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A low-cost airline coming to London, with new direct service to three major Canadian cities, could boost the airport’s passenger traffic by 40 per cent, officials say.

London International Airport is adding three new destinations — Halifax, Edmonton and Abbotsford, B.C., in greater Vancouver — with WestJet’s discount airline Swoop, a move that could add more than 200,000 travellers a year, said Mike Seabrook, the airport’s chief executive.

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“This is the biggest news to happen to this airport. No one has added as much capacity as we are getting now with Swoop,” said Seabrook.

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“We have had a flight here, a flight there, but nothing like this, three at once, with 189-seat aircraft.”

Swoop will offer daily, direct, return flights from London to the three markets.

Fares from London haven’t been announced, but Swoop also flies from Hamilton where its flights to Abbotsford start at $159 one-way, to Edmonton $75 and Halifax $79.