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The reduction in itinerant movements was led by the drop (-3,514 movements) resulting from the closure of Edmonton City Centre Airport. Large decreases were also reported at Toronto/Buttonville (-2,290), Montreal/St. Hubert (-1,287) and Langley, British Columbia (-1,189). Together, these airports accounted for 60% of the overall decline. In contrast, year-over-year itinerant activity at Vancouver International rose by 2,391 movements to reach its highest level for the month of October since 2008.
Similarly, 75% of the decline observed in local movements was concentrated in just four airports – Montréal/St-Hubert (-3,432 movements), Toronto/Buttonville (-2,712), Fredericton International (-2,018) and Ottawa/Macdonald-Cartier (-1,794). These decreases were more than sufficient to offset the largest increase (+2,016 movements) which was reported at Victoria International.
The drop in total movements for Toronto/Buttonville may be explained by the upcoming closure of the airport and the relocation of some activities, a flight school, for example, to nearby airports.
Itinerant movements: domestic, transborder and international
Itinerant movements within Canada fell to 276,367 movements in October 2014, a drop of 5.0% from the previous year. Since the economic downturn in 2009, domestic itinerant movements during the month of October have fluctuated from a high of 296,065 in 2011 to a low of 270,983 in 2012. Year-over-year variations for October 2014 ranged from an increase of 1,771 movements (+10.1%) at Vancouver International to a drop of 2,271 movements (-45.3%) at Toronto/Buttonville. Of those reporting in October 2014, fifty-nine airports reported year-over-year decreases in domestic movements.
Eighty-two airports recorded 42,684 transborder itinerant movements (between Canada and the United States) in October 2014, little changed from the 42,906 movements that were reported the previous year. Slight decreases in transborder movements at Toronto/Lester B. Pearson International (-518 movements), Montreal/ Pierre Elliot Trudeau International (-235) and Quebec/Jean Lesage International (-203) were sufficient to offset small gains at Vancouver International (513) and Edmonton International (107).
In October 2014, forty-five airports reported a total of 10,304 other international itinerant movements, up 10.2% from October 2013. The gain resulted from growth of 9.5% at Canada’s busiest airport, Toronto/Lester B. Pearson International, which reported 5,062 other international itinerant movements during the month.
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