245 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 10, ISSUE 10 in the range of 60,000 aircraft movements. Right now, they estimate being back up to about 75 percent of the pre-2020 numbers. A little over 150,000 passengers. This is, however, a far cry from their record low in the 2020-21 season of 20,500 passengers. “Some of this depends on whether the airlines can ramp up enough to meet the demand,” Bos admits. “We have taken a hit because the bigger markets are taking up more of the aircraft than there are limited aircraft as well as limited flight crews. So, unfortunately, it’s the regional markets that have had to have reduced flight schedules. We normally go to our summer schedule with Air Canada on May 1st and that didn’t come into effect this year until July 1st and there were still only three daily flights, with Porter running another two.” All of which circles back to the pilot shortage, and the current shortage across the aeronautic fields. Airports throughout North America SAULT STE MARIE AIRPORT
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