Airport Improvement Fee
When you purchase your airline ticket, an Airport Improvement Fee (AIF) is included in the fee. Here’s what it’s for.
Airport Improvement Fees (AIF) at YYC
The AIF is used for paying for improvements and expansions of YYC Calgary International Airport, including the associated debt. These are necessary to keep pace with the air transportation needs of our growing city and province. Although The Calgary Airport Authority pays rent to the Government of Canada, the AIF is not sent to any level of government.
Guests and AIFs
An Airport Improvement Fee (AIF) is included, along with other fees and charges, when you purchase an air travel ticket from airlines or their agents. Guests will not be required to pay through a separate collection process at the airport. The AIF is $35 per guest on all flights departing from YYC Calgary International Airport.
The following guests are not required to pay the AIF:
- A guest continuing a journey less than four hours after arrival at YYC Calgary International Airport for Domestic Canada and Transborder itineraries;
- A guest continuing a journey less than 24 hours after arrival at YYC Calgary International Airport for international itineraries (a guest will be considered to be “continuing” a journey even though multiple air carriers may participate in the itinerary on air carrier ticket(s);
- Airline employees travelling on business; and
- Infants under two years of age for whom no ticket was purchased (even though a no cost ticket may have been issued in the name of the infant).