| Overseas Traffic Overtakes
Transborder |
Something interesting in Canada
occurred in June: overseas passenger numbers
overtook U.S. transborder passenger numbers for possibly
the first time ever.
For the year to the end of
June, Transport Canada reports that 10.5 million
enplaned/deplaned passengers travelled to international
destinations other than the U.S., versus 10.1 million to
the U.S. For the year to June, overseas traffic
was the most stable, down 2.3 percent with two months of
double-digit losses after previously being relatively
stable.
System wide for the first half of the
year, E/D passengers were down 7.5%, led by an 8.7%
domestic fall and a 9.3% transborder fall.
The
news comes amid a second straight month in which
Canadians travelling overseas was down. This
previously had been resilient. Also down -- and to
a significant degree -- are Canadian visits from
residents of several key overseas sources for
tourism. Most notable are the U.K., Japan and
South Korea.
In June, overseas traffic overtook U.S.
tansborder for the first time. This is part of a
trend that we can date back a few
years.
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AIRLINE
TRAFFIC
World Airline Traffic Losses Improve
in July
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The International Air Transport
Association (IATA) announced international scheduled
airline traffic results for July showing passenger
demand traffic in revenue passenger kilometers 2.9%
compared to the same month in the previous year - a
relative improvement over June.
Airline traffic
is calculated differently from airport traffic as
airline traffic incorporates distance travelled.
Freight traffic was down 11.3%. International passenger
load factor stood at 80.3%.
The July passenger
demand fall of 2.9% was a relative improvement over the
7.2% drop in June and the 6.8% decline recorded over the
first seven months of the year. July capacity was more
in line with reduced demand than in previous months and
load factors are similar to those recorded in July 2008.
These positive developments, however, have come at the
expense of yields, which continue to fall
sharply.
The 11.3% decline in cargo demand for
July was also a relative improvement over the -16.5%
recorded in June and the -19.3% average for the first
seven months of the year. Despite this
improvement, the July freight load factor of 47.6% was
lower than the 49% recorded in July 2008.
All
regions saw improved demand performance compared to
June, but significant differences by region should be
noted:
Asia-Pacific carriers are experiencing the extremes
of this recession. The 7.6% fall in passenger demand
compared to July 2008, was the largest decline of any
region. At the same time, compared to the -14.5%
recorded in June, the relative improvement to -7.6% was
also the biggest among all regions.
International Air
Freight
Freight traffic on
international markets was 11.3% lower in July than a
year earlier, but was a considerably better result than
the -16.5% recorded in June. All regions, except Africa,
saw improvement in demand compared to June. The Middle
East was the only region to grow.
Falls by Asia-Pacific carriers, European carriers
and North American carriers were 9.5%, 16.2% and 14.6%
respectively.
African carriers posted the worst performance at
-25.9%. This was the only region to see a deterioration
in freight demand compared to June when the region's
carriers posted a 20.2% decline compared to the same
month in the previous year.
Middle Eastern carriers were the only region to
grow, posting a 1% growth in demand compared to July
2008.
"The freight numbers tell an interesting
story," said IATA Director General Giovanni
Bisignani. "The sector is being boosted as
companies re-stock depleted inventories. Once
inventories are at desired levels in relation to sales,
improvements in demand will level off until business and
consumer confidence returns. Given the large amount of
debt in all sectors of the economy, instant relief is
not in the forecast."
Full
Results
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Toronto Receives Environmental
Award
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Toronto Pearson International
Airport has been selected as a winner of Airports
Council International - North America's (ACI-NA) 2009
Environmental Achievement Awards.
Pearson is the
first airport to win the newly added award category for
Special/Innovative Projects for its Partners in Project
Green & Pearson Eco-Business Zone program. Launched
in October 2008, Partners in Project Green is a growing
community of businesses working together to improve
their financial and environmental performance by
creating an internationally-recognized "Pearson
Eco-Business Zone" around Toronto Pearson International
Airport.
Through new forms of
business-to-business collaboration, Partners in Project
Green delivers programming that helps businesses reduce
energy and resource costs, uncover new business
opportunities, and address everyday operational
challenges in a green and cost-effective manner.
"The ACI-NA Environmental Achievement
Awards recognize those airports that set an example for
the industry by going above and beyond regulatory
compliance standards to protect and preserve the
environment," said Jessica Steinhilber, ACI-NA Senior
Director of Environmental Affairs. "The 2009 winners
demonstrate outstanding qualities that illustrate the
mission of this award."
