Halifax Stanfield International Airport Developments

[q12]

Almost 3.7 Million Passengers served:

2014 Busiest in Airport’s History

POSTED ON FEBRUARY 24, 2015

More Growth Expected in 2015

Halifax, N.S. – Halifax Stanfield International Airport served 3,663,039 passengers in 2014, making it the busiest in the airport’s history.

“We had an outstanding year, thanks to new and expanded airline routes, particularly in the domestic market,” says Joyce Carter, Halifax International Airport Authority President & CEO. “After a slow start due to difficult weather in the first quarter, traffic built steadily from May onwards, culminating with five record setting months in the last half of 2014 – a testament to our continued efforts to improve air service at Halifax Stanfield.”

Compared to 2013, overall passenger numbers were up 2.2 per cent.

“We are optimistic about our growth opportunities in 2015,” says Carter. “Building on last year’s results and with routes already announced for this year by Air Canada Rouge, WestJet, WestJet Encore, and Europe Airpost, we continue to provide our region with exceptional air service.”

In 2014, Halifax Stanfield was served by 18 scheduled and charter passenger airlines flying to 49 non-stop destinations (21 year-round and 28 seasonal). This network enables Atlantic Canadian air travellers to reach over 500 one-stop destinations around the world.

“Air access is the lifeblood of a community,” says Carter. “Our strong air service network creates tremendous benefit for the regional economy – connecting people, goods and ideas. Halifax Stanfield continues to be one of the most critical pieces of transportation infrastructure in Atlantic Canada and based on departures per capita, we are number one in the country.”

Since opening in 1960, over 105 million passengers have been served by Halifax’s international airport.

Destinations
Halifax Stanfield enjoys the best winter escape plan in the Atlantic region with direct service to multiple sun destinations in Florida, Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, and Mexico provided by Air Canada, WestJet, Air Transat, Sunwing and Canadian North (in a partnership with Celebrity Cruises).

Halifax Stanfield offers the most domestic service to and from the Atlantic region with Air Canada, Air Canada Express (operated by Jazz, EVAS, and Sky Regional), WestJet, Provincial Airlines, and Porter. Daily flights to Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Calgary, Edmonton, Charlottetown, Deer Lake, Fredericton, Gander, Goose Bay, Moncton, Saint John, St John’s, and Sydney are complemented by multiple flights per week to Charlo/Wabush and seasonal service to Hamilton and Stephenville.

With daily service to Boston, Newark, New York, and Philadelphia and seasonal service to Chicago, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, St Petersburg and Tampa provided by Air Canada, Air Canada Express (operated by Jazz), WestJet, Air Transat, Delta, Sunwing, United, and American Airlines, Halifax Stanfield provides the most direct access to the United States further streamlined by the only US Preclearance facility in Atlantic Canada.

Internationally, Halifax Stanfield enjoys Air Canada year-round service to London Heathrow, Air St. Pierre year-round service to St. Pierre & Miquelon, and seasonal service by WestJet to Glasgow, Europe Airpost to Dublin and Paris, Condor Airlines to Frankfurt, Air Transat to London Gatwick, and Icelandair to Reykjavik.

http://hiaa.ca/2015/02/2014-busiest-in-airports-history/

[ghYHZ]

Here are the 10 busiest airports in the country. Halifax was the seventh busiest but has dropped to eighth place with Winnipeg moving up a notch.

YYZ: 2013: 36,107,306 - 2014: 38,571,961 +6.8%
YVR: 2013: 17,971,883 - 2014: 19,358,203 +7.7%
YYC: 2013: 14,316,074 - 2014: 15,261,108 +6.6%
YUL: 2013: 14,095,182 - 2014: 14,821,100 +5.2%
YEG: 2013: 7,697,995 - 2014: 8,240,161 +7.0%
YOW: 2013: 4,578,591 - 2014: 4,616,448 +0.8%
YWG: 2013: 3,483,898 - 2014: 3,669,797 +5.3%
YHZ: 2013: 3,585,864 - 2014: 3,663,039 +2.2%
YTZ: 2013: 2,300,000 - 2014: 2,400,000 +4.0%
YYJ: 2013: 1,556,960 - 2014: 1,650,165 +6.0%

[q12]

^I'd say YHZ and YWG are basically tied. Halifax is looking good for more growth this year with new flights and added capacity.



Qatar Airways Boeing 777F charter @ YHZ this week picking up seafood.

Source: Halifax Stanfield Facebook
Courtesy: Colin Carroll

[Keith P.]

Originally Posted by ghYHZ

Here are the 10 busiest airports in the country. Halifax was the seventh busiest but has dropped to eighth place with Winnipeg moving up a notch.

YYZ: 2013: 36,107,306 - 2014: 38,571,961 +6.8%
YVR: 2013: 17,971,883 - 2014: 19,358,203 +7.7%
YYC: 2013: 14,316,074 - 2014: 15,261,108 +6.6%
YUL: 2013: 14,095,182 - 2014: 14,821,100 +5.2%
YEG: 2013: 7,697,995 - 2014: 8,240,161 +7.0%
YOW: 2013: 4,578,591 - 2014: 4,616,448 +0.8%
YWG: 2013: 3,483,898 - 2014: 3,669,797 +5.3%
YHZ: 2013: 3,585,864 - 2014: 3,663,039 +2.2%
YTZ: 2013: 2,300,000 - 2014: 2,400,000 +4.0%
YYJ: 2013: 1,556,960 - 2014: 1,650,165 +6.0%

City names please.

[curnhalio]

Originally Posted by Keith P.

City names please.

