Tag Archives: Regina International Airport

Flair Airlines to suspend flights at Regina

Flair Airlines has notified Regina International Airport (YQR) it will suspend its flights to Regina on January 6, 2021 due to low demand due to COVID-19 and travel restrictions.

The airline hopes to resume Regina service on March 4, 2021 according to the CBC.

Regina International Airport (YQR) is the 15th busiest airport in Canada.

Flair added Regina on August 24, 2020 with flights to Toronto and Vancouver.

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WestJet Encore launches services today between Winnipeg and Regina

WestJet Encore DHC-8-400 Engine (WestJet)(LR)

WestJet Encore (Calgary) today launches daily nonstop service between Winnipeg, Manitoba and Regina, Saskatchewan. The first flight leaves Regina International Airport at 6:00 a.m. CDT and arrives at Winnipeg’s James Armstrong Richardson Airport at 7:11 a.m. CDT.

Nonstop service between the two prairie cities resumes after a five-year hiatus, operated twice-daily on board WestJet Encore’s new fleet of Bombardier Q400 NextGen aircraft. Expansion of the regional carrier’s network continues to build in the New Year, with today marking the 16th destination.  More destinations are still to come as more aircraft arrive, creating greater capacity and frequency in the network.

Details of WestJet Encore’s new daily, non-stop service between Winnipeg and Regina are:

Flight Departing Arriving Effective
3262 Regina at 6:00 a.m. Winnipeg at 7:11 a.m. January 15, 2014
3269 Winnipeg at 7:45 a.m. Regina at 9:13 a.m. January 15, 2014
3268 Regina at 2:00 p.m. Winnipeg at 3:11 p.m. January 15, 2014
3273 Winnipeg at 3:45 p.m. Regina at 5:13 p.m. January 15, 2014

Copyright Photo: WestJet.

Video: Building the first WestJet Encore Q400:

Winter additions to WestJet Route Map:

WestJet 1.2014 Winter Route Map Additions