By Maya Ekman, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, NWOnewswatch.com FORT FRANCES — Tickets start at $450 for a flight between Thunder Bay and Fort Frances but that price could one day lower. The town and North Star Air celebrated the launch of the new flight path on Thursday and meanwhile the airline’s vice president, Tom Meilleur, is working on making air travel in the north more affordable. North Star Air, Bearskin Air, Air Creebec and Wasaya Airways have joined together in a proposal titled the Northern Ontario Airfare Affordability Program (NOAAP), and Meilleur said that while it is in early stages, they have seen some support. “Affordability is one of the biggest problems that we have here in the North, and there is no getting around it without some kind of…
Register