YYZ - Toronto Pearson
YVR - Vancouver
YYC - Calgary
YUL - Montreal Trudeau
YEG - Edmonton
YOW - Ottawa
YWG - Winnipeg
YHZ - Halifax
YTZ - Toronto Billy Bishop
YYJ - Victoria

[halifaxboyns]

I have to say the numbers for Calgary impress me time and time again. Our group is going for a tour of the new airport terminal (which doubles the size of the existing Airport) in May/June - should be exciting.

I know a good chunk of the numbers come from the recent addition of Delta flights to Seattle - 3x a day. When I look at how YHZ gets treated by Delta, I'm rather sad. Just 1 per day to New York - although it bumps up to 3 in the summer and then added service to Detroit. Do so few people travel to the US in the winter?

[Sunnybrae]

Originally Posted by q12

^I'd say YHZ and YWG are basically tied. Halifax is looking good for more growth this year with new flights and added capacity.



Qatar Airways Boeing 777F charter @ YHZ this week picking up seafood.

Source: Halifax Stanfield Facebook
Courtesy: Colin Carroll

WOW..... The 777 is amazing. Gotta get down there and do some spotting! Where is the best spotting location anyone?

[halifaxboyns]

The viewing platform is good if you want to sit and sip a coffee. Otherwise the road next to the main runway isn't too bad, although with all the snow might be a challenge.

[thegx]

Looks like Delta is ending New York-LGA at the end of the summer.

[halifaxboyns]

Originally Posted by thegx

Looks like Delta is ending New York-LGA at the end of the summer.

Apparently not - asked the Hfx airport on twitter and for September they will be flying into JFK versus LGA.

[fenwick16]

Originally Posted by thegx

Looks like Delta is ending New York-LGA at the end of the summer.

I think the reason might be explained by this article - http://www.wsj.com/articles/after-decade...-to-los-angeles-san-francisco-1424896811. This excerpt from the article gives a possible reason:

Lifting the rule, formally in place since 1984, would pave the way for new transcontinental flights between La Guardia and cities such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas and Seattle—now served only by New York’s other two major airports, both of which are farther from Manhattan. Because airlines’ slots at New York’s airports are limited, new service would come at the expense of existing flights—almost certainly to smaller cities, industry officials said.

“The mix of flights at La Guardia would change materially,” said Mike Boyd, president of aviation-consulting firm Boyd Group International. “Why would you have a 50-seat jet going to Charlottesville when that slot can be used for a 150-seat jet going to Seattle?”

[beyeas]

Originally Posted by fenwick16

I think the reason might be explained by this article - http://www.wsj.com/articles/after-decade...-to-los-angeles-san-francisco-1424896811. This excerpt from the article gives a possible reason:

Lifting the rule, formally in place since 1984, would pave the way for new transcontinental flights between La Guardia and cities such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas and Seattle—now served only by New York’s other two major airports, both of which are farther from Manhattan. Because airlines’ slots at New York’s airports are limited, new service would come at the expense of existing flights—almost certainly to smaller cities, industry officials said.

“The mix of flights at La Guardia would change materially,” said Mike Boyd, president of aviation-consulting firm Boyd Group International. “Why would you have a 50-seat jet going to Charlottesville when that slot can be used for a 150-seat jet going to Seattle?”

Interesting. I can definitely see the logic from their perspective of bumping more of those transcontinental flights to LGA, but it does negate from a Canadian airport's perspective the advantage of having the customs pre-clearance which allowed airlines to fly the LGA route. Too bad, as I fly to NYC fairly often and for obvious reasons prefer to go into LGA (although it is a dump of an airport and I definitely prefer JFK in terms of the airport experience).

[q12]

Flying into JFK with Delta will give passengers better (and easier) connections worldwide. Passengers from YHZ will still benefit from pre-clearance and be treated as a U.S. domestic flight @ JFK.

[halifaxboyns]

Originally Posted by q12

Flying into JFK with Delta will give passengers better (and easier) connections worldwide. Passengers from YHZ will still benefit from pre-clearance and be treated as a U.S. domestic flight @ JFK.

Plus they would be treated to the $1.2 billion dollar upgrades to T4 that Delta made at JFK. Looks pretty swanky from their youtube video.

You tube video

[beyeas]

Originally Posted by q12

Flying into JFK with Delta will give passengers better (and easier) connections worldwide. Passengers from YHZ will still benefit from pre-clearance and be treated as a U.S. domestic flight @ JFK.

good point

[thegx]

And now United is ending the ORD run.

[Colin May]

Delta, the only airline with an oil refinery. How's that working out - not very well.

[fenwick16]

This is being described as a hard landing at the Halifax airport; it seems to be an understatement to me going by the appearance of the airplane. Luckily no one was critically injured although 23 were sent to the hospital.

Here is an updated news story - http://www.torontosun.com/2015/03/29/air-canada-plane-skids-off-runway-at-halifax-airport. Based on reports of hitting a power line while landing, I wonder if the plane hit the approach lights and landed short of the runway damaging the landing gear and then skid down the runway?

source: http://news.nationalpost.com/2015/03/29/...zzard-in-halifax-sending-23-to-hospital/

[Keith P.]

It apparently hit the ILS antenna tower as well. Not a good day for AC. Mixed reports on how HIAA handled it all as well. Conflicting reports on whether the plane hitting the power line made the lights go out or if that happened before, and contributed to the incident. Hard to believe they do not have UPS protection for flight systems at the airfield. Passengers were unhappy with being left out in the snow for an hour after evacuating the aircraft. But they should be glad they are still living - they were very close to augering in and being a statistic in a major tragedy. Plane lost all its landing gear and one engine detached.

[Innsertnamehere]

The engine that remained doesn't really resemble an engine anymore either.