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Daniel-Robert Gooch

Daniel-Robert Gooch is president of the Canadian Airports Council (CAC), the voice for Canada’s airports community. Its 48 members operate more than 100 airports, including all of the privately operated National Airports System (NAS) airports and many municipal airports across Canada. CAC members handle virtually all of the nation’s international passenger traffic and air cargo, and 95% of domestic passenger traffic.

Transportation infrastructure is greater than the sum of its parts

  • How we describe a trip tells us more about how we experience travel than the actual trip itself.   We say we “went to London.”
Opinion | BY DANIEL-ROBERT GOOCH | October 15, 2019
Over the past year, the Canadian Airports Council and regional aviation associations have come together to call on the government to increase funding under the Airport Capital Improvement Program to $95-million a year. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Transportation infrastructure is greater than the sum of its parts

Opinion | BY DANIEL-ROBERT GOOCH | October 15, 2019
  • How we describe a trip tells us more about how we experience travel than the actual trip itself.   We say we “went to London.”

Transportation infrastructure is greater than the sum of its parts

Opinion | BY DANIEL-ROBERT GOOCH | October 15, 2019
  • How we describe a trip tells us more about how we experience travel than the actual trip itself.   We say we “went to London.”
Over the past year, the Canadian Airports Council and regional aviation associations have come together to call on the government to increase funding under the Airport Capital Improvement Program to $95-million a year. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Passengers warned to expect longer government lines at airports this summer

  • In summer, millions of Canadians take to the skies for vacations and the country welcomes a significant influx of international visitors. Canada’s airports have
Opinion | BY DANIEL-ROBERT GOOCH | May 30, 2018
Canadian airports worked with other service providers to bring in more than 11.3 million travellers from the United States and overseas last year. Flickr photograph courtesy of Dan Zen

Passengers warned to expect longer government lines at airports this summer

Opinion | BY DANIEL-ROBERT GOOCH | May 30, 2018
  • In summer, millions of Canadians take to the skies for vacations and the country welcomes a significant influx of international visitors. Canada’s airports have

Passengers warned to expect longer government lines at airports this summer

Opinion | BY DANIEL-ROBERT GOOCH | May 30, 2018
  • In summer, millions of Canadians take to the skies for vacations and the country welcomes a significant influx of international visitors. Canada’s airports have
Canadian airports worked with other service providers to bring in more than 11.3 million travellers from the United States and overseas last year. Flickr photograph courtesy of Dan Zen

Time to reform air passenger screening funding, delivered in Canada

  • OTTAWA—Transport Minister Marc Garneau’s recently tabled Transportation Modernization Act pledges to strengthen Canada’s air passenger rights, as well as promote competition in the Canadian
Opinion | BY DANIEL-ROBERT GOOCH | July 10, 2017
Transport Minister Marc Garneau’s recently tabled Transportation Modernization Act pledges to strengthen Canada’s air passenger rights, as well as promote competition in the Canadian marketplace by increasing foreign ownership of air carriers, among other initiatives. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Time to reform air passenger screening funding, delivered in Canada

Opinion | BY DANIEL-ROBERT GOOCH | July 10, 2017
  • OTTAWA—Transport Minister Marc Garneau’s recently tabled Transportation Modernization Act pledges to strengthen Canada’s air passenger rights, as well as promote competition in the Canadian

Time to reform air passenger screening funding, delivered in Canada

Opinion | BY DANIEL-ROBERT GOOCH | July 10, 2017
  • OTTAWA—Transport Minister Marc Garneau’s recently tabled Transportation Modernization Act pledges to strengthen Canada’s air passenger rights, as well as promote competition in the Canadian
Transport Minister Marc Garneau’s recently tabled Transportation Modernization Act pledges to strengthen Canada’s air passenger rights, as well as promote competition in the Canadian marketplace by increasing foreign ownership of air carriers, among other initiatives. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Canada’s international airports seeking to attract new air carriers, new routes

  • On the surface, Canada’s international airports may be seen as mainly a staging point for departure and arrival of people and goods. But they
Opinion | BY DANIEL-ROBERT GOOCH | January 16, 2017
To be effective competitors in the global market, airports need the kind of support Transport Minister Marc Garneau spoke to on Nov. 3, 2016, of keeping travellers flowing through Canada’s airports, writes Daniel-Robert Gooch. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Canada’s international airports seeking to attract new air carriers, new routes

Opinion | BY DANIEL-ROBERT GOOCH | January 16, 2017
  • On the surface, Canada’s international airports may be seen as mainly a staging point for departure and arrival of people and goods. But they

Canada’s international airports seeking to attract new air carriers, new routes

Opinion | BY DANIEL-ROBERT GOOCH | January 16, 2017
  • On the surface, Canada’s international airports may be seen as mainly a staging point for departure and arrival of people and goods. But they
To be effective competitors in the global market, airports need the kind of support Transport Minister Marc Garneau spoke to on Nov. 3, 2016, of keeping travellers flowing through Canada’s airports, writes Daniel-Robert Gooch. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Canada’s airports are not perfect but not broken

  • OTTAWA—A major transport policy document with advice to government published earlier this year has spurred discussion on the role of air transport in Canada’s
Opinion | BY DANIEL-ROBERT GOOCH | September 5, 2016
A view of the Ottawa International Airport. Reactions to this year's report on airports from former cabinet minister David Emerson show the need for better understanding of how Canada’s airports operate, writes Daniel-Robert Gooch. Photograph courtesy of the Canadian Airports Council

Canada’s airports are not perfect but not broken

Opinion | BY DANIEL-ROBERT GOOCH | September 5, 2016
  • OTTAWA—A major transport policy document with advice to government published earlier this year has spurred discussion on the role of air transport in Canada’s

Canada’s airports are not perfect but not broken

Opinion | BY DANIEL-ROBERT GOOCH | September 5, 2016
  • OTTAWA—A major transport policy document with advice to government published earlier this year has spurred discussion on the role of air transport in Canada’s
A view of the Ottawa International Airport. Reactions to this year's report on airports from former cabinet minister David Emerson show the need for better understanding of how Canada’s airports operate, writes Daniel-Robert Gooch. Photograph courtesy of the Canadian Airports Council

Government review an opportunity to strengthen Canada’s air network

  • While Canada’s aviation system may not have been top of mind for many voters when they entered the polling stations last fall, Canada’s economic
Opinion | BY DANIEL-ROBERT GOOCH | February 29, 2016

Government review an opportunity to strengthen Canada’s air network

Opinion | BY DANIEL-ROBERT GOOCH | February 29, 2016
  • While Canada’s aviation system may not have been top of mind for many voters when they entered the polling stations last fall, Canada’s economic

Government review an opportunity to strengthen Canada’s air network

Opinion | BY DANIEL-ROBERT GOOCH | February 29, 2016
  • While Canada’s aviation system may not have been top of mind for many voters when they entered the polling stations last fall, Canada’s economic
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