EDMONTON – Leduc will have direct bus service to the nearby Edmonton International Airport under plans announced Tuesday to expand local transit.
The city and the county of Leduc set up the C-Line in 2010 offering morning and afternoon rush-hour buses between Leduc, Nisku and the Century Park transit centre.
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Calgary Airport Authority’s CEO said he’s open to easing a rule that would dead-end the Airport Trail and tunnel extension before Metis Trail once that $295-million roadway opens next year.
The airport agreed the city could cut a tunnel road beneath its new runway, but only on condition that the road end at the small 36th Street N.E. when it opens.
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More than 1,000 people ride Calgary Transit’s airport express bus weekly, but only 30% of those are getting on at YYC, says a report going to the city’s transportation committee Wednesday.
And of those getting on at the airport, only 35% are travellers, with the remaining passengers people who board downtown and along Centre St. N.
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EDMONTON – AOG International Freight Logistics has expanded operations and moved to the growing Cargo Village complex at Edmonton International Airport (EIA).
The company specializes in freight forwarding and project logistics and reported 28 per cent growth in 2012.
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Spending cuts in the United States have Edmonton International Airport officials concerned about potential travel delays.
Automatic spending cuts enacted by U.S. congress Friday have already affected staffing with US Customs and Border Protection Services at airports across Canada, including Edmonton.
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A proposed airport in Parkland County won’t change plans to make Villeneuve into a hub for business and medevac flights, say locals.
Parkland Airport Development Corp. announced earlier this month that it planned to build an airport in Parkland County near Highway 16A and Highway 60 about five minutes west of Edmonton.
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The Medicine Hat Airport expansion plans could result in the restaurant being closed and some Hatters are signing a petition asking the city to reconsider.
“The restaurant makes the best breakfast and the best homemade hamburgers in the city,” said Dallas Bewley, who is a ramp agent at the airport. “The restaurant does not only serve the flying public. We just want to keep what we already have.”
The expansion plans are still in the design phase and various options are being considered, said Abdul Khan commissioner of development and infrastructure for the city.
“There will still be an opportunity for public consultations too,” said Khan.
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EDMONTON – If a group of pilots and investors has its way, a new airport in Parkland County just west of Edmonton could handle the corporate, charter and medical flights that would be lost at Edmonton City Centre Airport.
The Parkland Airport Development Corp. wants to build an airport on farmland south of Highway 16A and west of Highway 60, about five minutes west of Anthony Henday Drive.
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EDMONTON – After a previous attempt failed to get off the ground, Edmonton is looking at relaunching its move to expropriate the City Centre Airport.
City council agreed last October to go ahead with the process as part of plans to turn the 217-hectare site into an environmentally sustainable community for up to 30,000 residents.
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It’s good for business – but it’s losing money.
So local taxpayers are subsidizing Lethbridge County Airport, though relatively few use it.
That’s why city and county councils will meet Monday morning to discuss the facility’s future. They’ll review reports outlining the airport’s current status and the possibility of redeveloping some of its land holdings as retail centres.
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