The Woodruff
New Member
Hold up, in the comments it seems like they're suggesting pickup from the old location (right next to the building) will now be paid?!
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Edmonton International Airport (EIA/YEG)
- Thread starter Daveography
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mcr
Active Member
Except for about 4 stalls that were marked as immediate pickup / cell phone pickup, every spot to stop in the old location were already technically paid spots. Perhaps (hopefully) that's what they mean.
northlands
Senior Member
BASE
Active Member
I expected a little better for September. Seems like a lot more of the same although FBO passengers were notably up a good amount. Looks like Domestic will end the year in the negative overall. Projecting a pretty decent October but September underperformed my projections, so we will see how that plays out.
September 2024
Terminal
- Terminal Traffic: 606,811 passengers (Year-to-date 5,419,804 passengers) 2.9% (Year-to-date 2.0%)
- Domestic 517,694 passengers (Year-to-date 4,344,693 passengers) Domestic -0.5% (Year-to-date -2.0%)
- Transborder 75,051 passengers (Year-to-date 700,864 passengers) Transborder 42.3% (Year-to-date 29.8%)
- International 14,066 passengers (Year-to-date 374,247 passengers) International -13.9% (Year-to-date 10.9%)
Fixed Base Operators (FBO)
- 60,690 passengers (Year-to-date 506,218 passengers) 32.5% (Year-to-date 15.4%)
Total passengers (Terminal and FBO)
- 674,501 passengers (Year-to-date 5,926,022 passengers) Month overall 5.3% (Year-to-date 3.0%)
TAS
Senior Member
I know 7 people who flew international in the past month who all drove to Calgary from here. One was even flying on KLM, but drove to Calgary because her sister was there. A group of 4 was to Germany for Octoberfest. I'm surprised Condor doesn't keep its flight from YEG longer.
And then this summer two seperate couples drove to Calgary for a Japan flight. I guess the Westjet flight from here to Japan via YYC was enough of a difference that they decided to drive.
Habibfazil
Active Member
David A
Senior Member
The year to date for transborder and international seem fairly good, it seems to be more domestic travel that is languishing.
But in any event, building up international continues to be a challenge. We probably have the worst international service of any city our size in Canada.
It is unfortunate many people from here still are forced to drive to Calgary to benefit their airport and economy.
But in any event, building up international continues to be a challenge. We probably have the worst international service of any city our size in Canada.
It is unfortunate many people from here still are forced to drive to Calgary to benefit their airport and economy.
Habibfazil
Active Member
Agreed, 110%
Wish Porter would make Edmonton a hub on a northern route, would be great for a quick flight into Vancouver or other parts...
BASE
Active Member
It does feel like more and more people I talk to taking the Westjet overseas flights decide to park at yyc and fly from there rather than start their trip at YEG and make the connection in yyc. Almost always the reason isn’t cost but they just want to minimize the chance of delays and missed connections and maintain a bit more control.
780thegoat
New Member
I drove to Calgary and flew to Ireland then back from England to Calgary and drove this past summer.
Gronk!
Senior Member
I prefer to avoid flying from Calgary because I don't like the idea of having to drive for 3 hours down the QE2 (which can be a gong show) and having to pay exorbitant rates for parking. If I have no other viable choice then I would rather utilize the transportation options to YEG and fly to YYC. Yes there can be delays and missed flights, but the same issues can also occur at other airports such as YYZ or YVR.
Habibfazil
Active Member
Have a buddy who like those above didn't want to miss his flight at YYC, but being winter, not gonna drive, took the bus, worked out well...
erudyk_29
Active Member
I've always found it weird how few intercontinental flights fly out of Edmonton. I believe we only have a direct flight to Amsterdam Schiphol and Frankfurt. Edmonton is closer to both Europe and Asia than Calgary, so it should in theory be more efficient to run flights to those destinations out of YEG. I know Calgary is a bigger centre, but it isn't that much bigger. (edit: I know YYC airport is much bigger than YEG, I mean the metro areas are similar sized not the airports)
Imo Edmonton should at least have direct flights to:
- Paris Charles de Gaulle
- London Heathrow
- Tokyo (Haneda or Narita)
Also insane that Edmonton doesn't have direct flights to New York or Chicago.
Imo Edmonton should at least have direct flights to:
- Paris Charles de Gaulle
- London Heathrow
- Tokyo (Haneda or Narita)
Also insane that Edmonton doesn't have direct flights to New York or Chicago.
yeggator
Active Member
As Wendover Productions explained in some older videos, business class seats are the bread and butter for airlines’ revenue. Most of the energy companies in Canada have their head offices in Calgary, so flights out of YYC sell more business-class seats. That’s why airlines prefer to fly there, regardless of population, distance to destinations, and heck, regardless of proximity to Banff (because tourists don’t pay the premium for business-class seats). And since they already favour it, they just consolidated their Prairie operations and put a hub down in Calgary. We’ve got to attract more businesses, particularly offices, to Edmonton if we want better flight options (that’s how we got service to SFO). Plus, with sanctions on Russia, that makes it tougher to fly routes over the North Pole where Edmonton has the distance advantage. I do still think it’s ludicrous that we don’t have flights to London, New York or Chicago though.
trevorhayden
Active Member
Flixbus has started serving YEG and YYC.