Airport passenger traffic down 2.4%; airport interchange project begins
Victoria International Airport (YYJ) couldn’t maintain the positive passenger growth experienced in September and posted a 2.4% decline in October 2009 over October 2008. 133,379 passengers arrived and departed at YYJ last month, compared to 136,709 at the same time last year.
Year-over-year (up to and including October) traffic is down 1.7% from last year. By this time in 2008, 1,313,689 passengers had flown through YYJ compared to 1,291,888 in 2009.
Air cargo passing through the airport bucked its negative trend and rose by 3.2% over October 2008. However, overall air cargo volume is down nearly 20% so far this year.
McTavish Road / Highway 17 interchange
Construction of the airport interchange has begun. A ceremony was held last week to celebrate the start of the $24-million project that is expected to alleviate congestion at the McTavish Road and Highway 17 intersection and improve safety for vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists, and benefit public transit operations serving the Saanich Peninsula and the airport. Completion is expected by March 2011.
New destinations
Westjet has added two new destinations from YYJ and has resumed seasonal service of a popular route. Direct service to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and to Honolulu, Hawaii, for the fall and winter sun destination travel market has commenced and service to Las Vegas, which proved popular in 2008, is back.
Long-term parking and access plan
The Victoria Airport Authority recently released a $85-million long-term parking and access plan that outlines anticipated projects aimed at improving access to the airport and facilities available to travelers.
To stay up to date on the latest news and events at the airport, follow the Victoria International Airport thread in the VibrantVictoria.ca forum. To follow the construction activity of the new airport interchange, refer to this thread.
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aastra
May 11, 2012 at 3:48 pmInteresting. So that other plan from before to extend the main holdroom is now on hold?
Mike K.
May 12, 2012 at 9:19 amThe link above seems to have been taken down. Individual presentations are linked at
The CEO's presentation could have used headings with posts. Some of them weren't self explanatory like the orange markers for new routes. Is the airport going after all of those routes, or throwing out ideas, or are they already formally agreed to? ...or what?
aastra
May 12, 2012 at 11:36 amG-Man just muffed the address. Get rid of the redundant http at the front.
VicHockeyFan
May 12, 2012 at 11:40 amQuote: G-Man just muffed the address. Get rid of the redundant http at the front.
Thanks aasta, fixed.
Sparky
May 12, 2012 at 12:21 pmI wonder why the annual meeting pamphlet that showed the nonstop flights out of Victoria did not include Phoenix?
