PAL Airlines (Canada) (PB, St. John's) has been awarded a contract to provide an “intraprovincial air travel loop” between St. John's, Gander, and Deer Lake, NL from June 15 to September 20, 2025, the provincial government of Newfoundland and Labrador in eastern Canada announced.
The government said in a statement that the initiative aims to strengthen connectivity within the province and drive tourism and economic growth. “This new route enhances our schedule, giving passengers even more options to build itineraries that best meet their needs,” said Calvin Ash, president of PAL Airlines.
The province has allocated CAD15 million Canadian dollars (USD10.9 million) for tourism and air access in 2025, the statement said.
However, the agreement does not include direct connectivity with Labrador, as all three airports are on the island of Newfoundland. Labrador’s two main airports are Goose Bay and Wabush. As reported by CBC/Radio-Canada, Dean Clarke, chairman of Goose Bay Airport Corporation, commented that the agreement does not amount to “intraprovincial travel. This is intra-Newfoundland travel” and urged the province to address this oversight and assist in reducing fees in the region.
The ch-aviation schedules module shows that PAL Airlines’ main airports by capacity are Goose Bay and Wabush, which account for 14.3% and 12.8% of its total capacity, respectively. From Goose Bay, PAL serves 12 destinations, from Wabush ten.
The ch-aviation fleets module shows that PAL Airlines’ fleet includes twenty-two in-house aircraft: three DHC-8-100s, one DHC-8-300, three DHC-8-Q300s, and fifteen DHC-8-Q400s. It also wet-leases ten DHC-6-300s from subsidiary Air Borealis and one DHC-8-100 from Perimeter Aviation.
