St. John's International Airport is the largest airport in Newfoundland and Labrador. For most of the past two years, the only consistent, direct, international flight landing at St. John's International Airport originated from the French islands of St-Pierre-Miquelon, west of the Burin Peninsula. Air Saint-Pierre was granted an exemption to the 2020 travel ban that allowed it to send medevac flights to St. John's. CBCIn fact, according to Bragg, St. John's has a history of direct European flights going back more than 70 years. "There's actually been a direct or a non-stop, year-round flight flight to Europe since the 1940s until about 2006," she said.

Source: CBC News March 19, 2022 21:50 UTC