Vancouver airport reminding passengers to plan ahead for busy spring break | 24CA News
Jetting off on a spring-break getaway? Vancouver International Airport officers are reminding passengers to plan forward.
Officials stated they count on round 880,000 passengers to journey by the airport from March 10-24, which is round 88 per cent of pre-pandemic ranges.
“During this period, YVR is expecting an average of 58,705 passengers per day with March 15 and March 24 projected as the busiest dates,” employees stated in a launch.
The hottest locations domestically embrace Toronto, Calgary and Edmonton.
For these travelling to the U.S., the preferred locations are Los Angeles, San Francisco, Kahului, Honolulu and Las Vegas.
The hottest worldwide locations embrace Hong Kong, Cancun, Tokyo, Delhi and London.
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To make airport and air journey simpler for passengers, YVR stated folks ought to use the 4 “travel technologies” to reinforce their journey:
- U.S. Customs Mobile Passport Control (MPC) app: U.S. Customs and Border Protection launched the MPC app permitting travellers to submit data digitally earlier than shifting by the border course of.
- YVR Express: Passengers travelling domestically or to the U.S. can schedule a particular time for safety screening as much as 72 hours earlier than their flight by utilizing YVR Express.
- JetSet valet parking: Having a parking plan is a vital step to contemplate earlier than driving to YVR. Passengers travelling to the airport by automobile are actually in a position to reserve their spot for JetSet’s 24-7 valet parking facility at yvr.ca/parking.
- ArriveCan app: By utilizing the ArriveCan app to submit customs and immigration declarations prematurely of arrival, travellers will acquire entry to the Advance CBSA Declaration specific lanes on the airport after they arrive in Canada and save time by the border clearance course of.
Passengers are nonetheless inspired to reach as much as two hours forward of their flights for home journey and three hours for worldwide and U.S. flights.
The airport additionally notes that for these choosing up travellers arriving from inside Canada, the pickup space has been quickly relocated to Level 1 as building is happening on Level 2.
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