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How do airlines plan when to land and take off at Vancouver International Airport (YVR)?

That's where the airport's capacity management team comes in.

Every day, around 700 flights take off and land at YVR, and a team of specialists makes sure each one has a designated time slot and a place to go.

Vivian Chan, one of two managers of airport capacity with the Vancouver Airport Authority, has garnered the nickname "aviation Tetris" master. She and her team build flight schedules with airlines six months in advance, slotting flights into the airport's

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