A twice-daily air service between Portland and Nova Scotia is due to start up in early February.

The Yarmouth International Airport Corp. announced today it has reached an agreement with Starlink Aviation out of Montreal to provide round-trip flights connecting Halifax Stanfield International Airport, the Yarmouth airport and the Portland International Jetport.

Starlink will fly an 18-passenger Jetstream 31 aircraft between Yarmouth, Halifax and Portland in morning and afternoon runs Monday through Friday. Fares will be about $250 for a one-way trip from Halifax and $150 from Yarmouth to Portland.

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Photos courtesy Starlink Aviation
Exterior and interior views of the 18-passenger Jetstream 31
turboprop aircraft that will fly twice-daily runs from the Portland
International Jetport to Yarmouth and Halifax, Nova Scotia.