ACCESSING

Edmonton BY AIR

Alberta, Canada

Edmonton International Airport Central Tower

Edmonton Folk Music Festival

ACCESSING EDMONTON BY AIR

EDMONTON OVERVIEW • Edmonton is the capital city of the province of Alberta, Canada • Resource sector is a long-term stable growth driver • Edmonton is Canada’s GDP growth leader, with continuing growth • Edmonton serves the whole Prairie region from the Rocky Mountains to the Great Lakes, plus the North • Edmonton is an intermodal logistics hub and inland port, with excellent road, rail, and air connectivity across Canada • Edmonton is situated in Alberta’s Industrial Heartland, one of the world’s most attractive locations for chemical, petrochemical, oil and gas investment. It is also Canada’s largest hydrocarbon processing region.

EDMONTON ECONOMIC DRIVERS • Oil and gas: World’s third largest oil reserves and 80% of Canada’s gas • Mining: 15-18% of the world’s diamonds and minerals • Petro-chemical processing and refining: 15 world-class facilities • Manufacturing: various sectors with worldwide exports • Agri-business: meat and livestock exports Downtown Edmonton Arena District, Rogers Place opening in 2016

• Education: Five world-class post-secondary institutions • Bio and green technology: recycling and waste, nanotechnology • Downtown development estimated at $4.8 billion in city centre construction by 2020

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EDMONTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT • Edmonton International Airport (EIA) is the fifth busiest airport in Canada by passenger traffic • EIA is North America’s northernmost major airport, located at the intersection of existing polar air routes • You can fly non-stop to Edmonton from around 60 Canadian, US and international destinations. These include major international air hubs such as Los Angeles, Dallas-Fort Worth, San Francisco, Amsterdam Schiphol and London (Gatwick and Heathrow) • EIA is an important air hub for northern Canada, with scheduled non-stop flights to six destinations across Canada’s Arctic territories and numerous charter flights to the Canadian Arctic

VISIT EDMONTON Why is Edmonton different? There are theories. Maybe it’s our northern home, where for years we’ve learned to make our own fun. Perhaps it’s our legacy of entrepreneurs dreaming

surfing indoors to taking your taste buds on a journey to some of the hottest craft beer taprooms, hyper-local bistros and indie bakeries in Canada, you’ll find there’s a uniqueness to how

up oddities: the continent’s first, biggest and wildest Fringe

Edmontonians do ordinary things.

theatre festival and a shopping mall that at one time had more

We’re a big city with small town values; a vibrant urban centre in

submarines than the Canadian navy. Some of the most iconic

the heart of wilderness. And we’re home of the most parkland

and adventurous restaurants in Canada launched here, and

per capita of any Canadian city, with a river valley system that’s

new ones are opening every month. And Edmonton is home

22 times the size of New York City’s Central Park! So pack your

to several custom designers which puts Edmontonians and

hiking shoes to trek through the river valley trails, pack your

visitors in one-of-a-kind looks! Edmontonians have always been

shopping shoes to trek through the local boutiques, farmers

unusually keen to try, and build, something new.

markets and cafés, and most importantly pack your sense of

Edmonton has always been a hidden gem – once a magnet for

adventure.

fur traders, gold prospectors and other fortune seekers and now

One thing’s for sure –if you’re looking for an unforgettable,

we shine as an arts and culture hub with festivals on the horizon

original experience, you’ll find it in Edmonton. Check out

year round. From close encounters with free roaming bison to

ExploreEdmonton.com for all the proof you need.

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AIR TRANSPORTATION Fly to Edmonton International Airport non-stop from around 60 destinations in Canada, United States and internationally. Accessing Edmonton by air is convenient and efficient with excellent air connectivity via global airport hubs such as Amsterdam Schiphol, London (Gatwick and Heathrow), Reykjavik Iceland, Dallas-Fort Worth and Los Angeles. Flying through one of these international airports provides travellers the opportunity to connect from almost any major destination in the world with a one-stop connection or non-stop flight to Edmonton.

