A2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, April 26, 2000

Support pouring in for plan
to set up airline service

HAWKAIR AVIATION is
being overwhelmed with
support fram near and far
for its plan to launch a
competing passenger air
line service,

The Terrace- based
cargo aviation company
has been fielding hundreds
of phone calls since it.an-
nounced two weeks «ago
plans to buy a Dash-8 air-

craft and offer twice daily -
flights to -Vancouver «at =

much lower prices ‘than

Canadian Regional Air-

lines now charges. ;
“We've had people
fram literally all around
the province calling us and
offering their support,”
said co-owner Dave Men-
zies.
“People are. telling. us

they would use the service ©.

if we got it going,” he
said. “And other communi-
lies around the’ province
have been asking if we
would be interested in es-
tablishing similar. services
there because they feel’
they’re being under-served
as well.”

Hawkair has been
meeting with potential
local investors.

It hopes that invest-
ment, combined with the
company’s own resources
and the sale of its Carvair
catgo aircraft. will raise

- enough money that it-will

be able to borrow the rest. -
“We.-areabout half way

to having the funds that we

need to- launch this,” ' Men-
zies said.

» Hawkair expects to pay
more than $5.5 million for

the-plane-and-other-jtems: :.

needed * for .a passenger
service,

“We're continuing to
develop the plan’and we're:

~ still hopeful that. we're

going to have an operation
here in: a matter of
months,” Menzies said. -

* Hawkair staff will travel
to Toronto next week for
training on maintenance of
Dash 8s, he added.

~The: company: has also
been flooded with resumes
of people seeking work.
“-“We've found there are
a number of people in Ter-
race with previous exper-

-jence as flight attendants,”

Menzies said.
Hawkair’s plans come
in the wake of the merger

of Air Canada and Cana-

Highway set

- competition.

‘carrier from ‘using preda-

-being formed around the

dian Airlines, completed
late last year.

The merger opens up
major opportunities for
competing carriers be-
cause of new federal legis-
lation designed to foster

The rules are supposed
to prevent the monopoly

tory pricing. to kill new
competitors. -
Competing: carriers are
also allowed to tap into
the Air Canada booking
system.

Other new airlines are

Dave Menzies

major expansion into east-

country and Calgary-based
em Canada.

Westjet is conducting a

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HIGHWAY 16 between the chamber of commerce sign
at Thornhill stretching east for 40km until Big Oliver
Creek is to be sealcoated this year, says Skeena NDP
MLA Helmut Giesbrecht. °

A second 19km stretch, on Hwy 16 west of town, is

also on the list for sealcoating this year.
The gravel and tar substance is regarded as being just
as effective as pavement in some situations and is far

cheaper.

Giesbrecht is also expecting road improvement pro-

mat.

jects in the general Terrace area heading south to Kiti-

The Exstew River bridge west of here on Hwy16 is
being resurfaced and there’ll be some work on the bridge
crossing the Skeena River at Kitwanga,

As well, the Usk ferry will be refitted to extend its

working life.

‘Giesbrecht acknowledged that portions of Highway 16
belwéeen Terrace. and. Kitwanga are in'need of i improve- |

ment.

One’ proposed pidject that won't take piace is the re-

placement of the Queensway bridge on Queensway.
Giesbrecht said what was proposed wasn’t suitable far
the kind of traffic and level of traffic using the road.
“I’ve asked highways to go back to the drawing board
and they’ve agreed,” he said. “They had in mind another
temporary structure while it should be concrete and

steel,”

Giesbrecht said the highways ministry had set aside
$250,000 for. the bridge replacement.

It’ll now be used elsewhere this year while new de-
Signs and resulting cost estimates for a bridge are

worked out.

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