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From this basic render it looks like the North Tower will definitely be improved and will not look so much like it is one of the last remnants of the old Airport. Hopefully this won't affect traffic upon the departures level too much.
On another note not related to that expansion/ renovation, I would hope that the YEG can improve their pick up area on the far side of the Parkade and it would be really nice to have a climate controlled pedway through the Parkade to that pick up area. I'm thinking back to last year when I arrived and it was late night and cold at the start of March and there was no shelters really there to wait for our Uber. If that area is going to be the permanent pickup area for Uber then I think the airport should at least improve it enough that it isn't an issue to go there and wait there for your ride.
 
Edmcowboy11 said:
If that area is going to be the permanent pickup area for Uber then I think the airport should at least improve it enough that it isn't an issue to go there and wait there for your ride.
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As far as I remember, that is supposed to be temporary, while there is construction going.
 
^ may have initially been considered temporary but they have made it at least semi-permanent now.

As for the old tower updates that rendering looks pretty sharp. I appreciate that they note that this will "pave the way for future terminal improvements".
 
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^ may have initially been considered temporary but they have made it at least semi-permanent now.

As for the old tower updates that rendering looks pretty sharp. I appreciate that they note that this will "pave the way for future terminal improvements".
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Uber pickup is at Arrivals Paid, outside Door 10. It has been this way for a number of months. It was a savage introduction to Edmonton having to walk through a cold parking garage to the other side. Glad Uber worked out a deal with EIA for the new location . . . $3.25 per ride is worth it. As I live on the deep south side, Taxis don't want my fare . . .
 
I agree with the pick up area east of the parkade. It actually works really well as it is much less busy than the front arrivals area. It would be a great addition if the walkway there was more climate controlled in the winter. We got back last week from a trip and met our ride over there and the walk over was jarring but the heated waiting area was nice.

I wonder if the tower rehabilitation will include a rehab of the arrivals level waiting lounge that was there at one point. Maybe use it as a kind of "transit center" of sorts.
 
I just got notified that on my Delta-Westjet flight returning from South America on March 7 that my leg from ATL to YEG has been switched out to ATL-YYC-YEG - with the dreaded 2:52 layover in Calgary. I try not to hate WS this happens so often that WS has become my airline of last resort when flying internationally. I feel bad for EIA officials, as they have worked so hard trying to get more transborder routes only to have the Trump effect hurt them. Luckily, I can still do one stop with a long layover at IAH with United, or fly the next day with Air Canada via YYZ.
 
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Monthly passenger stats November 2025​

  • Domestic: 431,221 passengers (Year-to-date 5,617,610 passengers)- 2.6% (Year-to-date 6.1%)
  • Transborder: 64,620 passengers (Year-to-date 742,733 passengers) -20.0% (Year-to-date -14.0%)
  • International: 60,092 passengers (Year-to-date 447,726 passengers) 4.1% (Year-to-date -1.1%)
  • Fixed Base Operators (FBO): 48,030 passengers (Year-to-date 649,256 passengers) -24.5% (Year-to-date 1.3%)
  • Total: 603,963 passengers (Year-to-date 7,457,325 passengers) -6.3% (Year-to-date 2.8%)
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Yikes and WOW is Edmonton getting rouge-screwed by AC. I was looking at April flights and on the day in question there were only two mainline AC flights. The majority were Rouge, followed by Jazz and then mainline.

I know AC has a long-established ambivalence toward Edmonton, but why salt their own field by practically pushing people away from their planes? The pitch alone on Rouge is enough to practically break Geneva Conventions.
 
Offworld said:
Yikes and WOW is Edmonton getting rouge-screwed by AC. I was looking at April flights and on the day in question there were only two mainline AC flights. The majority were Rouge, followed by Jazz and then mainline.

I know AC has a long-established ambivalence toward Edmonton, but why salt their own field by practically pushing people away from their planes? The pitch alone on Rouge is enough to practically break Geneva Conventions.
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It won’t be the Rouge 320/321s, it’ll be on the 737 MAX 8s which have a slightly more comfortable cabin than the current Rouge.

That being said, AC chose to swap 2-3 daily YVR-YEG frequencies over to Rouge for 2026, announced a few weeks ago as a part of their YVR Rouge base additions. YVR-YLW was also switched over 1-2x daily as well as 5 cities in Mexico and 3 in the US.
 
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