Long Road to Recovery for YYC Due to Pandemic

It’ll take years for a pandemic-grounded Calgary International Airport to recover from a devastating 2020, as the COVID-19 crisis “erased 25 years of passenger growth at YYC,” said Bob Sartor, president and CEO of the Calgary Airport Authority. The airport expects even fewer passengers to move through its terminals this year than last — 5.1 million compared with 5.7 million in 2020 — a 68 per cent descent from a record 18 million in 2019. It could take up to 18 months to rebound to 10 million passengers. One of the few bright spots is an 11 per cent increase in cargo flights, Sartor said.

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