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YVR’s retail and service program won big at the November 2013 Airport Council International-North America (ACI-NA) Concessions Awards, which celebrates excellence in North American airport concessionaires. World Duty Free took home first place in the Best Specialty Retail Program. World Duty Free operates 10 retail stores at YVR, including one of the largest walk-through duty […]

Air service through YVR supports Canada’s resource industry by offering a larger pool from which to hire skilled employees. Without air connections, businesses in the North would find it difficult to attract skilled people like Mike Tedeschi, a mining consultant who regularly commutes from Vancouver to northern-B.C. mines. With the Mining Association of B.C. forecasting […]

Vancouver Airport Authority’s president and CEO Craig Richmond is calling on the federal government to deliver key policy changes that will build global connections, create local jobs and invest in communities.   “YVR’s, the Lower Mainland’s and British Columbia’s best years are ahead of us,” said Richmond said during an October 23 Vancouver Board of […]

Longtime airport Chaplain Layne Daggett has retired after 30 years of service to the YVR community. Daggett opened the Chapel in 1983 at what he affectionately called a “converted” ticket counter in what is now the Domestic Departures area. From humble beginnings, it grew to reach more than 10,000 visitors last year. Daggett has gone […]

Ready to muster up some holiday spirit? Vancouver Airport Authority is calling on the YVR community to do just that this month, when it kicks off its annual Christmas Food Hamper Drive in support of Quest Food Exchange. The Christmas Food Hamper Drive asks YVR businesses, aviation partners, employees and volunteers to donate holiday spirit […]