Air Travel Rebounded in 2023, but Not to Pre-Pandemic Levels: Statistics Canada

Published on July 5, 2024

After Canada lifted all COVID-era travel restrictions, air travel saw a significant rebound in 2023, but did not reach pre-pandemic levels, Statistics Canada says. In 2023, Canadian airports handled over 150 million passengers, a 26.8 percent increase from the previous year, according to the “Airport Activity” report released on July 4. This volume nears the pre-pandemic levels of roughly 163 million in 2019. Major airports in Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, and Calgary reported significant passenger traffic growth, each seeing at least a 24 percent increase compared to 2022, according to the report. “Passengers returned to the skies in 2023, the first full year since 2019 without any pandemic-related government travel restrictions in place. This reflected an easing of both pandemic-induced labour and supply challenges, allowing the passenger airline industry to meet the growing demand for travel,” Statistics Canada says....

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