| rev:text
| - I take a relatively large amount of flights, 90% for work, and normally, I like an early flight, normally before 7:00. So my experience with YYC has been to stumble in, get through security, get a coffee, and do something blearily. I've really never noticed anything particular about the airport, it's small, well-planned (for the most part), and is functional, for the most part.That's what you want in an airport, right?
Angelo is correct, if you get here at the rush-time, the line-ups can be grotesque, although not as bad as that hell-hole, Peason.
Anyway, I was at YYC last week to drop my sister off for a European flight, and we had some time to hang-out before she went through security, and I really noticed for the first-time that Calgary is a really hum-drum kind of airport. I mean, we aren't a large Quanset like space like Winnipeg, but we are definitely in the same field as a Saskatoon or Ottawa, cities much smaller than Calgary. Like these other airports, YYC also does not have regular transit to the Core, only a small direct-service bus pilot project.
The upcoming renovations, and the addition of two new international terminals should launch YYC into the real of large mid-sized airports, probably similar to Vancouver. Hopefully, that won't change the airport's decent accessibilty, and good customer service.
|