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Airport passenger totals showing signs of improvement

'The 2023 performance year to date has been led by the strength of the Sunwing numbers,' said Terry Bos. SSMADC president and CEO
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Sault Ste. Marie Airport terminal file photo. Darren Taylor/SooToday

Passenger traffic in March was the third-best in the past year compared to pre-pandemic levels, with passenger levels at 78 per cent of pre-pandemic, according to a Sault Ste. Marie Airport Development Corp. news release.

“2023 is certainly off to an encouraging start, with the passenger levels showing signs of recovery, after the much slower then anticipated October to December results. The 2023 performance year to date has been led by the strength of the Sunwing numbers,” said Terry Bos. SSMADC president and CEO.

Air Canada Express has two flights daily. Bearskin Airlines has two flights Sunday, three flights daily Monday and Friday; four flights daily Tuesday and Thursday; six flights on Wednesday. Porter has two daily flights daily Sunday to Friday; and one daily on Saturday.

Following is a passenger movement comparison:

Month

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

January

16,309

15,185

1,619

4,937

11,739

February

15,369

15,725

1,100

5,397

12,718

March

18,550

9,531

1,479

7,678

14,546

April

16,842

63

1,334

9,000

 

May

17,364

69

1,616

11,378

 

June

17,331

440

2,253

12,481

 

July

18,800

2,112

4,250

13,976

 

August

20,812

3,170

6,114

15,615

 

September

16,900

2,798

6,551

13,986

 

October

18,697

2,744

8,593

13,939

 

November

16,045

2,213

7,155

10,873

 

December

18,258

2,718

9,283

12,641

 

Total

211,277

56,768

51,347

131,901

39,003

 

 

 

 

 


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