Hamilton’s airport generally unaffected by delays and cancellations amid spike in summer travel
Worldwide, airlines and airports have been struggling to cope with a massive travel resurgence amid staffing issues that are cascading into flight cancellations, baggage delays and endless queues.recently measured the magnitude of the problem, with Toronto’s Pearson International being tagged as the world’s worst airport for delayed flights.
Data extracted between May 26 and July 19 showed 52.5 per cent of Pearson’s flights were delayed — the only one in the world that had more than half of its flights impacted. Number two on the list, Frankfurt in Germany, weighed in at 45.4 per cent, while Charles de Gaulle in Paris checked in at 43.2 per cent.Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport in China was number one with 7.9 per cent of all flights cancelled.Carlucci said the airport is having ongoing conversations with airlines about the possibility of having overflow from Toronto’s Pearson and Billy Bishop airports fly to Hamilton as an alternate.
The airport has cited pre-COVID usage hitting 955,373 passengers in 2019, representing 32 per cent growth over 2018, mainly through seasonal routes from small carriers.“There is a population in close proximity to the airport, when you look at other areas in the catchment, like London and Kitchener-Waterloo, Niagara Falls, so we’re a great alternate to get off the highways to Toronto,” Carlucci said.
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