Business View Civil Municipal - July 2023

204 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 4, ISSUE 7 Airport. And we are the biggest population in Canada without regularly scheduled daily flights. We are working to change that. Working with our partners, we are going to the market to find some partners that will work with us in the same way that Play Airlines is working with Hamilton and the Icelandic route to get people to Europe and from Billy Bishop Airport. We are looking for a similar type of arrangement that we can take advantage of, because a lot of people when they travel––they want to come here. Just going into Toronto, which is one of the busiest airports and most difficult to navigate, a lot of people are turned off when you have to do a two-stop to get to where you are going. If people could land right here and fly from here––we’re within an hour’s flight to almost half the population of North America. That would be a game-changer for us here in Niagara for economic development and for tourism. We’ll be looking to monetize the airport and turn it into a productive asset for the region and for the city.” PREFERRED VENDOR/ PARTNER n Niagara Parks Commission https://www.niagaraparks.com