Canada Traffic Up 6%

Latest passenger figures for 10 of Canada’s busiest airports, reveal that demand is up over 6% in the first nine months of 2014, representing significant improvement on the growth reported in 2012 and 2013. In 2012 passenger numbers at Canada’s main airports grew by just 3.7%, while in 2013 the growth rate declined to just 2.7%. Since May passenger numbers have been up each month at all of Canada’s main airports.
The eight busiest Canadian airports all break down their traffic figures into domestic, transborder (US) and international (non-US). Domestic traffic is up at all eight airports, with half of them achieving growth of more than 5%. In the transborder market six of the eight airports are reporting growth, led by YVR (+9.3%), YEG(+9.2%) and YYZ(+6.6%).:cool::D