Can Saint John Get Another Domestic Airline? Not likely

All this talk about Porter Airlines flying into Saint John or Westjet returning is just wishful thinking according to the President and C-E-O at the Airport, David Allen. 

He says you need from 300 to 400 thousand passengers a year to justify a second domestic airline in addition to Air Canada and last year 216 thousand people used the airport.
 
The airport also loses 120 thousand passengers each year who make their way to other airports in the region. 

There was talk a few years ago that it might be better to have one centralised airport to serve Saint John, Fredericton and Moncton but Allen says that idea has bitten the dust because it would be too expensive.