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Regina airport CEO among leaders rallying to save control towers
COVID-19 pandemic, silence fills Regina’s airport.Empty check-in counters line one side of the terminal while the odd employee moves behind reception along a row of vehicle rental desks.There’s no one on the staircase passengers use upon arriving in Saskatchewan’s capital city. The number of flights scheduled to land on Monday: four.“It’s almost like a ghost town,” said James Bogusz, CEO and president of the Regina Airport Authority.Canada’s aviation industry has been among the hardest hit by the pandemic, because of federal travel restrictions and public-health advice urging would-be travellers to stay home.