"Participants traveled from Shanghai, Tianjin, Guangzhou and Beijing to meet with Team NBC delegates and learn more about the economic opportunities available in northern BC."

who paid????

"The featured presentation was the launch of the air cargo service with Prince George Airport in China"

I'm sorry, I am not quite sure what this means. Can someone put a bit more detail around this?

Is someone moving the PG airport to China? Is there an air cargo service deal which has been signed with China which will see air cargo transports flying to China land here?

Very difficult to read between the lines.

:-(

Well, I'll tell you, owl, everything I know about this:

Prince George Airport is extending its main runway to accommodate wide-body cargo jets that are expected to drop in for refueling. Cargo flights from Shanghai to North America can’t make it all the way to U.S. cities directly and usually make a technical stop in Anchorage, Alaska, for fuel. Prince George is in range for Asia technical stops, and they can gather cargo from the western part of North America by truck and top off the westbound flights.

So, there are big things afoot in this here l'il area. Thanks to some different levels of involvement (ie: other taxpayers in this province, and the rest of Canada, you know, provincial and federal help :-) we're going to see some major air traffic increase in our friendly skies.

OWL YOU NEED A BEATING!

OWL YOU NEED A BEATING!

no doubt. OWL dont you remember reading about the $5000 it cost the individuals for the trip.

You have to be the most bitter person on here. please do us all a fovour and get off 250. Better yet PLEASE LEAVE TOWN

"favour" oops

i bet if i was in a union one of my brothers would have caught that for me

pgdealer ... please read what people write, not between the lines.

I wanted to know who paid for the Chinese to travel to meet at the BC-Canada pavilion.

A simple question. A simple answer would suffice from anyone who knows.

With respect to being bitter ..... bitter about what? Knowing what goes on around one in a bit more detail is allowed, I thought. Do you know? You probably don't want to know.

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beesknees, thanks for the information. I was aware of that however, and I thought somewhere in that sentence it said something about a launch ... sounded like some contract was signed .....

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back to good olde pgdrugdealer or whatever kind of wheeler dealer you are, people such as Palopu on here will know very well that I have been in favour of the expansion of the PG airport to take larger planes. I am, therefore, keenly interested to know when the first deal is signed.

I am also, BTW, starting to be concerned about the rising fuel costs and what that will do to the offshore manufacturing business and the transportion hub we are trying to become.

Why something like that would warrant labelling me as bitter, I really do not understand.

You could lable me cautious, concerned about the level of risk changing, as concerned about how much emphasis we should be placing on this new investment versus some other potential investments.

Just because I someone has some very legitimate different opinions than you does not warrant someone to be labled bitter.

If I would say that you apparently do not know the english language, you could call me arrogant. That would be fair.

So, maybe we can come to a compromise ... call me arrogant. So be it. And I'll call you arrogant too.

:-)

So PG is gonna be a gas station for Chinese airplanes? Wow! Betcha they won't want "unleaded" fuel.

Hey owl don't listen to them...this fool wants to know the same thing. The ALR issue is a little clearer now with the warehouse plans.
Could this cause competition for Prince Rupert Port then? I would think so. Therefore, it would serve PG very well but not so much the rest of Northern BC...
Or would it also benefit? Not sure what real gains are available but actually bringing cargo by air not a bad idea...hmm...wonder what's brewing.

btw labels are fun...they come in all shapes, sizes, and colours and fit neatly into little pigeon holes for small minds!
hehe
;)

Harbinger, as a matter of fact, they will want the unleaded kind. Here's some facts about the fuel required for the types of planes that will land here:

Jet fuel is clear to straw colored. The most common fuel is an unleaded/paraffin (kerosene) oil-based fuel classified as Jet A-1, which is produced to an internationally standardized set of specifications.

The only other jet fuel that is commonly used in civilian turbine engine-powered aviation is called Jet B, a fuel in the naphtha-kerosene region that is used for its enhanced cold-weather performance. However, Jet B's lighter composition makes it more dangerous to handle, and it is thus restricted only to areas where its cold-weather characteristics are absolutely necessary.

So, nothing exciting about this. We'll just be serving the same old unleaded jet fuel that all the other countries in the world will be. Might change from A to B when cold man winter blows down on us from up north.

Anyone want to invest in a refinery? Anyone got some land close to the airport, within close proximity to some underground distribution lines? Anyone, anyone?

OWL, YOU BRING OUT THE NEGATIVE IN EVERY STORY. HAVENT READ MUCH POSITIVE COME FROM YOUR FINGERS

The comment about "unleaded" fuel was kinda of a tongue in cheek comment about the lead the Chinese ship to us hidden in our consumer goods. It wss...never mind. By the way jet fuel is just first class coal oil. But the term jet fuel sounds cooler.

The comment about "unleaded" fuel was kinda of a tongue in cheek comment about the lead the Chinese ship to us hidden in our consumer goods. It was...never mind. By the way jet fuel is just first class coal oil. But the term jet fuel sounds cooler.

I corrected the word "was". I hate bad spelling.