centralized screening<\/a>, as well as the groundbreaking of the new Lufthansa Technik engine maintenance, repair and overhaul facility in June.<\/p>\n\u201cCalgary airports is investing $120 million into the Lufthansa Technic facility, and we anticipate that once operations commence in 2028, we will see 160 permanent jobs created in Calgary by 2030,\u201d said Chris Miles, Calgary Airports\u2019 COO.<\/p>\n
A second development under the YYC AeroNex banner, the CAE flight simulator and training facility, was announced in September, and is set to open in December 2028.<\/p>\n
Two more AeroNex projects are to be announced later this year, Miles said, both of which are planned to be completed by 2029.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe goal is to really position Calgary, this region, this province, this airport, as that centre of excellence,\u201d he said. \u201cEverything that we are doing as an airport today is about sustainability and investing for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The Calgary International Airport\u2019s centralized security screening area was photographed on Tuesday, December 9, 2025.<\/p>\n
Airports seek to modernize federal regulations<\/p>\n
Dinsdale also credited co-operation with the federal government.<\/p>\n
\u201cCanada suffers from very antiquated regulations . . . But the new federal government, actually, to their credit, has really stepped up,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ve seen a notable shift in the last year of progress finally being made.\u201d<\/p>\n
Calgary Airports, along with several other airports and airlines from across the country, made a pre-budget submission to the federal government with several recommendations, he said, including the implementation of biometrics and the digitalization of existing processes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese are things that bring the cost of flying down, increase safety, increase security \u2014 all the things that everyone wants, and they\u2019re right in front of us, if we have the right regulation,\u201d Dinsdale said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need someone just to go through these regulations, clean them up, bring them up to the modern world.\u201d<\/p>\n
Canadian Airports Council president Monette Pasher said that although changes have been slow moving, particularly since the COVID-19 pandemic, the new federal government has helped to move things along.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s been a shift, in that they want to move at speed,\u201d she said. \u201cI think we also have a government that\u2019s very investment- and globally minded, and all of those things are great for airports, they\u2019re great for aviation.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re a global industry and a global sector, so I think all of those pieces about making Canada stronger and increasing investment and foreign investment in our country are all great examples of ways we can move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n
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