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Vancouver International Airport Set Records for Passengers and Cargo in 2025
Passenger traffic rose 2.7% to 26.9 million and cargo shipments increased 7.7% to 365,000 tonnes, led by Asia-Pacific growth despite a decline in U.S. travel.
- Data released Monday by the Vancouver Airport Authority shows Vancouver International Airport recorded more than 26.9 million travellers and handled 365,000 tonnes of cargo in 2025, setting new records.
- Asia‑Pacific demand grew strongly, with passenger volumes up 15.6 per cent to 4,474,757, while T'way Airlines, China Southern, China Eastern and Air Canada expanded services last year.
- On a typical day in 2025, the airport averaged 73,736 passengers, with 10 months exceeding two million passengers and December at 2.187 million.
- The VAA highlighted YVR's economic role, noting it contributes more than $15 billion annually to Canada's GDP and is exploring Canada's first air‑to‑marine cargo facility to reduce truck congestion.
- VAA chief Tamara Vrooman said YVR is financially strong with capacity for '30 to 40 years' and about 70 per cent of its cargo moves in passenger bellies, strengthening route economics.
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Vancouver International Airport set records for passengers and cargo in 2025 – Energeticcity.ca
RICHMOND — Vancouver International Airport says it saw a record number of travellers and cargo shipments last year. The airport says it saw more than 26.9 million travellers in 2025, a 2.7 per cent year-over-year increase. The previous record of 26.3 million passengers was set in 2019. Domestic travel was up 3.8 per cent, while Asia Pacific passenger volumes rose 15.6 per cent year-over-year. The number of passengers travelling between Vancouver…
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