lifted the requirement of a pre–entry negative COVID-19 test on Friday for travellers to Canada who are vaccinated.
Regina Airport Authority customer experience manager Justin Reves said the testing requirements limited opportunities for people to travel here.“You are taking the risk that if for some reason you did test positive for COVID, whether because you actively had COVID or perhaps had it before and hadn’t caught it with a test prior, you’d be stuck in another country for an additional 10 days,” Reves said.“When you think of a family of five and you have to get five molecular tests, or ..
“As we look to the summer and as we get closer, the airlines have been able to adapt. We’re seeing around 90 per cent of our pre-pandemic seats in the market, which means we’re going to have a ton of great options,” Reves said.Skyxe in Saskatoon is also seeing about half the amount of airline passengers they would normally see in a non-COVID year.
Leeming said the federal government lifting the pre-entry testing requirement is taking away some of the uncertainty around travelling.