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vancouver airport delays

Vancouver International Airport has had its fair share of travel horror stories, from excessive wait times to delayed flights and lost luggage, and people are showing it all on TikTok

Whether you are planning on travelling through YVR soon, or are just looking to listen to some dramatic stories, you won't want to skip these wild videos.

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Good morning — Andrew from Narcity here! ☕

Off The Top: After completely mailing in late-career performances in the Pirates of the Caribbean and Fantastic Beasts franchises, it was nice to see Johnny Depp really commit himself to the role of, uh, a weird, dispassionate astronaut head at the VMAs.

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Flying from the Vancouver airport turned out to be absolute chaos for travellers this weekend, with much longer waiting lines than anticipated.

In a Twitter post on August 28, YVR attributed the delay to a 'staffing shortage' at the end of the airport's contracted security screening provider, CASTA (Canadian Air Transport Security Authority). "Passengers are seeing longer than normal lines at screening points," it added.

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Vancouver International Airport said it's expecting this Canada Day weekend to be the "busiest long weekend since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic" and is warning travellers to keep these tips in mind.

A press release from the airport said that YVR is expecting to see around 70,000 people coming through every day this upcoming weekend.

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The federal government is making "improvements" to ArriveCAN so that it's "faster and easier" to use in an attempt to reduce airport delays and wait times.

In a statement shared on June 24, federal government officials provided an update on the progress being made to ease wait times at airports after they had a meeting with the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), CEOs of Canada airlines and airports, and others.

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