Kram Welcomes Return of Regina Airport's International Status
For immediate release August 11, 2022 Kram Welcomes Return of Regina Airport's International Status Regina-Wascana MP Michael Kram today welcomed the announcement by Transport Canada that the Regina Airport would once again be classified as an international airport. "The official designation of an airport as 'international' is, in some ways, symbolic but it is an important symbol. It represents a positive outcome for the long and difficult journey we, as a community, have been through with the airport through the pandemic." "The airport had to survive plummeting usership and revenues with minimal support from the federal government. We faced the threatened closure of the air traffic control tower. Then, just to add insult to injury, the airport was stripped of its international status. Then as now, it seemed as though the federal Liberal government was actively discouraging Canadians from travelling." "But now, we have turned that all around....