QUéBEC/JEAN LESAGE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

'Québec/Jean Lesage International Airport' or 'Jean Lesage International Airport' was established in 1939, a year after the closure of the Aérodrome Saint-Louis. It is located 6 nautical miles (11.1 km) west southwest of Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. First established as a training facility for air observers, the first flight occurred on September 11 1941.
First known as the Aéroport de l'Ancienne Lorette, then the Aéroport de Sainte-Foy, and later the Aéroport de Québec, it was renamed to Aéroport international Jean-Lesage in 1993, in honour of the former Premier of Quebec, Jean Lesage.
The airport is managed and operated by Aéroport de Québec inc., a non-profit and non-share corporation. The current terminal building, built in 1957, has a capacity of 800,000 passengers annually.

Contents

Statistics

Future expansion

Airlines and destinations

Cargo

New routes

See also

References

External links

Statistics

In 2006 the airport was the 14th busiest airport by aircraft movements in Canada with a 7.6% increase over 2005.

Year	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Aircraft Movements[3]	142,612	151,650	135,646	116,523	109,180	101,367	109,021
Passenger Traffic	672,800	642,800	610,600	628,500	715,100	777,300	779,600

Future expansion

Launched in 2006, with a budget of 65.8 million $, Québec/Jean Lesage International Airport is undergoing a modernization designed to increase the terminal's capacity and substantially enhance the level of passenger service. The modernization includes a reconfiguration of the terminal on 2 levels, a restructuring of the baggage handling area and arrivals area, as well as a reconfiguration and enlargement of the waiting rooms. 54% of the financing is provided directly by Aéroport de Québec inc. Once completed in 2008, the new configuration of the airport will enable it to handle 1.2 million passengers a year.

Airlines and destinations

More than 10 airlines offer over 300 weekly flights from Jean Lesage International Airport to many North American, South American and European destinations.

★ AeroMexico (Mexico City) [charter]

★ Aeropro (Farmingdale, Montréal, Ottawa-Gatineau, Saint-John, Sept-Îles) [charter]

★ Air Canada

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★ Air Canada Jazz (Gaspé, Magdalen Islands, Montréal, Ottawa, Sept-Îles, Toronto-Pearson)

★ Air Creebec (Alma, Bagotville, Baie-James, Montréal, Val-d'Or)

★ Air Inuit (Schefferville, Baie James, Kuujjuaq, Kangirsuk, Montréal, Quaqtaq, Kangiqsujuaq)

★ Air Labrador (Baie-Comeau, Montréal, Moncton, Rouyn-Noranda, Sept-Îles, St-John's, Val-d'Or, Wabush)

★ Air Satellite (Baie-Comeau, Havre-St-Pierre, Rouyn-Noranda, Rimouski, Sept-Îles)

★ Air Transat (Cancun, Cayo Coco, Fort Lauderdale, Holguín, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Santa Clara/Cayo Santa Maria, Varadero)

★ CanJet (Cancun, Cayo Coco, Cayo Largo, Montego Bay, Orlando, Punta Cana, Varadero) [charter]

★ Continental Airlines

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★ Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines (Cleveland [seasonal], Newark)

★ Delta Air Lines

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★ Delta Connection operated by Big Sky Airlines (Boston)

★ Hydro-Québec (Bagotville, Montréal)

★ Nolinor Aviation (Montréal) [charter]

★ Northwest Airlines

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★ Northwest Airlink operated by Pinnacle Airlines (Detroit)

★ Pascan Aviation (Alma, Bagotville, Bonaventure, Mont-Joli, Montréal, Ottawa) [charter]

★ Skyservice (Cancun)

★ Sunwing Airlines (Holguín, La Romana, Panama City, Varadero)

★ Voyageur Airways (Edmundston, Mont-Tremblant) [charter]

★ Zoom Airlines (Puerto Plata, Varadero)

Cargo

★ Air Georgian (Montréal)

★ FedEx Express

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★ Morningstar Air Express (Montréal)

★ Skylink Aviation (Montréal)

New routes

Quebec City Airport plans to add Chicago to its network of destinations in the near future. The other cities that YQB wants to add to its destinations are Washington and Philadelphia, and if it goes well there is a possibility to open routes to Atlanta and Miami.

See also

★ Québec/Lac St-Augustin Water Aerodrome

★ Aérodrome Saint-Louis

References

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2. Airport Divestiture Status Report
3. TP577 - Aircraft Movement Statistics Annual Report. Transport Canada 2005

External links

★ Homepage