Victoria International Airport’s mid-year traffic on-par with 2009
The Victoria International Airport’s 2010 mid-year passenger traffic volumes have remained virtually on-par with 2009.
733,619 passengers flew via Victoria International between January and June. The same time last year, 734,559 passengers flew in or out of the facility.
While the total traffic count remains virtually unchanged, the habits of travelers are anything but.
20,000 fewer passengers flew between Victoria and Canadian airports in 2010 (totaling 583,363), a trend largely attributed to better connections to American airports like San Francisco. As a result cross-border traffic into the United States increased by 9% to 134,149.
Passengers watch as a Jazz flight from Vancouver arrives at the terminal. Photo © by VibrantVictoria.ca.
2010’s international passenger traffic (to Mexico via seasonal or charter flights) appears to be on track for a new record with 2009’s volume having been already surpassed by nearly 1,400 passengers, totaling 16,107. Traditionally the month of November is the launching point for sun destination flights out of Victoria and together with December passenger activity may be enough to push the count close to a record-breaking 20,000. In 2006, the previous record year, international traffic totaled just under 19,300 passengers.
Air cargo continues on its multi-year decline with a 12% reduction so far this year, totaling just 92 metric tons of cargo.
To stay up to date on the latest news affecting the Victoria International Airport, refer to VibrantVictoria.ca’s dedicated airport discussion thread here. To review passenger statistics documents released by the Victoria Airport Authority, click here.
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G-Man
Jan 19, 2012 at 9:41 am^ Alaska does the same thing. Just select fare calendar when looking for tickets. You can find days that are discounted 50%. If I were in the bus a Allegiant feeder route from Vic would seem to make sense to me from Vic. I mean we ar doing this from Victoria to Sea and YVR why not to Bellingham. Let alone the fact that Bellingham is a really nice city with some great stuff to do around it.
While I am on it. Why there is not a Sidney to Bellingham Passenger ferry is beyond me as well. We seem to treat one of our closest geographic neighbours as if it does not exist!
AllseeingEye
Jan 19, 2012 at 2:01 pmSome good points here to be sure; on a postive note re: YYJ one nice charter option for those heading to the Mayan particularly, where we're headed also in March, is the CanJet direct flight option to Cancun. Nice not having to dog-leg via Calgary or Edmonton. Also CanJet's departure/arrival times are some of the best in the industry.
Bob Fugger
Jan 19, 2012 at 2:27 pmQuote: In March I am travelling with my sister's family to Oahu. They are driving down from Qualicum, taking the ferry from Nanaimo to Tsawassen and then driving to Seattle the night before ourHawaiian Air flight. (Flights from YVR to HON are much more expensive and don't arrive at convenient times). I had originally planned to fly YYJ - SEA on Horizon , but the quotes on the return flight were going to be more than the cost of a return flight from SEA to Honolulu. This seemed outrageous to me. I will now be taking the ferry from Swartz Bay to Tsawassen and joining my sister's family for their drive to Seattle. 2 nights in an airport hotel before/after the Hawaii flights is substantially cheaper than flying YYJ-SEA return.
You can do Kenmore Air from the Inner Harbour direct to Sea-Tac for less than $300 - in 2 hours. That's half of the Full Flex Horizon fare, plus you don't have to deal with YYJ at all.
Bingo
Jan 19, 2012 at 2:35 pmQuote: You can do Kenmore Air from the Inner Harbour direct to Sea-Tac for less than $300 - in 2 hours.
Seat-Tac was closed earlier this morning due to the freezing rain on the runways.
G-Man
Jan 19, 2012 at 2:43 pmKenmore also accepts Alaska Airmiles and the cost to fly to Seattle is like 10k miles which is pretty good!
