Flights ‘steadily arriving, departing’ Vancouver International Airport Thursday but storm incoming
The airport said its operations are focused on departures to clear congestion on the tarmac.
“It’s an intricate balance we need on the airfield,” Smith said. “Any part of that gets off balance, like what we saw with the weather and other impacts to flight scheduling , means aircraft are staying at YVR for longer than scheduled.”YVR also said cold temperatures and excess snow have slowed down its de-icing process on aircraft.Chaos continues at YVR in wake of snowstorm
Vrooman, who makes an annual salary of more than $1.3 million, has not made any public comments on airport operations this week and had initially denied interview requests.
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