citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . july 2007 learn how and when to remove this template message regina airport authority incorporated founded regina saskatchewan canada 1997 1997 headquarters regina international airport number of locations 1 airport area served regina key people bob linner board chair richmond graham ceo services airport authority revenue 6 516 840 1 number of employees 38 2 website http www.yqr.ca the regina airport authority is the public not for profit agency that oversees management of the regina international airport which serves the canadian city of regina and indeed the entire southern part of the province of saskatchewan a region that contains about 495 000 people . the authority owes its existence to a policy begun in the 1990s under the liberal federal government of turning over the operation of major canadian airports to locally based bodies though ottawa retains ownership of the airports . in policy terms this has process has been regarded as a mixed blessing . authorities are undoubtedly more open and more responsive to users and to the communities around them than was the former operator the canadian federal department of transport transport canada . one veteran transport canada employee quipped that federal oversight was so detailed that more constructive work and planning could be done in a 15 minute coffee break among airport authority managers than in six months of dealing with ottawa federal government policy has been to burden airport authorities with high rents and other charges that force these authorities to apply user fees to passenger tickets in order to raise money for capital improvements . depending on one s perspective this is either the user pay principle or shameless federal downloading of a federal responsibility . the reginas airport s authority s current chairman is bob linner . 3 see also edit greater toronto airports authority and toronto port authority edmonton airports vancouver airport services halifax international airport authority references edit http www.manta.com ic mtqswsx ca regina airport authority inc http www.manta.com ic mtqswsx ca regina airport authority inc http www.yqr.ca 2011 05 10 16 50 29 about raa 15 corporate 28 board of directors external links edit about raa retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title regina airport authority & oldid 720884608 categories airport operators of canadacompanies based in regina saskatchewantransport in regina saskatchewanhidden categories articles needing additional references from july 2007all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 18 may 2016 at 15 01 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view