YXE Airport Expansion - Construction Begins
 

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YEG Marriott

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Canadian Airport Growth Comparison

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Edmonton - YEG (photos from Hilman on SSP)

New Marriott
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New sexy control tower
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I sure hope that YYC improves after the epansion. For a city it's size, the airport isn't nearly big enough now. It looks like there is a lot of progress being made though. Hopefully the expansuion will make it a bigger and better airport with a better terminal. :D

I'm pretty sure once the expansion is complete YYC will be double it's size which is pretty huge for a city of it's size.

I just flew out of Bournemouth, UK with Ryanair. It's certainly a smaller airport, but with lower cost airlines, it offers great deals on international flights. This is very common in European countries and the U.S. as well. The total price for the flight to Pisa, Italy and back was £70. One thing I do notice is that many UK and European airports are more "bare bones" than Canadian airports. Do Canadian airports have higher fees because the airports are posher? It's nice to have glitzy airports, but if it drives up landing fees and forces people to drive or not travel as much by air, is it worth it?

The number I've heard is in the ball park of 25 to 75 billion US $. That's pretty big considering the transportation budget is 3% of the total budget.

Is the YYC actually building a new separate International terminal building? Or will it just be a big section attached to the existing terminal building?

It will be a new wing added to the East side of the existing terminal.

Alright That's what I suspected. :cool:

Too bad this thread died a few months ago.

Does anyone have any recent photos of the Calgary Airport international terminal expansion?

Oh, and for my bit, here's the progress on the new ALT Hotel going up at Halifax Stanfield International.

Stanfield will be completing its 10 year expansion soon by renovating its domestic/international check in hall to match the design of its arrivals and US check in wing (picture below). It's a pretty impressive rate of growth.

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Work has begun on a multi-level parking lot at Jean Lesage airport:

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Additional upgrades are under way on the landing area.

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Edmonton International's new super futuristic control tower.

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Wow, that looks amazing!

`Swore that was a rendering. Well done Edmonton. <hat tip>

Noisy night flights? I'll just take Mirabel....disguise as a box :haha:
Lol jokes :jester:

Show us pics inside the renovated airport too please Coldsrx! :D

I don't have photos but the redering for the new YFB air terminal are looking good. Plus Iqaluit finally gets some jetways.

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Wow, looks great! Execpt for the Oilers stuff.. haha.

Don't hurt me. ;)

Hamilton applied for the P3 funding. Private, Federal and Provincial funding.

Wow the new Edmonton Airport looks incredible!

Tried finding renders of the Iqaluit Airport expansion but no luck.

New Cargo Facility at Hamilton International Airport to Boost Region's Economy

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HAMILTON, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Jan. 10, 2013) - Local businesses, cargo carriers and freight shippers will soon benefit from major infrastructure improvements to the Hamilton International Airport, thanks to a joint funding initiative announced today by the Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Labour and Member of Parliament for Halton, and the Honourable Bob Chiarelli, Ontario Minister of Infrastructure and Minister of Transportation.

A 60,000-square-foot cross-dock will be built to accommodate the growing air cargo business at the John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport. This new facility will include multiple truck docks; refrigeration for perishables such as flowers, fruits and vegetables and pharmaceutical products; a live animal centre; as well as cargo and courier handling facilities.

"Hamilton International Airport is a growing gateway for international trade and this new cargo facility will help the region's economy remain competitive and well-positioned for the future," said Minister Raitt. "Our infrastructure investments are an important driver of economic growth and job creation here in Ontario and across Canada."

"The Hamilton International Airport serves as an international gateway to south-western Ontario so our government is very pleased to be able to support its improvement," said Minister Chiarelli. "This is another example of Ontario's commitment to public infrastructure that contributes to long-term economic growth for the region and the province."

"The airport is a city-owned asset that has seen huge growth in cargo operations in recent years," said Bob Bratina, Mayor for the City of Hamilton. "This strategic investment will allow the airport to continue to develop Hamilton's air cargo business, providing more economic benefits to the city and region."

"I am thrilled with today's investment by the provincial and federal governments." said Frank Scremin, President and CEO, John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport. "It recognizes the importance of Hamilton as a transportation gateway at both a provincial and national level. We are very proud to have one of the strongest domestic air cargo distribution networks in Canada; this facility will provide an opportunity to expand upon existing business by allowing a greater variety of goods to be moved through the Airport."

