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FACT SHEET1

ALL AIRPORT AUTHORITIES

  • Over 71 million passengers at all leased airports in the National Airports System.
  • Over 60% savings on rent paid over the life of leases.

Projected Savings Under New Policy

Estimated rent savings under new rent formula:

    $7.8 billion2 over the life of leases (to 2063)
    $349 million over the next four years (2006 to 2009)

Chattels3 payments forgiven:

    $21.9 million over the next nine years (2006 to 2014)

Rent Projections

  2006 2010 2015 2020 Total2
Old Formula $337 million $390 million $818 million $1.2 billion $12.9 billion
New Formula $289 million $214 million $274 million $0.3 billion $5.1 billion
Savings $48 million $176 million $544 million $0.9 billion $7.8 billion

Canadian Airport Authorities Annual Rent Payments ($000)
Projected total annual savings on all Canadian airport authority rent payments from 2004 to 2020 under the new formula as compared to the old formula.  The projected total annual savings start at $48 million in 2006, and are $900 million in 2020.

1Note: All figures are estimates based on Transport Canada modeling using data supplied by airport authorities, and are subject to change. Actual results may differ from projections.

2Net Present Value, which is the value of the future stream of rent payments brought back to the present by means of an appropriate discount rate.

3Chattels are items of tangible personal property used for the management, operation or maintenance of the premises, which were sold by Transport Canada to airport authorities at the time of transfer. (N.B. Items of tangible personal property included such things as furniture, computer equipment, cars, trucks and snow blowers.)


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