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2010 Winter Games

Travelling on March 22 or March 23? Get to the airport 3 hours ahead of time.

March 16, 2010
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With March 1, the busiest day in YVR’s history, successfully behind us it would be easy for everyone here at the airport to sit back and reminisce about Olympic arrivals and departures. However, the Games are not over yet! The Paralympic closing ceremonies taking place on March 21 and YVR is expecting busy departure days [...]

A 2010 Experience Abroad

July 23, 2009
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On a recent trip to London,Vancouver Airport Authority employee Shari Sinclair discovered the spirit of the 2010 Winter Games  and sent us a few photos: Recently, my daughter Asia and I took a trip to Europe visiting Paris, Nice, Venice, Florence, Rome and finally London. On our first day in London we decided to take a [...]

Teamwork at YVR for 2010 Winter Games

June 1, 2009

Preparing for the 2010 Winter Games is a huge task to say the least. More than 26,000 people work on Sea Island (a small city!) and the Airport Authority works with many different business partners from government agencies, catering companies, cargo operators, airlines and commercial tenants. So I thought it would be interesting to hear [...]

Olympians at YVR

May 26, 2009

Volunteering at YVR has its perks. Doreen Zenert – one of the Airport Authority’s Green Coat volunteers – recently bumped into Adam Kreek at the airport carrying the 2010 Winter Games Torch. Adam was a member of Canada’s mens eight rowing crew who recently won the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

On the the road with 2010 – Fort St. John

May 25, 2009

Final Stop: Fort St. John, The Energetic City June 25, 2009 Kathy deLisser here.  I’m the Director of 2010 Planning for the Airport Authority, and I was thrilled to be able to participate in the BC Community Showcase Tour and fly to Fort St. John today for our last presentation.  The Fort St. John Spirit of BC [...]

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