Calgary International Airport is one of many organizations in the city that is feeling the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In April, officials said the airport saw a 95 per cent decrease in passengers, with only 67,000 guests throughout the entire month — that’s the same number the airport would usually see in one day during the busy summer months. “Our airport has never seen such a steep decline in its history,” vice president and chief financial officer of the Calgary Airport Authority, Rob Palmer, said in a news release on Wednesday. “We are projecting 65 per cent fewer guests in 2020 compared to last year.
We expect YYC will go from a record 18 million passengers in 2019 to approximately 6.4 million in 2020 — that’s roughly the same