Air North adds jet, reduces flights on Old Crow route for 2 weeks
Until Dec. 18, just 3 flights per week between Whitehorse, Dawson City, Inuvik and Old Crow
Travellers flying the northern route on Air North are in for a rather large — but possibly less convenient — surprise this month.
Starting today and for the next two weeks, the Hawker Siddeley 748 used on the route between Whitehorse and Old Crow will be replaced by one of the airline's Boeing 737 jets.
Joe Sparling, president of Air North, says the larger jet will help ease the holiday rush over the next two weeks.
"We normally have a bit of an uptick in passenger and cargo volumes on all of the routes before Christmas," he says. "We think it [the 737] will look after all of the passengers and all of the freight during the pre-Christmas rush."
The bigger plane comes with a catch: service to Dawson City, Old Crow and Inuvik from Whitehorse is normally provided six days a week, but that's being cut in half while the larger aircraft is in use.
Service on this route will be Monday, Wednesday and Friday until Dec. 18.