YVR 2025-2027 Strategy
YVR is a platform through which our community connects and thrives. We open B.C. to the world by connecting the flow of ideas, experiences, investment, people and goods. We are a living wage employer, an enabler for B.C. business and economic development, a skills incubator for aviation and technology, a local marketplace for made-in-B.C. products and a driver of local businesses.
We are also a place to work, eat, play, gather, learn and share. We are a place of welcome, interaction and identity for our community. Our airport is located on Sea Island, the unceded traditional territory of the Musqueam people. Sea Island has a profound and ancient connection for the Musqueam people. We recognize our opportunity and responsibility to work with Musqueam as we create value for the region. Our purpose is to serve the community and economy that supports it.
As we emerged from the pandemic, we made necessary changes in the way we develop, fund, staff, and operate our airport. We made investments in initiatives that made our terminal and airside assets more flexible, adaptable, and efficient so we could meet and maintain customer and passenger service expectations. We remained steadfast in our commitment to Net Zero 2030, climate resilience, and adaptation, and we increased our digital capabilities while investing in and growing our team. We identified opportunities in real estate development and non-aeronautical revenue generation to support the long-term growth needs of our region.
These changes were a reflection of the evolution of our business model: one with a focus on sustainable growth through investments in our core operations and funded by an increasingly diverse revenue base – all in service of our community and economy that supports it. Today, as the context around us evolves, so too must our business. We will focus both on growth and yield to ensure we are generating the returns necessary to invest in the future. This means embracing innovation at every turn, optimizing every resource, and fully harnessing the power of digital transformation and data analytics.
Getting it right with our operational performance and customer experience creates the foundation upon which we will apply a long-term lens, looking out to 2030 and beyond to better understand and be prepared for our future. We are going to explore how best to embrace and lead a digital transformation at our airport, how to meet the energy supply and demand challenges of our future and explore opportunities for intermodality at YVR. Of course, none of this is possible without our employees. We will continue to invest in training and development to create a talent-first organization, hiring for potential and training for specific skills.
As we navigate an evolving landscape, our 2025-2027 Strategy is designed to be adaptable, resilient, and focused on delivering value to our community while paving the way for a prosperous and sustainable future. Infrastructure, be it digital, social, climate or transportation, more than anything else, is the single most important thing we can invest in together to support the ambitions of the next generation. Doing so requires forward-thinking to ensure we have the right building blocks in place, to meet the needs of our community and the economy that supports it.