https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/co...rrier-lynx-air
Tuesday’s announcement is also a positive development for the Calgary Airport Authority, which saw its traffic plunge by more than two-thirds to 5.7 million passengers last year.
Calgary Airport Authority CEO Bob Sartor said the facility has recovered faster than in other Canadian cities, with passenger traffic last month at 58 per cent of 2019 levels.
Domestic trips are coming back stronger than cross-border flights and he expects total passenger traffic at the airport could exceed seven million this year — eventually getting back to pre-pandemic passenger levels sometime in 2023, a year earlier than previously thought.
Before the year started, the airport authority predicted lower passengers for 2021, compared to 2020 (5.7 million). During the Lynx Air announcement, the airport predicted that it could serve more 7 million passengers in 2021.
According to the stats posted on YYC's website, it served 3.8 million passengers from January to September 2021. In the Herald, the CEO said October 2021 levels are 58% of October 2019 levels which means about 843,000 passengers.
So that means between January to October, the airport served 3.8 million + 0.843 million = 4.64 million passengers. With two months remaining, that means more than 1 million passengers for both November and December (>80% of November and December 2019 levels) to reach the 7 million goal. That seems very optimistic!