Christmas Travel

• Unprecedented holiday travel season has Kelowna airport warning travellers to be prepared

  The airport is  expecting roughly 220,000 passengers in December alone, which is about 40,000 more than last year.

  Canada

  Dec 12, 2024
  
• Pearson shares travel tips in effort to get ahead of busy holiday travel season

  The airport said the week leading up to Christmas is expected to be the busiest time to travel as well as the days around Jan. 9, when many children return to school.

  Canada

  Dec 13, 2022
  
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• Inflation, COVID-19 holding Canadians back from holiday travel, poll suggests

  Of the 1,001 Canadians surveyed, 77 per cent said they’re comfortable travelling within Canada over the holidays, while 55 per cent said the same for international travel.

  Canada

  Nov 10, 2022
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• Winnipeg airport sees 93% drop in passengers amidst 2020 COVID-19 holiday season

  "There's far fewer passengers traveling over this holiday season."

  Canada

  Dec 20, 2020
• Holiday air travel: the stats and the advice against it

  "The messaging right now has to be don't plan to travel or have visitors from outside of Manitoba coming for the holidays."

  Canada

  Nov 26, 2020
• Officials say to avoid Christmas travel in B.C. this year due to COVID-19 pandemic

  On Monday, B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix said due to COVID-19, this is not the year for anyone to head out of town for the holidays.

  Health

  Nov 17, 2020
• 10K passengers a day to pass through YLW during peak holiday season

  As of Sunday morning, Samaddar said the airport's parking lots are already at 80 per cent capacity.

  Lifestyle

  Dec 22, 2019
• 50K travellers expected at Calgary airport as holiday season kicks off

  With 50,000 travellers expected to use the Calgary International Airport on Friday, it was expected to be the busiest day of the year for YYC.

  Canada

  Dec 20, 2019
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• Holiday travel tips for visitors to YYC Calgary International Airport

  The Calgary Airport Authority anticipates Friday, Dec. 20 will be the busiest holiday travel day of 2019, with 50,000 visitors expected at the airport.

  Canada

  Dec 16, 2019
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• CATSA app helps holiday air travellers ‘Breeze Through Security’

  Travellers can search items to see how they should be packed, make checklists and find out how long it will likely take to get through security in real time.

  Tech

  Dec 11, 2019