Award winners will
be recognized at the ACI-NA's 18th Annual Conference
& Exhibition in Austin, Texas, Oct. 14, 2009, during
the Chairman's Honors Luncheon.
Winners in
each category are selected by a three-judge panel based
on the project's environmental benefits, innovation,
effective implementation, widespread applicability and
cost-effectiveness.
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Kelowna Announces "Drive to 1.6
Million" Passengers Development Program
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Kelowna International Airport
(YLW) passenger activity is forecast to grow to 1.6
million passengers by 2015.
To
accommodate this growth the airport is putting in place
a phased approach where construction will be triggered
by passenger traffic demand.
"If by 2011 we are
ahead of schedule and passenger numbers are closer to
1.6 million then we expect we will move on these
projects at a faster rate," says Sam Samaddar, airport
director. "However, if passenger numbers start to level
out, something like we are seeing this year, these
projects will be completed as planned over the next five
to six years. By having a phased approach to the
construction we can trigger each component of the
project based on actual passenger
demand."
Since 2004, passenger numbers at
YLW have increased by 55%. In 2009, passenger numbers
are slightly behind 2008's record breaking year by 3.4
per cent, although April, June and July 2009 were
slightly ahead of their respective months in 2008.
The Drive to 1.6 Million program includes
an interim customs facility which will be constructed
this fall while elements such as the runway overlay,
relocating and upgrading utilities, upgrade to the
outbound baggage system, improvements to the Highway 97
intersection, Apron 1 expansion and large aircraft
taxiway, the new International Arrivals Concourse and
renovation to the existing arrivals area will take place
between 2011 and 2016.
The order of
magnitude cost estimated for these projects is budgeted
at $50.5 million and will be paid for through the
Airport Improvement Fee (AIF). The AIF at Kelowna
International is currently $10 per departing passenger.
As elements of the program are completed, the AIF is
expected to increase to $12 in 2011 and to $15 per
enplaned passenger effective January 1,
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Canada's
Airports:
Working Together, Moving
Forward
The Canadian Airports Council (CAC) is
the voice for Canada's airports. Formed in 1991, as the
devolution of airports to local control was beginning,
the CAC has established itself as the reliable and
credible federal representative for airports on a wide
range of significant issues and concerns.
Canada's airports are engines for economic
development in the communities they serve and one of
their most important elements of local infrastructure:
Our communities' vital links to intra-provincial,
national and international trade and commerce. Our 48
members represent more than 200 Canadian airports,
including all of the National Airports System (NAS)
airports and most passenger service airports in every
province and territory.
Together, CAC members
handle virtually all of the nation's air cargo and
international passenger traffic and 95% of domestic
passenger traffic. The economic impact of CAC member
airports is staggering. They create well in excess of
$45 billion in economic activity in the communities they
serve. And more than 200,000 jobs are directly
associated with CAC member airports, generating a
payroll of more than $8 billion annually.
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| Upcoming Events |
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Sept. 25, 2009
Open
Skies Summit in Vancouver
Oct. 5-7,
2009
Altitudes
East in Halifax
Oct. 11-14, 2009
ACI-NA Annual Conference in
Austin
Oct. 27-28, 2009
CAC Board Meeting in
Toronto
Jan. 13-15, 2010
ACI-NA Insurance and
Planning Conference
in San Diego
Jan. 24-26, 2010
ACI-NA Air Service &
Data Planning Seminar in Las Vegas
Jan.
27-29, 2010
ACI-NA Media Relations Conference
in Las Vegas
March 9-11, 2010
ACI-NA Air
Cargo Conference in Seattle
April 11-13,
2010
ACI-NA Airport Board Member and
Commissioners Conference in Savannah, Ga.
April 21-22, 2010
CAC Board Meeting and AGM
in Toronto
June 1-2, 2010
CAC CEO Forum
June
6-9, 2010
ACI-NA Marketing Communications
Conference & Jumpstart in San
Diego
Sept. 26-29, 2010
ACI-NA Annual
Conference & EXhibition in
Pittsburgh
Oct. 4-7, 2010
ACI-NA Fall
Public Safety & Security Conference in
Alexandria, Va.
Oct. 26-27, 2010
CAC Board Meeting in
Toronto
Nov. 1-3, 2010
ACI World
Assembly, Conference & Exhibition in
Bermuda
Nov. 8-11, 2010
ACI-NA Airport
Concessions Conference in Phoenix
For more details on ACI-NA events, please visit
the
ACI Web
site
CAC
board and committee meetings are open to all
members
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