There will soon be less "international" flying at Ohio's Dayton International Airport.
The airport will lose its only regularly scheduled nonstop international flight when Air Canada discontinues its regional service to Toronto on May 1. The service is operated by Air Canada affiliate Air Georgian.
"Unfortunately, the route did not perform to our expectations," Air Canada spokesman Peter Fitzpatrick tells the Dayton Business Journal.
Air Canada's Dayton-Toronto route had been hit with declining passenger totals, according to the Business Journal, which says "the airport averaged about 250 passengers monthly on the route" in 2010.
Air Canada launched the service in 2008 with two daily round-trip flights, but pared that back to a single daily flight last fall.
The Dayton Daily News adds "Terrence Slaybaugh, Dayton's director of aviation, said Air Canada ultimately decided to concentrate on its (nonstop) service from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport to Toronto. The service from Cincinnati is aboard 50-seat regional jet aircraft, compared with a 19-seat Beechcraft 1900 turboprop plane from Dayton."
Dayton International is about 65 miles from central Cincinnati and about 80 miles from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International.
The airport will lose its only regularly scheduled nonstop international flight when Air Canada discontinues its regional service to Toronto on May 1. The service is operated by Air Canada affiliate Air Georgian.
"Unfortunately, the route did not perform to our expectations," Air Canada spokesman Peter Fitzpatrick tells the Dayton Business Journal.
Air Canada's Dayton-Toronto route had been hit with declining passenger totals, according to the Business Journal, which says "the airport averaged about 250 passengers monthly on the route" in 2010.
Air Canada launched the service in 2008 with two daily round-trip flights, but pared that back to a single daily flight last fall.
The Dayton Daily News adds "Terrence Slaybaugh, Dayton's director of aviation, said Air Canada ultimately decided to concentrate on its (nonstop) service from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport to Toronto. The service from Cincinnati is aboard 50-seat regional jet aircraft, compared with a 19-seat Beechcraft 1900 turboprop plane from Dayton."
Dayton International is about 65 miles from central Cincinnati and about 80 miles from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International.
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