| Airports face uncertain future Competition drives Prince Rupert bridge idea THE DRIVING force behind the - Last year, © BC Tel made Digby Island bridge idea is the ex-: pectation of increased competition be- tween Terrace and Prince Rupert air- ports once ‘the federal government luras over control to local authorities. Federal subsidies will be cut off and airports will have to stand on their own. If locals can cut costs and save cnough money to come close to breaking even, there won't be a big problem. ....But_officials .in- both. Terrace and Prince. Rupert worry about a scenario where thére’s only enough business to support the cost of one airport in the area. ; That could lead to competition be- tween the airports for airlines and pas- sengers if one thought it could attract the business away from the other. The landing fees, terminal (ces and rent charged*to airlines are one way that could play itself out. But it could end up being more of a chase for passengers, For example, a Terrace airport authority could put on cheap bus service to Rupert direct from the airport to attract those trave]- lers. 7 If air travellers themselves began to AIRLINES, their passengers, and the revenue they bring will be the target of the northwest's cash-strapped airports once Ottawa tums them over to local authorities. And the competition could get intense if there isn't enough business to support all of the northwest's airports. $243,000,000 This year, they cul 2,000 JOBS ‘Ts'anyone going'to STOP this | MADNESS? ag Hello, Victoria? IF the latest round of staff cutbacks, Hello; Ottawa? BC Tel will devastate cities and towns — across British Columbia by sucking hundreds of millions of dollars out of their local economies, Meanwhile, this same company is cutting back on its service and - slashing its workforce. This same story is being repeated across the country, Huge, profitible telephone companies, car makers, Call your MLA in Victoria and your MP in Ottawa, Pay a visil 10 your local municipal council. Ask them point blank: Is anyone going to pul banks and skash-and-burn politicians seem to think its okay to destroy the lives and familics of the folks who i stop to this madness? provide our goods and services, if choose one airport over the other, the a message from airlines would have a good excuse to centralize northwestern operations at one airport and ‘cut their costs dramatically. Rupert officials are keenly. aware that the hour-long trip on the ferry to Digby Island means it’s not much longer for Rupert travellers to go to the Terrace airport instead, Rupert’s main trump card has been City still seeks airport lands the Terrace airport’s relatively poor record of inissed approaches. , That has been improving, however. A different approach pattern that gave lower approach limits has pulled the Terrace airport’s landing recard up to around 96 per cent from the low 90s. And time is on Terrace’s side. Not only is the community growing much faster than Prince Rupert, im- provements in navigational technol- ogy are expecied to continue to im- prove the Terrace airport's landing success rate. Replacing the Digby Island ferry with a bridge would climinate the ex- tra time il takes to get to the Prince Rupert airport. The idea is seen as essential to pro- tecting the Rupert airport's future, this increases profits or lower costs. B.C.Tel is raising monthly rates, and hiking the salaries of its executive officers. The CEO of B.C. Tel now earns a whopping $650,000 a year! WU The people of BC Tel The Telecommunications Workers Union ' THE CITY of Terrace is continuing to work on a plan to make the airport here “more viable after federal subsidies run out. Canneil wants te turn 1,000 or so acres af’ land surrounding the airport into a light in- dustrial site, ; The tax base from the site would help rm the airport. ‘“We still think this is a huge opportunity if it’s done right,’’ city economic develop- ment officer Ken Veldman said. “Al the end of the day we can have local control of a whole economic generator and economic devolopment tool and at the same time we can ulilize some very suitable land surrounding the airport,’? The province; however; has: sate it~vor't-"" tum over the land without some kind of Trevenuc-sharing agreement. But lands minister Moe Sihota has so far given no specifics of what-he wants. Veldman says the city wants to get on wilh arranging a takeover of the airport, but uceds to reach an agreement on the revenue split with the province first. “They’re saying come to us with a proposal,”? said councillor David Hull. 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