The Edmonton and Calgary aviation markets : a tale of two more cities

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• Creators:
  Baldwin, Gord ; Di Pietro, Lisa
• Corporate Creators:
  Statistics Canada
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Civil Aviation Market Research Market Share Passenger Traffic
• Publication/ Report Number:
  51-502-XIE
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  Calgary (Canada) ; Edmonton (Canada)
• OCLC Number:
  56921688
• ISBN:
  0-662-37087-2
• Corporate Publisher:
  Statistics Canada. Transportation Division
• NTL Classification:
  NTL-AVIATION-AVIATION ; NTL-AVIATION-Airports and Facilities ; NTL-AVIATION-Aviation Planning and Policy ; NTL-REFERENCES AND DIRECTORIES-Statistics
• Abstract:
  Passenger air traffic movements in Calgary and Edmonton were roughly equal in 1963 but, since
  
  that time, the Calgary market has grown much larger than that of Edmonton. This Paper examines
  
  a number of factors, as well as differences in the airport infrastructures in the two cities, to explain
  
  the different air traffic growth patterns. Very similar to the debate over Montreal (Dorval/Pierre
  
  Elliott Trudeau airport and Mirabel airport) versus Toronto (Pearson airport),∗ the reasons for
  
  growth in the aviation markets of Calgary and Edmonton (International airport and City Centre
  
  airport1) often returned to the debate over a divided aviation market as the result of two airports
  
  versus one at their major competitor. In both Montreal and Edmonton, it was often suggested that
  
  if flights could be consolidated into one airport, they would cease to lose “market share” to the
  
  competing aviation market. This paper will examine possible reasons for the differences in the
  
  aviation passenger growth in these two major Canadian markets. While the often cited factor was
  
  multiple airports, this analysis will pay particular attention to the major socio-economic variables
  
  used in airport passenger forecasting by Transport Canada, the US Federal Aviation
  
  Administration and others to see if they help to explain the different growth patterns.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Alternate URL:
  http://dsp-psd.pwgsc.gc.ca/Collection/Statcan/51-502-X/51-502-XIE.html ; http://dsp-psd.pwgsc.gc.ca/Collection/Statcan/index-e.html#trans
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d55751961a5e1868ffcf4435ce17bc62f671da29cddb11fbb7ebfec92e31d0ee
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/6362/dot_6362_DS1.pdf
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