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FACT SHEET1

THUNDER BAY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS AUTHORITY

  • 14th busiest leased airport in National Airports System with over 586,000 passengers.
  • 90% savings on rent paid over the life of lease.
  • 96% savings on rent payments in 2006.

Projected Savings Under New Policy

Estimated rent savings under new rent formula:

    $6.9 million2 over the life of lease (to 2057)
    $1.4 million over the next four years (2006 to 2009)

Chattels3 payments forgiven:

    $1.7 million from 2006 to 2008
Rent Projections
  2006 2010 2015 2020 Total2
Old Formula $331,000 $459,000 $743,000 $1.06 million $7.6 million
New Formula $12,000 $21,000 $35,000 $0.05 million $0.7 million
Savings $319,000 $438,000 $708,000 $1.01 million $6.9 million

Thunder Bay International Airports Authority Annual Rent Payments ($000)
Projected annual savings on Thunder Bay International Airports Authority rent payments from 2004 to 2020 under the new formula as compared to the old formula.  The projected annual savings start at $319,000 upon inaugural rent payment in 2006, and are $1.01 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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