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:
  • Market research
  • Market share
  • Civil aviation
  • 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.
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• 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
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/6362/dot_6362_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 117.76 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d55751961a5e1868ffcf4435ce17bc62f671da29cddb11fbb7ebfec92e31d0ee