YVR voted best airport in North America

YVR voted best airport in North America
This is the second consecutive award for the airport in North America
News1130 Staff Mar 30, 2011 14:57:01 PM
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - YVR has won an award for being the best airport in North America. It was handed out as part of the 2011 Skytrax World Airport Awards in Copenhagen today.

Speaking live on News1130 earlier today, YVR President and CEO Larry Berg said it's a big honour, but admitted he's concerned about people flying out Bellingham instead of Vancouver. "We certainly want to provide all the services to British Columbians that we can, but we understand that there are some lower fares out of Bellingham to certain spots."

Berg says people shouldn't automatically assume flying out of Vancouver is more expensive. "I would advise people to check carefully on the fares. There are a lot of good bargains out of YVR as well. If you value your time, you may well be better advised to fly out of YVR."

Berg says the airport was judged on 39 criteria, ranging from friendliness of staff to available transportation.

Almost 12 million passengers in a hundred countries were polled for this survey, and it’s the second year in a row that YVR came on top in North America.