Vantage Airport Group
 The blue Vantage Airport Group logo | |
| Founded | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (1994) |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Vancouver, BC |
Number of locations | 8 airports |
Area served |
British Columbia - Fort St. John; Kamloops |
Key people |
George H. Casey President and CEO |
| Services | Airport authority |
| Parent | Vancouver Airport Authority |
| Subsidiaries |
North Peace Airport Services Limited Tradeport International Corporation Kamloops Airport Limited |
| Website | http://www.vantageairportgroup.com |
Vantage Airport Group (or Vantage, formerly Vancouver Airport Services or YVRAS) is an airport management company with 8 airports worldwide.[1] It is a subsidiary of the Vancouver Airport Authority which manages Vancouver International Airport.[2]
In 1992 Transport Canada transferred operations of the Vancouver International Airport to the Vancouver Airport Authority.
Expansion beyond YVR
YVRAS was part of a consortium that was going to privatize Midway Airport in Chicago. In April 2009 the deal fell through.[3]
Vantage provides management services to various airports owned by Vantage or via a consortium:
- Canada
- Fort St. John Airport, Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada
- owned via North Peace Airport Services Limited
- John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- acquired through purchase of Tradeport International Corporation 2007
- Kamloops Airport, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
- owned via Kamloops Airport Limited
- Greater Moncton International Airport, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
- Fort St. John Airport, Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada
- The Americas
- Sangster International Airport, Montego Bay, Jamaica
- Lynden Pindling International Airport, Nassau, The Bahamas
- Europe
- Larnaka International Airport, Cyprus
- Paphos International Airport, Cyprus
See also
- Greater Toronto Airports Authority and Toronto Port Authority
- Regina Airport Authority
- Edmonton Airports
- Halifax International Airport Authority
References
- ↑ "Homepage | Vantage". www.vantageairportgroup.com. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
- ↑ "Vantage Airport Group". www.yvr.ca. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
- ↑ Oneal, Michael; Mihalopoulos, Dan; Johnsson, Julie (2009-04-21). "Midway Airport deal falls apart: Consortium can't borrow cash needed to finance deal". Chicago Tribune (Chicago Tribune). Retrieved 2009-04-25.
- ↑ Campion-Smith, Bruce; MacCharles, Tonda (2009-04-21). "B.C. firm linked to airport". Toronto Star (Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd.). Retrieved 2009-04-25.
- ↑ Chung, Andrew (2009-04-22). "Workers 'followed procedures' in allowing hijacker on plane". Toronto Star (Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd.). Retrieved 2009-04-25.
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