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Navigational video lands at YVR
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A video follows graphic figures navigating YVR’s terminal facilities.
egular air travellers will know
visitors, whether they are staying
customs clearance process, baggage
figure’s
the
and feel, with a colour scheme
that navigating an unfamiliar
in Canada or connecting to an
collection and connections process,
airport, and are consistent with
of blue and green and graphic
airport can be challenging at
international or U.S. destination.
with various customer care services
those found on YVR’s directional
references to the First Nations
available along the way.
signs in the terminal facilities.
artwork theme of Land, Sea and
journey
through
times. Navigating YVR, the Airport
This four-minute video follows
Authority’s new instructional video,
a graphic figure navigating YVR’s
Recognizable pictograms on
Using a combination of film and
Sky that give the airport a unique
aims to take the guesswork out of
terminal facilities, taking viewers
the right side of the screen act
animation, the video captures
sense of place.
the arrivals process for international
from arrival at the gate, through the
as a guide, charting the graphic
YVR’s distinctive West Coast look
Top marks for YVR
Airport group says aviation competitiveness an election issue
T
he
Canadian
Airports
Council (CAC) has called on the federal political parties
trade and tourism. “Tourism is one of Canada’s most important industries and a major
competitiveness an important part
employer of ordinary Canadians,
of their platforms in this month’s
but a competitive disadvantage
Canadian
The
for Canada’s aviation sector is
association, which serves as the
hurting Canada’s competitiveness
voice of Canada’s airports, said
as a world class tourist destination,”
aviation competitiveness is a key
said CAC president and CEO Jim
component of improving Canada’s
Facette. “Airport rent, air access to
make
improving
federal
election.
foreign markets, adequate resources for border services and aviation security—these are all impacting Canada’s competitiveness as an air service destination and aviation is an important facilitator of global
Coins for a cause
tourism and trade.”
E
The new Link Building at YVR features leading-edge architecture and design.
F
or the 11th consecutive year, the prestigious Condé Nast magazine asked its readers for
their top picks of the best the travel
In a speech delivered in Montreal
world has to offer. More than 2,500
ver wonder what to do with
last month, Jean-Marc Eustache,
travellers responded to create this
the pennies, euros or yen
president and CEO Transat, said
year’s Condé Nast Traveller 2008
left in your pocket after a
“Canada is currently not attractive
Readers’ Awards naming Vancouver
vacation? Do you put them in a
to air carriers, either as a hub or as
International Airport (YVR) as the
box as a souvenir of a distant
a gateway to North America, due
second top airport in the world.
land?
currency
to federal policy that has turned
YVR was the only airport in North
and whatever the denomination,
Canada’s airports into cash cows for
America to place in the top 10 Best
Vancouver
the government.”
Airport category.
Whatever
the
Airport
Authority
they
Canada’s
The survey asked travellers to
turn their loose change into change
couldn’t agree more, and for several
rate airports on a variety of factors,
for the community.
years have called for the federal
from cleanliness, design and layout,
government to eliminate airport
shopping and duty free facilities,
rent—a $300-million a year expense
to clarity of flight information and
encourages those departing YVR to
Thanks to a coin collection program at YVR, donating unwanted
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world standing in international
aviation
to
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Halloween at YVR
Friday, October 31st
• Pumpkin Carving Contest • Costume Contest • Prizes * YVR is the international aeronautical designation for Vancouver International Airport.