![]() ![]() However, the head of the city's public transit authority, Rémy Normand, says there's insufficient volume to and from the airport to make a regular airport bus profitable. The airport authority says it's not responsible for organizing buses, and it wants Quebec City's municipal transit authority to take the initiative. "When I see people walking on the road to the airport with their suitcases, honestly, I find that appalling," said the airport's director of communications, Mathieu Claise.Īt a National Assembly hearing last March, one airport official said all self-respecting cities offer some sort of public transportation option to and from their airports. It's a charge the airport vigorously denies. "They want people to come with their cars and not take public transit too much," he suggests. Nadeau said parking fees at Quebec City's airport bring in $6 million annually. "Airport parking is the third biggest source of revenue," said Michel Nadeau, the head of the Institute for Governance of Private and Public Organizations (IGOPP), who conducted a 2014 study on airport management in Canada. One analyst has gone so far as to suggest that the management of Jean Lesage Airport is in a conflict of interest on the issue. Major construction is underway at Quebec City's airport, to increase its capacity to two million passengers per year. ![]()
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