needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message halifax international airport authority founded halifax nova scotia canada 1995 1995 headquarters halifax stanfield international airport enfield nova scotia number of locations 1 airport area served halifax regional municipality key people peter mcdonough chair joyce f. carter fca president and ceo services airport authority revenue 67 million 2010 1 total assets 73.4 million 2010 1 number of employees 132 full time 27 seasonal 2 website http www.hiaa.ca the halifax international airport authority hiaa is a canadian airport authority charged with operating halifax stanfield international airport on behalf of transport canada . the hiaa was established in november 1995 in advance of changes to the operation of canadian airports by the federal government . 3 the federal government through its department of transport had owned and operated the airport since its construction in 1960 however by the 1990s it was examining ways to reduce the payroll and scope of transport canada s activities . beginning with changes to the canada transportation act in 1995 transport canada began to divest the operation of sea ports and airports to non profit authorities . on february 1 2000 hiaa took over management of halifax stanfield international airport from transport canada . 4 transport canada remains the owner of the airport and charges the hiaa rent as well as establishing regulations governing airport operations . since then hiaa has undertaken an aggressive construction schedule to implement long neglected improvements to the airport infrastructure . 5 6 a passenger user fee is charged on all passengers using the airport which helps to fund such improvements to runways and the passenger terminal . see also edit national airports policy canada national airports system greater toronto airports authority and toronto port authority regina airport authority edmonton airports vancouver airport services references edit a b http www.hiaa.ca annualreport 2010 hiaa ar2010 english.pdf careers . retrieved 2010 06 13 . about the airport authority . retrieved 2010 06 13 . control of halifax international airport trandferred to halifax international airport authority . 1 february 2000 . retrieved 2010 06 13 . halifax international airport expansion news releases . transport canada . 14 october 1997 . retrieved 2010 06 13 . transport canada centre at halifax international airport will be expanded news releases . transport canada . 10 december 2002 . retrieved 2010 06 13 . greater toronto airports authority and toronto port authority regina airport authority edmonton airports vancouver airport services halifax international airport authority external links edit halifax stanfield international airport . retrieved 2010 06 13 . v t e airports in canada by name a b c d e g h k l m n q r s t z by location indicator ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cr cs ct cv cw cy cz by province territory ab bc mb nb nl ns nt nu on pe qc sk yt by region okanagan national airports system calgary charlottetown edmonton fredericton gander halifax iqaluit kelowna london moncton montr al mirabel montr al trudeau ottawa prince george qu bec regina saint john st. john s saskatoon thunder bay toronto vancouver victoria whitehorse winnipeg yellowknife related list of airports by icao code c list of the busiest airports in canada list of defunct airports in canada list of heliports in canada list of international airports in canada operation yellow ribbon category portal wikiproject retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title halifax international airport authority & oldid 632167027 categories companies based in halifax nova scotiatransport in halifax nova scotiaairport operators of canada1995 establishments in nova scotiahidden categories articles needing additional references from december 2009all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 2 november 2014 at 18 06 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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