The Prince George Airport is looking forward to a fruitful 2026 after reaching their pre-pandemic numbers in 2025.
During a year-in-review interview with Vista Radio, YXS President and CEO Geoff Ritchie stated adding capacity will be one of the main goals heading into the new year.
He says the upward trend in available seats was already in a good place when looking at this year’s figures.
“We have seen this year a six percent increase in capacity and that means we have more seats available across all the airplanes to all of our destinations. That means we can achieve greater passenger levels.”
“I think that realistically in the coming year is that we are going to see additional regional route networks but medium to longer haul destinations are likely not to happen next year but the following year.”
As for destinations, more regional network increases are coming in 2026 including twice daily service to Kelowna starting in April.
“What that does is give us better connection to some of our airline partner networks so you can get to places like the Island, which can be a three-hour destination on what used to be a six-hour trip.”
Ritchie added YXS was 91% recovered when compared to pre-pandemic passenger levels in 2019.
2025 final numbers are expected to meet or surpass that threshold once released in the New Year.
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