Direct flights between Iqaluit and Toronto coming this summer

There’s a new option coming this summer for Iqaluit residents who need to fly to Toronto.

Inuit-owned Canadian North Airlines announced in a news release Wednesday morning that it will begin offering a direct three-hour flight between the two cities starting in June.

“We were looking for opportunities to create new demand for travel to and from Nunavut and for use of our service,” said Andrew Pope, Canadian North’s vice-president of customer and commercial.

He said Toronto was the “logical” option because it’s the most common place travellers connect to from Iqaluit.

Andrew Pope, the vice-president of customer and commercial for Canadian North