Canadian Airport Thread II

[msmariner]

Originally Posted by thenoflyzone

Airports keep track of passenger movements, so to speak, not unique individuals.

Therefore, a connecting passenger counts for 2 passengers. This is an ICAO standard methodology for counting passengers, which most airports follow. So in your specifc example, YHZ will count that passenger once as a transborder pax for the inbound flight, and once as an international pax for the outbound to LHR.

This is why airports with very high connection ratios (ATL, DXB, or in our case in Canada, YYC), have very high passenger counts. Each connecting passenger is counted twice, but that's not the number of unique individuals that actually set foot in the airport. That number is much lower.

I love how you like to single out YYC all the time. Like YYZ, YVR and YUL don’t all benefit from this. There is a reason AC runs wide body aircraft from airports all across a Canada to feed international flights. Try and mention all the facts in your questionable statements 🤦♂️