By Doug Collins

Kamloops Airport passenger traffic down

Aug 9, 2016 | 1:57 PM

KAMLOOPS — The continued fall off of the Northern Alberta market continues to create a hit in traffic at Kamloops airport.

Airport Manager Fred Legace says traffic dropped off by 7.7 percent last month from the same month last year, although overall traffic year to date is still almost 2 percent higher than 2015.

Legace says as reconstruction demands skilled labour from outside the local Alberta market, there should be a correction over the winter and into next spring which should bring the numbers back up.

A total of 25,251 travellers passed through Fulton Field in July. 

Aircraft movement is also down substantially, largely due to the lower forest fire risk and lack of air tanker activity. 

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