Things are looking up at the airport.
Passenger traffic in February showed the second best performance in the past year compared to pre-pandemic levels, operators of the Sault Ste. Marie Airport say.
Sault Ste. Marie Airport Development Corp. said passenger levels were at 80% of pre-pandemic February levels. Only September 2022 showed better numbers, when traffic hit 83% of pre-pandemic levels.
“It has been an encouraging start to 2023, with the passenger levels showing signs of recovery again, after a much slower than anticipated October to December,” Terry Bos, SSMADC president and CEO said in a news release.
“The January and February performance has been led by the strength of the Sunwing numbers, continuing to show that the leisure market is on the road to recovery, while the government and business market is still not showing any measurable signs of recovery.”
February 2023 passenger traffic totalled 12,718 – more than double the number of passengers in the same month in 2022, which saw 5,397 passengers.
February 2023’s numbers are also up nearly 1,000 from January 2023, which saw 11,739 passengers.
Current number of flights provided is as follows:
- Air Canada Express two flights daily
- Bearskin Airlines has 2 flights Sunday, 3 flights daily Monday and Friday; 4 flights daily Tuesday and Thursday; 6 flights on Wednesday
- Porter 2 daily flights daily Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 3 flights daily Monday, Thursday and Friday; and 1 daily on Saturday
- Sunwing is providing direct, non-stop international flights offering one flight weekly to Cuba
