
YARMOUTH VANGUARD NovaNewsNow.com Yarmouth returned to regular scheduled air service Monday, Feb. 9 as Starlink Airlines took off for its first flight from Yarmouth to Halifax. The first flight departed from Yarmouth at 7:30 a.m. this morning. The flight to Halifax takes about 44 minutes. There were 17 passengers on the first flight, mostly government and municipal politicians and businesspeople. Yarmouth MLA Richard Hurlburt, among those who worked hard for the return of air service to the Yarmouth airport, was among those on the flight. The Yarmouth airport has been without regular scheduled air service since Nov. 28, 2003 when Sou’West Air ended its service. It was the second time in one calendar year that Yarmouth lost air service. In January 2003 Air Canada’s Jazz stopped servicing the area. The Sou’West Air service between Yarmouth and Halifax had started a few weeks after that. Starlink Airlines, a Quebec-based company, intends to offer two daily return flights bwteen Yarmouth and Halifax .
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