Federal airport screeners predict millions more Canadians will fly over the next year but are making no promises on reducing wait times. The forecast follows a 33 percent increase in mandatory fees paid by travelers to cover security costs.

“Even before the pandemic presented unique and unprecedented wait time challenges Canadian civil aviation industry stakeholders expressed a clear and resounding desire for the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority to strive for a more ambitious wait time service level,” managers wrote in a report tabled in Parliament.

The Authority claimed on average 89 percent of passengers wait less than 15 minutes in security lineups. “Longer wait times will occur during peak periods,” wrote the Authority. It did not disclose worst-case wait times at individual airports.