Stephenville's town council voted Monday to spend $223,000 to hire a private company to try to bring its beleaguered airport back from the brink. The vote was on a proposed management contract between Stephenville's airport authority and Winnipeg Airport Services Corporation, a company that provides an array of aviation services to Canadian airports from Kamloops to Iqaluit. Its CEO reached out to Stephenville council in November, said the town's mayor, with meetings and discussions culminating in the proposed plan. While official direction for the future rests with the Stephenville Airport Corporation, a non-profit airport authority run by a board of directors, Stephenville's council has contributed to the airport financially for years. In September, Felix told CBC that the town provided a $750,000 grant to the airport in 2016 meant to support financial viability by 2019.

Source: CBC News June 15, 2020 12:46 UTC