Gander International Airport in dire Straights

wooden spoon · Post by **wooden spoon** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 5:41 am

Gander international airport has approached the federal government and advided they are loosing money and if the federal government doesnt step in they may be forced to close,possibly this fall.much of this loss could be attributed to the fact that Canada has an internationl agreement to land military aircraft at Canadian airports for free.The revenue loss at Gander is huge in this respect.That with the loss of much of the domestic traffic and a drop in international landings have caused a deficit for the airport.Gander is used by many international airlines as an enroute alternate.As well the closest alternate for Torbay(yyt).

flynbutcher · Post by **flynbutcher** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 7:06 am

It's too bad if it closes. Nice airport. Isn't there a fairly large flight school out there?

WhiteBeacon · Post by **WhiteBeacon** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 12:06 pm

They were supposed to have an announcement about a major airline coming in there and and using it as a base will get more details as they become avaliable