![]() ![]() “Scheduled service, particularly in Eastern Canada, was impacted heavily by the collapse in passenger demand. “Domestic movements declined 35.8% in 2020, from 3.4 million movements in 2019 to 2.2 million in 2020,” StatsCan reported. Overall, Canada recorded 3.8 million aircraft movements in 2020, down from 5.9 million the year before. In fact, 2020 showed a major shift among Canada’s airports as passenger traffic plummeted due to COVID-19. Two – including Pearson – were in Southern Ontario, two in Calgary, and two in the province of Quebec. Today, five flight training schools call the airport home.įour of the country’s 10 busiest airports last year were located in British Columbia’s South Coast. Despite going through periods when it wasn’t an airport – between 19, the city council used the grounds as a sports field – the facility has rebuilt its niche as a one of the country’s busiest pilot training grounds. The airport was opened as a flight training centre in the Second World War. Statistics Canada reported that in July, Boundary Bay recorded 27,000 movements, its highest total in modern history.īoundary Bay is a municipally-owned general aviation airport in Delta, British Columbia, south of Vancouver. In fact, at times the airport actually grew, despite the pandemic. That was down 14.6% from the year before, but nowhere near as steep a decline as the busiest passenger hubs. That was enough to knock the airport into second place among Canada’s busiest facilities.īoundary Bay claimed top spot with 185,431 takeoffs and landings. Pearson recorded 175,060 movements last year, down 61.5% from 2019. ![]() Pearson - historically the country’s busiest airport - experienced the largest decline in air traffic in 2020, with 280,047 fewer takeoffs and landings than in 2019,” the agency reported. It’s another sign of how much the pandemic has upended the aviation industry. Statistics Canada released data Thursday showing Boundary Bay was the busiest airport in 2020. By Brett Ballah on FebruBoundary Bay Airport sees the most takeoffs and landings, the first time in 38 years Pearson did not claim top spot Toronto Pearson International Airport (CNW Group/Greater Toronto Airports Authority).įor the first time since 1983, Toronto Pearson International was not Canada’s busiest airport last year. ![]()
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