The Top Eight of ‘08
EIA poised to lead the country in passenger growth for the third year in a row.
We’ll move you—with a new brand and renewed commitment:
Your international airport renewed its customer-focus commitment in May 2008, when we launched the EIA—we’ll move you brand. It represents the airport community’s re-energized focus on delivering complete and effective customer service. “Whether it’s through new air service options, time-saving technologies, or more parking and restaurant options, our brand promise, we’ll move you, is our commitment to great customer service as we build Edmonton’s future airport,” says Reg Milley, EIA President and CEO.
Expansion 2012: With our new brand came confirmation of a different kind of terminal expansion. Now serving 1 million passengers more than the 5.5 million travellers the current terminal was built to accommodate, Expansion 2012 will double the number of aircraft gates and add some of the most modern air travel infrastructure in the world. By 2012, EIA will deliver one of the most innovative, hassle-free airport experiences anywhere. While we work to build EIA’s airport of the future, we’re equally focused on our customers’ needs right now. EIA continues to offer new speed-enhancing technologies during construction: the online web check-in portal at flyeia.com, hotel web check-in areas, more check-in kiosks at more locations, and our north terminal flow-through check-in desks, which greatly speed up passenger flow.
Expansion 2012 Partners
Project Management
MMM Group
Prime Consultant
Construction Manager
Apron Expansion
EBA Engineering
Dufferin Construction
Terminal Expansion
Stantec Consulting
PCL Construction
Office/Control Tower
Cohos Evamy
EllisDon
Port Alberta: An all-in-one cargo transportation system, Port Alberta is a broad regional springboard that will connect air, road, rail and even sea links to offer a completely integrated value-added shipping system for our region. This year, Western Economic Diversification Canada demonstrated its support by announcing a major development grant to drive the project forward. The Port Alberta partnership with development agencies, municipalities and others is poised to give this region one of the most crucial inland transportation hubs in North America and beyond.
¡Bienvenidos Mexicana!: Canadians love Mexico for the sun and sand, and Mexicana can get you there with their year-round scheduled service to Mexico City, and convenient connections to resort and business destinations throughout Mexico, and Central and South America. Since the route was launched in June, this service has proved popular not just with sun-seekers, but with business travellers, those visiting friends and relatives in Alberta, and cargo shippers as well.
Eating on the fly: Forget the old jokes about airplane food. EIA makes travelling a tasty experience with fresh, healthy new choices for eating out in the terminal. In 2008 alone, we opened a new Mountain Lodge restaurant, two new Starbucks--including one in the US passenger lounge--and a Tim Hortons post-security in the domestic passenger lounge. Next up: a Chili’s, a Wok Box and a new full-service restaurant in our US passenger lounge.
More Parking: EIA has made it easier than ever to park at the airport, with lots of additional choice. In August, 1,000 stalls were opened in the new parkade expansion, followed by 2,700 new surface stalls in the popular new remote lot. This lot was built to handle peak-season demand over the holidays and will be made available on a regular basis later in the year.
US Quick Connect: EIA has quickly evolved into the connecting airport for the significant northern development, now acting as Canada’s economic engine. To ensure Edmonton is serving our connecting passengers, US Quick Connect opened early December, just in time for the holiday rush. Now, if you’re connecting in Edmonton to one of our 10 non-stop US destinations, EIA’s US Quick Connect offers the biggest travel perk of all: easy, convenient connections. Connecting passengers can proceed from their arriving domestic flight straight to US Preclearance, without having to collect, then re-check luggage. It also allows connecting passengers to enjoy the wide range of amenities in the domestic passenger lounge.
More passengers, more routes, more often: Edmonton lead the country in seat capacity growth with 7% (March 08 vs. March 09), bucking the trend of declines across Canada. Another strong indicator is EIA’s incredible 40% US growth compared to the 5% average decline across Canada (excluding Alberta). WestJet alone added 16 new flights to their Edmonton/US schedule. Air Canada, Jazz and Star Alliance partner United Airlines also increased their Edmonton/US service significantly, including 45% more seats than the previous year to their five key US hubs of Chicago, Denver, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
Finally, strong international growth helped fuel EIA’s biggest passenger count in the airport’s history: almost 6.5 million travellers journeyed through EIA in 2008. This 6.1 per cent increase over the previous year is especially remarkable compared to capacity cuts at other airports. Early numbers indicate that for the third year in a row EIA lead the country in passenger growth in 2008, and may be the only Tier 1 airport in Canada forecasting passenger growth in 2009.
Edmonton International Airport passenger statistics, 2007—2008:
PASSENGERS
2007
2008
Increase
Domestic
4,936,592
5,106,860
3.4 per cent
US
810,318
943,911
16.5 per cent
International
317,700
386,563
21.7 per cent
TOTAL
6,064,610
6,437,334
6.1 per cent
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