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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. \u201cAffordability is one of the biggest problems that we have here in the North, and there is no getting around it without some kind of&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"pmpro\">\n<div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\">\n<div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">This content is for Yearly Subscription, Yearly Subscription &#8211; Corporate, Print Subscription Only, Canada Print and Online, and USA Print and Online members only.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?action=register\">Register<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Ftheturtleislandnews.com%2Findex.php%2F2026%2F06%2F24%2Fnorthern-airlines-propose-provincial-subsidy-to-lower-flight-costs%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Maya Ekman, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, NWOnewswatch.com FORT FRANCES \u2014 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&#8217;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. \u201cAffordability is one of the biggest problems that we have here in the North, and there is no getting around it without some kind of... <\/p>\n<div class=\"pmpro\"><div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\"><div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">This content is for Yearly Subscription, Yearly Subscription - Corporate, Print Subscription Only, Canada Print and Online, and USA Print and Online members only.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?action=register\">Register<\/a><\/div><div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Ftheturtleislandnews.com%2Findex.php%2F2026%2F06%2F24%2Fnorthern-airlines-propose-provincial-subsidy-to-lower-flight-costs%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":101363,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news","category-ticker","pmpro-level-required","pmpro-level-3","pmpro-level-2","pmpro-level-5","pmpro-level-4","pmpro-level-6","pmpro-level-7","pmpro-level-8","pmpro-no-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Northern airlines propose provincial subsidy to lower flight costs - The Turtle Island News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/24\/northern-airlines-propose-provincial-subsidy-to-lower-flight-costs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Northern airlines propose provincial subsidy to lower flight costs - The Turtle Island News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Maya Ekman, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, NWOnewswatch.com FORT FRANCES \u2014 Tickets start at $450 for a flight between Thunder Bay and Fort Frances but that price could one day lower. 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