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Originally Posted by esquire
Passenger traffic levels appear to be in a long-term depression now... looking at today's departure board, there are 14 flights leaving, 4 of which are small regionals. Those are basically the same traffic levels that there were in April after the worst of lockdown 1 (when it got down to 6-8 flights a day for a while).
I'd imagine that loads are a little bit higher now, maybe not quite as many 737s and 320s heading out with only 20 people on them as there were back in the spring, but still abysmally low numbers.
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I can't imagine with all the travel restrictions anyone really wants to travel much beyond their home jurisdiction. More importantly, does one really have to for most things in life?
A lot of the numbers in winter (for all Canadian airports) are probably driven by sun-seekers. Not trying to throw shade on Winnipeg specifically, but there's not a ton of people who make a vacation or trip there in the middle of winter unless they have a very specific reason to do so.
The domestic market in Canada is very seasonal. The overall numbers don't vary as much monthly because the destinations shift - summer is domestic/Europe focused, while winter is sun-focused.