Canada’s airports saw passenger numbers more than double in 2022: StatCan
The variety of passengers who travelled by way of Canada’s airports greater than doubled in 2022 in comparison with the earlier yr.
But air journey continues to be decrease than pre-pandemic ranges, the latest knowledge from Statistics Canada exhibits.
A report Friday from StatCan discovered that in 2022, almost 117.3 million passengers boarded and disembarked planes at Canadian airports.
This is in comparison with the virtually 46.3 million passengers recorded in 2021, again when many COVID-19 journey restrictions had been nonetheless in place, for a year-over-year improve of greater than 153 per cent.
“Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic brought worldwide air travel to its knees, the Canadian aviation industry continued to recover in 2022,” the report says.
But whereas final yr did see continued development for air journey in Canada, passenger numbers had been nonetheless solely 72 per cent of the 162.9 million recorded in 2019.
Canada eased its COVID-19 journey necessities in March of final yr and later ended the nation’s journey restrictions in October. Significant disruptions, nonetheless, would find yourself defining each the summer season and winter journey seasons.
“The unexpected sharp increase in passenger volume during the busy summer travel season left some major airports grappling with challenges largely stemming from staffing-related problems,” the StatCan report says.
A latest evaluation additionally discovered that Canada’s two greatest airways — Air Canada and WestJet — have seen a better proportion of their flights delayed this summer season in comparison with U.S. airways.
COMPARING THE FOUR LARGEST AIRPORTS
The nation’s 4 largest airports — Toronto Pearson International, Vancouver International, Calgary International and Montreal Trudeau International — made up greater than 70 per cent of all air passenger visitors in Canada final yr, StatCan says.
The variety of passengers at Toronto Pearson rose nearly 181 per cent to 34.7 million, Vancouver International Airport noticed a rise of 165 per cent to 18.5 million passengers and Calgary International Airport noticed almost 13.9 million passengers for a rise of about 136 per cent.
Montreal Trudeau had the largest improve of the 4 at 206 per cent, with greater than 15.3 million passengers recorded in 2022.
