YVR flight schedule back to normal after Christmas Eve delays, officials say

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Traffic flow at Vancouver airport returned to normal on Monday after a series of delays caused by a lack of staff on Christmas Eve.

The delays at Vancouver International Airport – which impacted the travel plans of many passengers during the holidays – were the result of “unplanned absences” at Nav Canada, according to a statement from the air navigation services provider.

Nav Canada said the decision was made to proactively delay a number of flights “to maintain a safe and manageable amount of aircraft movements” on Sunday during the shortage.

“(These decisions) help ensure that airspace and airport infrastructure are not overwhelmed or blocked,” a spokesperson wrote in an email. “Our team is actively working with industry partners to safely support airlines’ efforts to keep aircraft moving as quickly as possible during the holidays.”

Nav Canada announced that operations would return to “normal levels” by 4:20 a.m. Monday, but encouraged passengers to check the status of their flight through their airline.

The problems were solved when New Westminster resident Noel Colomn came to YVR to take his family for the holidays.

“It’s always in the back of my head, you know, if they had done it in time, if their luggage would have been lost. The Christmas season, that tends to happen,” said Colomn, who presented dressed as an elf. “I’m glad everything worked out perfectly.”

Most departures on YVR’s website were listed as “on time” as of noon, with only a few delayed or canceled. YVR said 22 flights were affected in total.

Last week, airport officials said they were preparing for a busy holiday travel period, with an average of 70,000 passengers expected per day.

Around 65,000 people are expected to pass through YVR on Christmas Day, followed by another 68,000 on Boxing Day.

There have been some concerns about staffing levels — a lack of security screeners and air traffic control contributed to long delays earlier this year — but airport president Tamara Vrooman suggested last week that no it wouldn’t be a problem this holiday season.

“There is nothing that we have seen in our discussions with our partners that leads us to think that there would be problems due to staffing delays,” he said.


With files from Kraig Krause of CTV News Vancouver

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