Ned Kelly wrote: > Newly elected Councillor Tony Caterina has re-opened the debate > regarding the Edmonton Municipal Airport. > > he feels that the public would be better served if the Muni was > opened to more local carriers, together with abandoning the 10 > passenger airplane cap imposed by the so-called managers of the > international airport. > > Since other communities, and airlines have consistently complained > about this idiotic policy, Caterina may be on a good story. > > After all, if places like Toronto can have more than one airport, why > not Deadmonton? > > Perhaps then, not so many northerners would do business in Redmonton, > instead of bypassing, and going straight through to people-friendly > Calgary? Tens of thousands of Edmontonians do NOT want the noise and danger of more planes flying overhead. Let's keep as much air traffic as possible from flying over Edmonton's urban area.

"sharx35" <sharx35@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:bWXRi.20515$G25.12945@edtnps89... > Ned Kelly wrote: >> Newly elected Councillor Tony Caterina has re-opened the debate >> regarding the Edmonton Municipal Airport. >> >> he feels that the public would be better served if the Muni was >> opened to more local carriers, together with abandoning the 10 >> passenger airplane cap imposed by the so-called managers of the >> international airport. >> >> Since other communities, and airlines have consistently complained >> about this idiotic policy, Caterina may be on a good story. >> >> After all, if places like Toronto can have more than one airport, why >> not Deadmonton? >> >> Perhaps then, not so many northerners would do business in Redmonton, >> instead of bypassing, and going straight through to people-friendly >> Calgary? > > Tens of thousands of Edmontonians do NOT want the noise and danger of more > planes flying overhead. Let's keep as much air traffic as possible from > flying over Edmonton's urban area. > I believe there is a lot of business lost. I lived in Edmonton, and few to Calgary for company meetings regularly. There was a very busy AirBus schedule from the Muni. Move those flights to the Intl, and my drive from Delton just keeps going to Calgary. Regional planes the size of a 737 and smaller never had a problem at the Muni.