Plans to launch a regular flight route between Iqaluit and Sanikiluaq as a six month pilot project are grounded due to the COVID-19 outbreak in Iqaluit. Right now, the only way to travel between Sanikiluaq and the rest of the territory is via Winnipeg. The mayor of Sanikiluaq, Johnnie Cookie, and the MLA, Allan Rumbolt, have long called on the government of Nunavut to create a direct flight route between Sanikiluaq and Nunavut. The flight takes two hours, and Rumbolt says the connection will cut six days off every trip he has to make to Iqaluit. Longer term success will be measured by demand for the flight, "as well as the value the service is bringing to the community of Sanikiluaq."

Source: CBC News May 26, 2021 10:00 UTC