flair Air flight 8186 from Edmonton to Prince George - rows two to six
- Oct. 22 = WestJet flight 3287 from Vancouver to Prince George - rows three to nine
- Oct. 31 = Flair Airlines flight 8186 from Edmonton to Prince George - rows not reported
- Nov. 2 = Flair Airlines flight 8187 from Prince George to Edmonton - rows 26 to 32
- Nov. 10 = Air Canada flight 8201 from Vancouver to Prince George - rows one to seven
- Nov. 23 = WestJet flight 3297 from Vancouver to Prince George - rows not reported
- Nov. 24 = WestJet flight 3290 from Prince George to Vancouver - rows not reported
- Nov. 24 = WestJet light 3277 from Vancouver to Prince George - rows not reported
- Nov. 24 = WestJet flight 3282 from Prince George to Vancouver - rows not reported
- Nov. 26 = WestJet flight 3287 from Vancouver to Prince George - rows not reported
- Nov. 27 = WestJet flight 3290 from Prince George to Vancouver - rows not reported
- Dec. 16 = Air Canada/Jazz flight 8208 from Prince George to Vancouver - rows 14 to 20
- Dec. 16 = WestJet flight 3290 from Prince George to Vancouver - rows 16-19
- Dec. 18 = WestJet flight 3287 from Vancouver to Prince George – rows 15 -19
- Dec. 18 = Air Canada/Jazz flight 8208 from Prince George to Vancouver - rows one to four
- Dec. 19 = WestJet flight 3290 flight from Prince George to Vancouver - rows four to 10
- Dec. 26 = Air Canada flight 8213 from Vancouver to Prince George - rows seven to 13
- Dec. 30 = WestJet flight 3277 from Vancouver to Prince George - rows 13 to 19
- Dec. 31 = Flair Airlines flight 8712 from Prince George to Vancouver - rows 13 to 19
- Jan. 1 = WestJet flight 3282 from Prince George to Vancouver - rows three to nine
Since March 27, 2020, passengers seated near a case of COVID-19 that was recognized after arrival are no longer being directly notified of their potential exposure, but are asked to check online and monitor their symptoms.
- with files from Kyle Balzer, PrinceGeorgeMatters
