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Major focus for City Council remains on growing Lethbridge Airport

LETHBRIDGE, AB – A new incentive framework aims to further raise the profile of the Lethbridge Airport.

City Council endorsed the document this week.

The main goals are encouraging continued growth of passenger traffic at YQL, establishing new routes, and improving net operating profits.

This new framework is being welcomed by the City’s Director of Corporate and Customer Service. Lisa Trent says since acquiring the airport from the County four years ago, the City’s goal has been to enhance and expand operations.

“Having City Council’s leadership and support is essential as we have further conversations with airlines about the importance of future travel options at the Lethbridge Airport and positioning it as a regional hub,” said Trent.

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City Council also approved creating a fund, not to exceed one million dollars, to facilitate negotiations to discuss potential agreements with airlines regarding future options for passengers flying in and out of Lethbridge.

Despite the ongoing challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Lethbridge Airport saw a massive 228% increase in passenger movements in the third quarter of 2021 when compared to the same period in 2020.

Patrick Siedlecki
Patrick Siedlecki
Pat has been a mainstay in the CJOC News department from the time the station launched in 2007. He's been in the position of News Director since then and has been anchoring daily news casts as well as reporting and working behind the scenes. Community is important to him and keeping CJOC listeners and readers informed about what's happening across southern Alberta and beyond. Pat has been in radio broadcasting for the past 24 years, starting in Port Alberni on Vancouver Island in 1997 and then moving up island to Nanaimo for another few years before heading to Lethbridge in 2007. Pat grew up in the small Saskatchewan farming town of Foam Lake. After high school, he went to Western Academy Broadcasting College (WABC) in Saskatoon prior to moving to the island. Pat also spent several years broadcasting hockey in the BCHL as well as seven years as the radio voice of the Lethbridge Hurricanes in the WHL. Pat has been working at Cornerstone Funeral Home in Lethbridge as a Certified Life Celebrant and Funeral Assistant since 2016. News and sports have always been Pat's passion from the time he was a teenager and he's always been grateful to have had the opportunity to make that part of what's been a fun and long radio career!
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