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Old Posted Dec 10, 2025, 3:24 PM
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Originally Posted by EnvisionSaintJohn View Post
lol, how rare! and a much more polite edited response...

anyways...

Kingston's Airport might somehow have worse flight options than Saint John's Airport, but people in the Saint John region are much more hard up when it comes to getting to bigger airports. People in Kingston have relatively affordable and convenient options to get to the Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal area airports. Saint Johnners have no affordable and convenient options to even get to YFC and YQM... let alone YHZ.

As much as I want to see YSJ have much improved flight options, I also just want to see the Maritimes have much improved bus options, perhaps even including those Air Canada branded busses.

If there was a convenient and affordable way to get to Moncton, Fredericton, or Halifax, I wouldn't think twice about booking through those airports... but currently there isn't such an option... the only real options are driving yourself and dealing with parking, relying on friends and family to drop you off, or some of emerging long distance ride share options.

If an airport bus system was done right, starting with service between the NB tri-cities, it could turn out to be a good thing for all three airports, rather than simply being seen as a literal vehicle to drive their customers to their competitors' airports. (as it would also bring them customers from outside their regions).



Was there ever this announcement on improved bus service?
Weekly parking at NB airports is pretty inexpensive by most standards (YFC $60, YQM $100 and YSJ $80. I wonder how a return bus fare would compare? Maritime Bus is $59.10 one way for the 250km trip YQM to YHZ

I think driving yourself the 60-90 minutes is always going to be more convenient (unless you simply wanted to avoid driving during the winter months ) and the savings from a bus might not be enough to convince most people not to drive.
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