Discount Airline Flair Offering Service From Saint John To Toronto Starting This Summer
Right now, a one-way flight to Toronto can be as low as $79.
Right now, a one-way flight to Toronto can be as low as $79.
According to the airport, the agreement ensures the 25 unionized employees receive a new pension plan and wage increases over the next five years.
With the mobile app, airport visitors can pay for and top-up parking sessions from their smartphone and get alerts 15 minutes prior to the session expiring.
Talks with the Saint John airport workers, who are responsible for runway and building maintenance, firefighting and administration, have broken off with the employer after months of negotiations.
The workers
The $20-million facelift includes new lighting and drainage out on the airfield and runway and safety areas.
As an interim goal, the airport wants to top 350,000 passengers in 2020 and add a direct connection to the U.S, CEO Derrick Stanford said at the YSJ AGM Wednesday in Saint John.
The airport announced earlier this month that it will be partnering with Nodalblock, an Atlantic Canadian technology startup based in Halifax, for what it’s calling the Digital Identity project.
Nearly 1.4 million people flew out of the province’s main airports in Saint John, Moncton and Fredericton.
The airport plans to begin work on the runways and lighting this spring and finish by December 2019.
The airport has applied for $11.25-million in federal funding to help with safety and infrastructure upgrades.