Transport committee  I wouldn't call it a partnership, but Tom Ruth and I are friends and we talk constantly. In fact, you'd find that most airport CEOs collaborate quite well.

Transport committee  We are in a unique position because we're a city of 1.2 million people and this year we will move 17.4 million people. Next year, we'll move another million or a million and one more. So we're a heavily connecting airport. Edmonton is less of a connecting airport and more of a fe

Transport committee  Certainly. The Calgary airport has been in its existing location since 1937. The city was but a distant cluster of homes and businesses quite far away. What happened is that the city grew around the airport over a period of time. One thing that has been extremely helpful in Alber

Transport committee  Again, in Calgary we have the unique situation that we are subject to the Regional Airports Authorities Act of Alberta. It's not just federal; we have provincial regulation, and one of those mandates is to drive economic activity, employment and GDP, not only on the airport campu

Transport committee  Obviously, I will be speaking to your constituents in a couple of weeks at a consultative committee meeting. We have absolutely no say on where Nav Canada puts the planes. At that distance, 3,000 feet is highly unlikely. They're well over 3,000 feet when they come over Inglew

Transport committee  We have significant cargo operations at Calgary airport. Some of the major freighter carriers have new jets that are quieter, but many of the cargo planes are previous-generation jets. They will be older 767s, some 777s, which are noisier than, say, the 787. Effectively, you have

Transport committee  Good morning, Madam Chair and members of the committee. Thank you for inviting me here today to present the perspective of the Calgary Airport Authority. First, I'd like to emphasize that YYC noise management is a priority, as the city now surrounds its major airport. Airports