[Glenco]

On route 747 from YEG this afternoon:

Departed the terminal at 1606
- every seat is full; nine people are standing

Arrived at the mall at 1611.
- four people disembarked

Departed the mall at 1616 After making two stops
- every seat is full; 23 people are standing

I have not seen that level of congestion since the schedule change. It could have a result of the congestion at the Black Mud creek construction on the highway. I know the bus I was on the other day got caught up in it because he wasn’t being assertive enough. The following bus took a diversion and actually got ahead of us on the highway so there would have been a significant delay in service at the airport.

 

[Glenco]

Thanks for sharing and documenting.

That's an extra 10 minutes of bus stops and traffic lights before even making any progress to get going downtown after a flight. I've taken the 747 several times though - i just hate that detour.

So you would like to spend an extra half an hour waiting for a bus just so you don’t waste 10 minutes on the detour? Doesn’t make sense to me but whatever.

 

[TAS]

So you would like to spend an extra half an hour waiting for a bus just so you don’t waste 10 minutes on the detour? Doesn’t make sense to me but whatever.

I don't like the 10min detour and I want service every 30min. That's right - I want it all (express service please).

 

[bodsbods9090]

I don't like the 10min detour and I want service every 30min. That's right - I want it all (express service please).

 

[BrettB]

Now on the 747 back out to the airport

Departed Century Park at 1211

- all seats are full
- 12 people are standing (including me)

My wife calls it a remarkably easy way to get to the airport

 

[yeggator]

Now on the 747 back out to the airport

Departed Century Park at 1211

- all seats are full
- 12 people are standing (including me)

My wife calls it a remarkably easy way to get to the airport

Imagine the usage it would get when they redirect it to the new Capital Line terminus and park’n’ride.

 

[Glenco]

Now on the 747 back out to the airport

Departed Century Park at 1211

- all seats are full
- 12 people are standing (including me)

My wife calls it a remarkably easy way to get to the airport

So you are saying the half hour frequency is a victim of it’s own success?

 

[Gronk!]

Which is why the 747 needs to operate at a higher frequency than every 30 minutes.

 

[fromyeg]

So you are saying the half hour frequency is a victim of it’s own success?

Induced demand. (The good kind.)

 

[trevorhayden]

There were supposed to be 2 more airport bus routes, but they were cancelled due to lack of funds.

 

[BASE]

July numbers out and growth looks fairly weak. International certainly hampered by the Condor loss. ​

July 2025 Passenger Stats​

Terminal​

• Terminal Traffic: 726,395 passengers (Year-to-date 4,203,004 passengers) 0.7% (Year-to-date 3.7%)
• Domestic 648,472 passengers (Year-to-date 3,374,306 passengers) 4.8% (Year-to-date 6.3%)
• Transborder 62,769 passengers (Year-to-date 494,843 passengers) -25.9% (Year-to-date -7.7%)
• International 15,154 passengers (Year-to-date 333,855 passengers) -13.6% (Year-to-date -2.3%)

Fixed Base Operators (FBO)​

• 61,726 passengers (Year-to-date 432,486 passengers) -1.2% (Year-to-date 13.4%)

Total passengers (Terminal and FBO)​

• Month overall 788,121 passengers (Year-to-date 4,635,490 passengers) 0.6% (Year-to-date 4.5%)

​

 

[ChazYEG]

/\ And the 12-month rolling average as of July is at 8.12M passengers. At the current pace (even considering the drop in transborder), 2025 will finally see the 2018 and 2014 records broken (8.2M).
And if tensions with the USA ease off (which is possible over the next few years) I could see YEG reaching 9M passengers within the next 2-3 years.

 

[Gronk!]

/\ And the 12-month rolling average as of July is at 8.12M passengers. At the current pace (even considering the drop in transborder), 2025 will finally see the 2018 and 2014 records broken (8.2M).
And if tensions with the USA ease off (which is possible over the next few years) I could see YEG reaching 9M passengers within the next 2-3 years.

I highly doubt tensions will ease if the Americans continue to be ruled by that orange buffoon and his ilk.

 

[BASE]

I do think we can beat 8 million but I don’t think this year will be a record. I do also think people will start booking transborder travel again but it will be a slow climb back up rather than an immediate shift.

 

[Markyeg]

Even if people start booking transborder again, unfortunately I think it’ll be awhile until we get back the frequencies/routes back that were cut.

I think the carriers will be more cautious for now, and just funnel people through YYC for transborder. We have an unpredictable orange baffoon down south who might just wake up one morning and get annoyed with Canada again for whatever reason.