Air Labrador discontinuing its Dash 8 service eh? Bit of a bummer for laid off workers and the traveling public.

There still is Provincial Airlines. I have never traveled on Provincial, and I doubt that fares will drop anytime soon, more likely go the other way. Ever check out their [Air Lab] Montreal to Goose Bay fare, bloody hell.

My choice of using Air lab [the odd time I travel] is somewhat sentimental I guess, when I first arrived in Nain it was in a Labrador Airways Beaver on floats. When I left that fist time it was in a very overcrowd [people and freight, mail in the aisle] single Otter on floats.

Some people complain about the uncomfortable and rough rides they have had in Twin Otters, boy you should have been around pre airstrips. Not to mention getting to and from the plane in each community in the different seasons.

I hope the company does not fold all together, I hold no great brief for them or Provincial/Innu Mikun who also service the coast, but two is usually better than one in the travel business, or any business for that matter.
While neither airline gives coastal people any breaks like seat sales both do some good charitable work with discounts and the like to worthy causes.

I had heard that Air Lab was in negotiations with Nunatsiavut Government last year, maybe something like the arrangement that Provincial has with the Innu [Innu Mikun] was in the offing. What ever was discussed it did not work out, or I have heard nothing if it did. Over the years both parties had talks several times and nothing came of it, except at times preferential fare arrangements.

Some say that neither airline would survive without lucrative government contracts, things like Canada Post contracts, Food by Mail contracts, Labrador Grenfell contacts and the like.

The Air Lab spokesperson mentions empty seats on it's Dash 8 service, well there are lots of empty seats on it's coastal service too, ominous or what?