Business View Magazine | April 2020

124 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE APRIL 2020 T he Yarmouth International Airport is a commercial and general aviation airport located in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, Canada. The Airport was originally constructed in 1937 and was divided into two parts: the West Camp was home to the Royal Canadian Air Force, and the East Camp was part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, used to train pilots for action in World War II. After the war, the airfield switched to public/ commercial use when it was transferred to Transport Canada. Regularly scheduled service was started by Trans-Canada Air Lines, which became Air Canada in 1965. Between 1947 and 1987, it operated daily round trips to Halifax, NS, Saint John, NB, and Boston MA. From 1987, onwards, the Airport was serviced by two smaller, regional carriers –Air Atlantic and Air Nova. In 1999, the owners of Air Atlantic ended its service at Yarmouth; Air Nova ceased operations in 2001; and Air Canada flights into Yarmouth ended in 2003. Since then, several small operators have provided air service between Halifax and Yarmouth at various times. These include