{"id":3297,"date":"2022-10-06T13:29:19","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T20:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yyj.eclipsedev.tk\/?page_id=3297"},"modified":"2023-11-14T13:41:36","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T20:41:36","slug":"our-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/yyj.ca\/en\/about-yyj\/our-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"banner\">\n            <div class=\"image-wrap\">\n            <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" src=\"https:\/\/yyj.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/YYJ_2023.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"eager\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yyj.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/YYJ_2023.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/yyj.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/YYJ_2023-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yyj.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/YYJ_2023-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/>        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"container large\">\n                    <h2 class=\"overline\">CORPORATE<\/h2>\n                    <h1>WHO WE ARE<\/h1>\n                    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"banner-graphic\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/eclipse360\/assets\/images\/banner-bottom.svg\" alt=\"banner-graphic\">\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"page-intro\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"content\"><p>Victoria International Airport (Airport Code: YYJ) is the 11th busiest airport in Canada with almost 2.0 million per year (2019 stats).\u00a0 YYJ was rated one of the top ten most-loved airports in the world by CNN Travel and is the 2012, 2014 and 2020 winner of \u2018Best Regional Airport in North America\u2019 by Airports Council International.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block_background dark\" style=\"background-color: ;\">\n        <div class=\"container medium\">\n        \n\n<p>Victoria Airport Authority (VAA) is the not-for-profit authority that manages the safe and secure operations of the Victoria International Airport on behalf of the surrounding communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The airport is situated approximately 25KM (15.5 miles) north of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.victoria.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Victoria<\/a>.&nbsp;The drive to or from the airport takes you past the resort town of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sidney.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sidney-by-the-Sea<\/a>, the countryside of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.northsaanich.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">North Saanich<\/a>, and Districts of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralsaanich.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Central Saanich<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.saanich.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Saanich<\/a>. The terminal itself&nbsp;is small enough to be ultra convenient yet, very modern as extensive improvements and upgrades have been completed over the last several years.&nbsp; Information on flight times, airlines, food service, shopping, currency exchange, parking, ground transportation, and other passenger services is all available on this website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yyj.ca\/flights-info\/airlines-destinations\/\">View airlines operating from the Victoria International Airport<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-5 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"611\" data-id=\"4173\" src=\"https:\/\/yyj.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/YYJ_SAMPLE_IMAGES-19.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yyj.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/YYJ_SAMPLE_IMAGES-19.jpg 750w, https:\/\/yyj.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/YYJ_SAMPLE_IMAGES-19-300x244.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" data-id=\"4174\" src=\"https:\/\/yyj.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/YYJ_SAMPLE_IMAGES.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yyj.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/YYJ_SAMPLE_IMAGES.jpg 750w, https:\/\/yyj.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/YYJ_SAMPLE_IMAGES-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"4231\" src=\"https:\/\/yyj.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/YYJ_2023-229-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yyj.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/YYJ_2023-229-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yyj.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/YYJ_2023-229-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yyj.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/YYJ_2023-229.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" data-id=\"4175\" src=\"https:\/\/yyj.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/YYJ_SAMPLE_IMAGES-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yyj.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/YYJ_SAMPLE_IMAGES-6.jpg 750w, https:\/\/yyj.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/YYJ_SAMPLE_IMAGES-6-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"4230\" src=\"https:\/\/yyj.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/YYJ_2023-30-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yyj.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/YYJ_2023-30-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yyj.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/YYJ_2023-30-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yyj.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/YYJ_2023-30.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":3423,"menu_order":34,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3297","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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