It is eerily quiet at the Edmonton International Airport these days. Travel restrictions have tightened up around the world in the fight against COVID-19 and as a result, many airports are, naturally, seeing a major slowdown. “People aren’t travelling much,” said Steve Maybee, EIA’s vice-president of operations and infrastructure. “They’re staying home, as directed by federal government and provinces.” Maybee noted that in his almost three decades with EIA, he has never seen the airport this quiet. “We’re at 10 per cent of our normal traffic,” he said. “Numbers are way down and that’s expected across the board — across aviation as a whole.” Maybee said the airport has emergency plans in place for operating in tough situations, but “this is