YLW

• B.C. wildfires: Daytime flights slowly resuming at Kelowna airport

  A look at Thursday’s arrivals and departures on the airport’s website showed that most flights were still cancelled.

  Fire

  Aug 24
  
• Select passenger flights from Kelowna to resume Sunday night

  Once air tankers working to suppress fires across the Central Okanagan are grounded for the night, at around 9 p.m., commercial flights will resume. 

  Fire

  Aug 20
  
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• B.C. wildfires: Kelowna airport closed for second straight day

  Airport director Sam Samaddar is hopeful that full commercial operations will resume on Monday, but, due to wildfire uncertainty, that may not happen.

  Fire

  Aug 19
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• Drones edge dangerously into Kelowna International Airport flight path

  On Thursday, a second report was received that a drone was flying within the 5.6-kilometre no-fly zone around the airport.

  Traffic

  Aug 4
• City of Kelowna partners with Not In My City to combat human trafficking, sexual exploitation

  Once a victim of human trafficking has been recruited, they’ll often be moved from city to city to maximize profits, access new markets, and avoid detection by police.

  Canada

  May 25
• Kelowna airport welcoming strategy to avoid repeat of YVR winter chaos

  'When we look at the aviation system as a whole, we are interconnected, what happens in one region can have impacts on other regions and that, of course, impacts customer journey.'

  Canada

  Apr 20
• WestJet CEO visits YLW, commits to continued partnership between airline and airport

  WestJet and the City of Kelowna have built a relationship that dates back 27 years. When the airline first took flight in 1996, Kelowna was one of its first destinations.

  Economy

  Mar 17
• $90M expansion at Kelowna, B.C. airport to begin this summer

  The work will be done in phases, with the first phase adding 60,000 square feet of new space to the main terminal building.

  Canada

  Mar 16
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• Kelowna International Airport prepares for busy spring

  More than 130,000 passengers are expected to travel through the airport between March 15 and April 3.

  Lifestyle

  Mar 15
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• Kelowna airport terminal closer to $90-million makeover

  The Kelowna airport project will include an expanded departures lounge to improve connections to aircraft gates and increased food and beverage options

  Traffic

  Mar 15