Max 8 landing brings promise of more business at Nanaimo airport

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The arrival of the Air Canada Boeing 737 Max 8, which can carry about 190 passengers, marked a first for the airport

Air Canada’s Boeing 737 Max 8 at Nanaimo Airport this week. Via Nanaimo AirportThat type of aircraft could provide direct flights to Toronto, Montreal or possibly Hawaii and Mexico, he said.

“There’s many good reasons why they might fly the Max 8, especially for our flights from Calgary or Toronto. So you never know — we might have more of these in the future.”If an airline chose to use a Max 8, it would be able to carry more passengers, making some longer routes more economical for the company, Devana said.

Nanaimo’s airport, like others, is focused on building back business after passenger numbers dropped during the pandemic. “We don’t expect to back to normal until — at the earliest — in 2024. But things have been picking up slowly.”

 

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