REYKJAVIK

EDMONTON

AMSTERDAM LONDON TO MIDDLE EAST, SOUTH ASIA

Toronto

Vancouver

CHICAGO

DALLAS-FORT WORTH HOUSTON

TO ASIA, OCEANIA LOS ANGELES

US NON-STOP DESTINATIONS

SERVICED BY (AIRLINE)

Chicago, Illinois

United Airlines

Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas

American

Denver, Colorado

United Airlines

Houston, Texas

United Airlines

Las Vegas, Nevada

WestJet, Sunwing

Los Angeles, California

WestJet, American

Maui, Hawaii

WestJet

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Delta Airlines

Orlando, Florida

WestJet

Palm Springs, California

WestJet

Phoenix, Arizona

WestJet

San Francisco, California

WestJet

Seattle, Washington

Alaska Air, Delta Airlines

INTERNATIONAL NONSTOP DESTINATIONS

SERVICED BY (AIRLINE)

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

London (Heathrow), United Kingdom

Air Canada

London (Gatwick), United Kingdom

WestJet

Reykjavik, Iceland

Icelandair

TO SOUTH AMERICA

Connecting through global hubs such as Amsterdam, London, Reykjavik, Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, Los Angeles, or Chicago provides international travellers with a one-stop connection or non-stop flight to Edmonton.

GLOBAL AIRLINE ALLIANCES SERVING EDMONTON

skyeam.com

staralliance.com

oneworld.com

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APPROXIMATE AIR TRAVEL TIMES TO EDMONTON This list includes approximate air travel times from major cities worldwide that can be accessed by one stop or non-stop to Edmonton. NORTH AMERICA

HRS.

EUROPE

HRS

ASIA

HRS

AFRICA

HRS.

Chicago

3.5

Amsterdam

9

Bangkok

18.8

Cairo

16.5

Dallas-Fort Worth

4

Budapest

14.6

Beijing

15

Entebbe

22

Houston

4.25

Copenhagen

11

Guangzhou

16

Johannesburg

25

Los Angeles

3.5

Frankfurt

11.5

Hong Kong

16.3

Kigali

25

Mexico City

7.25

Glasgow

10.25

Kuala Lumpur

22

Nairobi

23.75

Minneapolis

2.65

Istanbul

14

New Delhi

22.5

Montreal

4.5

Kiev

15.25

Seoul

13.8

MIDDLE EAST

HRS.

18.5

San Francisco

2.8

London

9

Shanghai

15.5

Abu Dhabi

Seattle

1.75

Madrid

14

Singapore

20.5

Doha

18

Toronto

4.15

Moscow

14.5

Taipei

13.5

Dubai

18

Tokyo

12.3

Kuwait

18.75

Tel Aviv

17

OCEANIA

HRS.

Auckland

17.5

Sydney

18

Vancouver

1.5

SOUTH AMERICA

HRS.

Bogota

11.5

Buenos Aires

24.25

Panama

11.5

Rio de Janeiro

24

Sao Paolo

24

Munich

11.3

Paris

11.25

Prague

12.6

Reykjavik

6.6

Rome

14

Stockholm

11

Warsaw

14

Zagreb

13.5

Zurich

13 denotes non-stop route

EARN AIRLINE REWARDS FLYING TO EDMONTON

KLM ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES flyingblue.com klm.com

AIR CANADA, UNITED

ICELANDAIR

AMERICAN

DELTA

aeroplan.com aircanada.com united.com

icelandair.com

aa.com/aadvantage aa.com

delta.com

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HELPFUL LINKS Edmonton International Airport

flyeia.com

Edmonton Economic Development Corporation

eedc.com

Edmonton Tourism

exploreedmonton.com

Jasper Canadian Rockies Tourism

jasper.travel

Travel Alberta

travelalberta.com

Edmonton Chamber of Commerce

edmontonchamber.com

Alberta’s Industrial Heartland

industrialheartland.com

Leduc-Nisku Economic Development Association

leducniskueda.com

City of Edmonton

edmonton.ca

Government of Alberta

alberta.ca

Government of Canada

canada.ca

EDMONTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CONTACT Adrian Warchola, Manager International Inbound Market Development Edmonton International Airport t: 1 780 890 3914 c: 1 780 619 0080 e: [email protected] w: flyeia.com 1, 1000 Airport Road, Edmonton International Airport, Alberta, Canada T9E 0V3 PAGE 6