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Syncrude is moving 300 administrative employees at the company’s Mildred Lake site into downtown Fort McMurray. In a Thursday interview, Syncrude spokesperson Will Gibson called the decision a victory for the local economy and the company.
Gibson said the offices at Mildred Lake were built in the 1970s and 1980s, and were not designed to last this long. They are often expensive to heat in the winter and cool in the summer. But moving into Fort McMurray saves the company on transportation and operational costs.
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Aviation’s Post-Crisis Recovery Series: Fort McMurray International Airport
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For the first instalment of International Airport Review’s new and exclusive online series, the President and CEO of the Fort McMurray Airport Authority (FMAA), Roelof-Jan (RJ) Steenstra, discusses how the airport has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic and how his outlook for the future remains positive, but is intersected with a healthy dose of reality.
The COVID-19 pandemic has been completely unprecedented in its impact on the aviation industry. How has it impacted Fort McMurray International Airport?
At Fort McMurray International Airport (YMM), our traffic initially dropped by over 90 per cent, then we ended the year down by 65 per cent. The saying “where traffic flows, revenue goes,” translated into a 50 per cent loss for us in 2020. Traffic gradually started to return over the summer and into the autumn of 2020, which was largely to do with our diverse market segments, including esse