Hankinson: Vancouver has had a preclearance operation for many decades,
but in the last few years with the advent of things such as
the APC kiosk and other processes,
the preclearance process now for customers is great.
Customers focus in on the speed of and ease of moving through the airport
and the preclearance process helps a customer do that.
Business is absolutely affected positively by preclearance.
The customer really wants to move through an airport process
as quickly as possible and as easily as possible.
And as part of that preclearance process they can get all of the check-in,
drop the bags, move through security, through CBP quickly.
That then gives them time to shop
and that's where the airport gains additional benefit,
because the customer has time and often when they have time, they shop.
And we like that.
The growth in connection traffic has resulted in
an additional demand for food and beverage and for retail services.
And as a result of that growth in connection traffic,
because it's easier to move through the process
that has resulted in increased benefit to the airport,
because we're able to do more business post CBP,
with the customer that results in revenue being generated for the airport.