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Winnipeg airport projects $45-million deficit this year, calls for government help
Traffic plummets, signs replace travellers at Winnipeg Richardson International Airport Throughout the course of the pandemic, Winnipeg’s airport saw as few as 56 passengers a day, which is down significantly from the daily average of 13,000.As passenger traffic plummeted, operating costs remained fixed at roughly 85 per cent, according to the WAA.Rempel said the future remains uncertain as it’s difficult to predict if business travel will return.“Business travel is what sustains the airport,” Rempel said.“A business traveller may take 12, 13 trips a year, whereas that same traveller is only going to take one vacation trip.”To mitigate the financial impacts of the pandemic, WAA reduced its energy consumption, closed off select areas of