As Manitoba continues to open up amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Winnipeg Airports Authority is cautiously optimistic about the future of the air travel industry.

The company says it will remove some 600 daily flights from its schedule between May 5 and June 4 about 18,000 trips in total, due to "significantly reduced guest demand" during the crisis.

The decision extends the suspension of more than 160 Air Canada routes as well as Air Transat and Sunwing trips by another month as closed borders and vanishing travel demand continue to ravage the airline industry.

The BCCDC says as of March 27, B.C. no longer directly contacts passengers from domestic flights who were seated near a confirmed case during the flight.

Both New Brunswick and P.E.I. have mandatory self-isolation orders in place for international travellers, but the airport is issuing a warning out of an abundance of caution.

Steven Bedecs and his wife, Naomi Bedecs, flew into Regina from Cabo San Lucas, Mexico on Sunwing flight WG496 last Saturday, March 14.

The travel company aims to fly about 11,000 Canadians back to home soil today, bringing the total number of repatriated Sunwing passengers to more than 33,000.

Both confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan are in Saskatoon.

Sunwing Travel Group, a Toronto-based air carrier, announced Monday a temporary shift in operations.

A federal inquiry is investigating 570 of more than 3,000 complaints filed against airlines, alleging they failed to accurately explain reasons for flight delays.