If you’re living in Canada and planning a trip outside the country, क्या आप संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका में एक हवाई अड्डे से उड़ान पर विचार?

यदि ऐसा है तो, you’re not alone.

एक हाल ही में ग्लोब & मेल लेख, “An ominous flight pattern: Canadians opting for U.S. airports,” कि रिपोर्ट “पिछले एक दशक से अधिक, the number of trips taken at U.S. airports by Canadians has more than doubled.”

What’s driving airport-bound Canadians to drive over the border? That’s easy — saving money.

के रूप में ग्लोब & मेल article explained, “one in six Canadians flying to a U.S. destination are now turning their backs on Canada’s airports and taking advantage of cheaper American fares.”

But what makes Canada’s fares so high? Here’s the ग्लोब & Mail’s विश्लेषण:

साथ ही एयर कनाडा और WestJet offering coast-to-coast service, Canada lacks the fierce competition among smaller airlines कि संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका में किराये नीचे बलों.

But direct and indirect government levies remain the biggest reasons for Canada’s sky-high fares. Ottawa charges millions of dollars in rent on the federally owned land that major airports operate on; it also imposes security charges, fuel excise taxes and sales taxes.

The various levies and charges have steadily risen in recent years and now account for up to 70 per cent of the total fare on domestic flights.

तो क्या है कि कनाडा के यात्रियों के लिए क्या मतलब है?

वैंकूवर में, it means they’re braving the traffic and border line-ups to drive to Seattle, जहां discount airlines like जेट ब्लू और वर्जिन अमेरिका have a growing number of flights from Sea-Tac International Airport.

यह भी अधिक ई.पू. का मतलब. travelers are considering flights from Bellingham, वाशिंगटन, जहां Allegiant एयर whisks snowbirds south to Las Vegas, फ़ीनिक्स, and several California cities.. सीबीसी की सूचना दी, “The number of people flying out of Bellingham अंतरराष्ट्रीय हवाई अड्डे से बढ़ गया है 68,000 में 2001 के बारे में 400,000 में 2010 and more than half of those are Canadian.”

Toronto-area travelers are flying from भैंस, and other southern Ontario residents book flights from डेट्रॉइट.

मॉन्ट्रियल के दक्षिण, New York’s Plattsburgh अंतरराष्ट्रीय हवाई अड्डे even bills itself as “Montreal’s U.S. हवाई अड्डे,” luring Canadian travelers with cheap flights on आत्मा एयरवेज.

It’s not all gloom and doom for Canadian travelers. इसके अलावा एयर कनाडा और WestJet, some smaller carriers are beginning to make inroads in the Canadian market, notably Toronto-based पोर्टर एयरवेज. Porter flies between eastern Canadian cities, including Toronto, मॉन्ट्रियल, हैलिफ़ैक्स, और सेंट. John’s, and to a few American destinations.

But in the same way that Canadian shoppers look for other bargains south of the border (हमारे हाल ही में पोस्ट देखें, “कनाडा में शॉपिंग, या क्यों अमेरिका Expats लक्ष्य मिस“), it seems like driving south to fly is a Canadian migration that will be with us for some time.

Sea-Tac International Airport photo by prayitno (फ़्लिकर)