New air service to Kootenay-Rockies
Rocky Mountains, here we come!
Our publisher Don Foxgord was aboard Delta Air Lines flight 4543 as it made aviation history last Wednesday, completing the first direct international flight into Cranbrook’s Canadian Rockies International Airport (YXC). A crowd of 250 people waving Canadian flags greeted the inbound flight, which arrived on time on its non-stop journey from Salt Lake City Airport (SLC) in the U.S.
The new regular service establishes the Cranbrook airport as one of the few airports in British Columbia to receive direct service from a major U.S. “hub airport.” Delta’s 50-passenger Canadair RJ 200 airplanes handle the two-hour Salt Lake City-Cranbrook flights on Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
Cranbrook (pop. about 20,000) is the smallest city in Canada to host Delta Air Lines, purportedly the world’s largest airline.
photo: courtesy Darren McDonald/redbarkphoto.com