NS: Yarmouth Airport flying high with new air service
By Staff, Transcontinental Media

Source: The Daily Business Buzz, Feb. 26, 2010

[YARMOUTH, NS] — After a turbulent past year, coping with the loss of its Starlink air service (between Yarmouth, Halifax and Portland), Yarmouth International Airport is again seeing blue skies ahead.

Today, Yarmouth International Airport Corporation (YIAC) announced it is partnering with Twin Cities Air Service of Auburn, Maine, to offer regular air service between Yarmouth, NS, and Portland, Maine.

Beginning March 15, 2010, air travelers will have access to weekly non-stop flights between the two destinations. Specially scheduled flights times will give travelers to Portland the opportunity to make many connections into larger U.S. centres. Round-trip flights start at $400 per person, plus taxes.

“Restoring regular air service to Portland is great news for Yarmouth, the region and the province, and demonstrates our commitment to making Yarmouth International Airport a viable air transportation hub in southwestern Nova Scotia,” says David Rankin, executive director, Yarmouth International Airport Corporation. “After a slight interruption in service, we’ve found an excellent partner in Twin Cities Air Service who shares our view of the economic feasibility of the Yarmouth to Portland air route.”