The governments of Canada and Ontario are delivering an $8 million joint investment for the construction of this new facility. An additional $4 million is being invested by TradePort International Corporation, the management body responsible for the airport. The total eligible cost of this initiative is $12 million.

The actual project team has not been announced yet. I have seen some preliminary drawings for one submition, that show 4 Jet ways, larger baggage and arrivals hall but not much else. The location appears to be just north of the current terminal.

Nice! I'm pretty sure the current terminal doesn't even have jetways does it?

Gawd No. I will miss that mad dash from the plane to the terminal. and that patch of ice just before the stairs.

lmao! :P

YYC update

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Halifax Stanfield photos of the new runway extension:

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The new GO connection from the PATH connection to Union Station that will only service Pearson. This section of the path has been dead for years so it's a good use of wasted space.

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The 2 car trains that will depart Union and Pearson every 15 minutes.
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That thing is packed every time the Argonauts or Blue Jays are playing.

Is there one for the Eskimos as well?

Yes there is.

A shot of the new YYC airport hotel from the AC Express gates, took this last week before boarding my flight to YXE:

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[QUOTE=Bigtime;5990561]A shot of the new YYC airport hotel from the AC Express gates, took this last week before boarding my flight

Last time I was through I thought I saw frames for operable windows on the airside. I would have thought there would be a security issue.

That looks big. Will the Delta hotel still remain open?

I've heard conflicting reports, some saying the original Delta will stay open as a lower cost option, and of course the other rumour that the Delta will close when this one is ready to open up.

If closure are thinking about removing it to give the garage more space and flow?

The short list for the Iqaluit ATB should be anounced in the next few weeks.

And then this comes across my desk this morning.
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Saskatooooooon

^ Very nice, Saskatoon. Looks pretty big city. I hated the old terminal but this will no doubt be a huge improvement.

Yeah, I'm quite impressed with the breadth of infrastructure improvements going on nation-wide.

Vancouver recently fully reno-d their airport, built a new skytrain line to their airport
Calgary doubling the size of their airport, built a new LRT line, and proposed an LRT connection to the airport
Edmonton vastly increasing the size of their airport, building new LRT line
Saskatoon vastly increasing the size of their airport, ring road nearly complete, council starting to talk about a future LRT system
Regina ?
Winnipeg vastly increased the size of their airport, constructed first leg of a dedicated BRT
Toronto building a link between airport and Union Station
Montreal ?
Quebec City's gorgeous addition to their airport, council starting to talk about a future LRT system
Halifax increasing size of their airport, council starting to talk about a future LRT system


basically every major city is doing something. When was the last time this happened? The 60s?

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Northern Alberta politicians tour new medevac service at Edmonton International Airport


BY ALEXANDRA ZABJEK, EDMONTON JOURNAL MARCH 13, 2013

EDMONTON - Planeloads of northern Albertans flew into the Edmonton International Airport Wednesday to inspect the gleaming white hangar that government officials insist will provide timely medical treatment and transportation once it opens later this week.

The 3,600-square-metre air ambulance base at the EIA opened its doors to almost 200 people, including 14 MLAs, mayors and councillors from northern municipalities, and a slew of media from places such as Grande Prairie who were flown in for the event. The City Centre Airport will stop taking medevac flights on Friday.

“I don’t actually think it’s about politics. I think it’s about demonstrating first-hand for people the care that’s taken to consider quality and to consider patient safety,” Health Minister Fred Horne said about the event.

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St. John's as well is doubling the size of the Airport and upgrading the runway system so that 98% of flights will get in and out no matter the fog ;)

Regina's got plans too. Recently a large atrium on the upper floor of the terminal was converted to seating space due to shortages of seating during busy flight periods, and a NEXUS security lane was added. A major terminal renovation/reconstruction is scheduled - I believe it's planned to begin about 2015.

Passenger volume is now over 1.2 million passengers a year and we have scheduled service to YVR, YEG, YYC, YXE, YWG, YYZ, YOW, PHX, LAS, DEN, MSP and ORD plus the usual winter charters.