N.B. airports see strong numbers for 2024 [Video]

Both the Greater Moncton Romeo LeBlanc International Airport and Fredericton International Airport in New Brunswick are reporting strong numbers for 2024, with an expected busy December still to come.

“To the end of October, we’re just over 578,000 passengers,” said Courtney Burns, president and CEO of the Moncton Airport.

She says the airport is seeing a higher than expected recovery when looking at the trends since the COVID-19 pandemic.

“To the end of October, for example, we’re actually from a year-to-date perspective fully recovered from COVID impacts,” said Burns. “[In] 2020/2021, down about 75 per cent compared to pre-COVID, and then we’ve been building our way back really strong. So 2022 we were 70 per cent of pre-COVID and then last year for the full year, 2023, we were at 89 per cent, so this is far exceeding our expectations.”

Burns says the airport implemented a number of changes in the last 12-to-18 months, including direct flights to Alberta …