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The Edmonton and Calgary aviation markets : a tale of two more cities
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2004-05-01
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OCLC Number:56921688
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ISBN:0-662-37087-2
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NTL Classification:NTL-AVIATION-AVIATION;NTL-AVIATION-Airports and Facilities;NTL-AVIATION-Aviation Planning and Policy;NTL-REFERENCES AND DIRECTORIES-Statistics;
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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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