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New Brunswick airports to lose millions in revenue as a result of COVID-19 pandemic

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Airports in New Brunswick are feeling the economic pain of the COVID-19 pandemic. Representatives say a recent announcement from Ottawa relieving them of their rent responsibilities for the rest of this year is merely a drop in the bucket of the support they need.

Monette Pasher, executive director of the Atlantic Canada Airports Association, said passenger traffic in airports in the region is only five to 10 per cent of what it was a year ago. “We’re projecting our region’s airports are going to lose upwards of $118 million in operating revenue this year, so it’s quite substantial,” she said.

Many airlines have reduced or eliminated their flights to New Brunswick. Fredericton International Airport Authority President and CEO Johanne

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