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What narrative would that be? Mirabel is a operating airport with lots of aviation capacity that’s a fact. Lots of fuel capacity etc .

I responded to your myth that mirabel is closed , by letting you know it is very much alive and active. I have never seen it, but have no doubt that they could host a race , just like they do in Downtown Toronto or Montreal and May very well use the unused unneeded terminal parking and from...

I fly in there monthly and have never Seen a race track. The goal of the online trolling campaign by the anti Airport folks is to create a toxic environment and shutdown knowledge sharing and discussion. Simple myths like mirabel is closed is one piece of misinformation being repeated in this...

One big difference is that Montreal Trudeau and Mirabel have plenty of capacity, Pearson does not. The push for Pickering is because of Pearson’s capacity issues.

mdrejhon Thanks for the post, Some great information on Hamilton’s future plans. It is also great to see that you are locally involved in supporting and helping to navigate thorny local civic politics, it can be a thorny environment! I do not see Hamilton and Pickering Airports as real...

spreading misinformation , saying that I said the opposite of what I actually stated, with no apparent intention of honestly interacting or debating an issue, places you at a disadvantage in continuing. How do you intend to regain credibility after a statement like that? And why should anyone...

What’s with the conspiracy theory gig? why is it ok for someone to push Hamilton and its airport, or Pearson, but the moment someone supports Durham and an airport in Pickering he is an industry lobbyist? Does this mean if someone pushes building out Hamilton he is a Hamilton lobbyist? Hardly...

Thankyou , yes Durham would love to push aside the competition from others regions and kick off an airport initiative itself. Why wouldn’t it. Private funding, thousands of jobs, the fulfillment of the proairport campaign promises made by the politicians elected in last falls civic elections...

I politely disagree. You might want to check you numbers on Edmonton (1.3 million people) and Winnipeg ( 1 million pax catchment areas , about a 1/3 the size of Pickerings.) as for Ottawa , We have Carp, Gatineau ,nearby and Montreal Trudeau only two hours drive away, yet it still does a booming...

Alway nice to come home after a carefully planned day of flying folks to find a carefree discussion on my favorite topic. Or was that supposed to be a trap laying await? Never mind. . So if I promote Porter airlines, I am a corporate shrill and by carefully being neutral and not naming anyone I...

I find a number of folks refusal to acknowledge Hamilton’s location as a limit fascinating. I would suggest that this links directly back to the idea of a catchment area based on flight types/ lengths. Since Canada is not a command control economy, passenger access becomes a personal choice...

Hamilton as 3 key limits, no rail, no jet A pipeline, and a location on the other side of Hamilton and the escarpment. These have been discussed before on this forum and could be partly fixed by Political will power and a billion dollar investment. Even with these limits, Hamilton can provide...

I thought that answer was very clear, all those airports have capacity or can have with an appropriate investment, they are just to far away to matter. It’s about providing services to the residents of eastern Toronto, not forcing these citizens to move to Hamilton or do some off the wall commute.

St Catherines, Buffalo, Hamilton, Waterloo, london, Peterborough, all these airports have Capacity, as long as you don’t mind investing billions airside and driving for two or three hours. But none of these airports are able to provide accessibility capacity to the residents of the eastern GTA.

That’s an odd comment. Hamilton will take the overflow demand from the western Toronto region, Pickering will take the overflow demand from the eastern part of the region. This is expected to be the loins share given its more central east location.

Both, bishop hits the wall first, Pearson second. Pearson is now listed by ICAO as a level 3 fully congested airport, but addition slots are still available on off peak hours. Here is the slot capacity from the current GTAA masterplan. Note that adding 18 more slots per hour is a paper exercise...

Yes, we most certainly do, see Billy Bishop hitting the wall in less than 5 years, how much more explicit does this need to be?

Those airlines that you mentioned would be welcome but are not expected to be the airports main users. It is 10 years out ( yes it will take that long to build) so any airline scenario is very speculative, beyond any business cases an airline would have in place. Even if they are planning that...

The tyranny of geography rules all. It’s easy to see why the word accessible capacity is so important in all the aviation Discussions and Documents. 2-2.5 hours, that how long it can take me to drive from Billy Bishop or Toronto to Peterborough airport ( Aircraft reposition flights) in rush...

It is 10 years out so this is just a projection, but from day one I expect Pickering will become home to a diverse set of small and medium regional passenger aircraft. The smaller regional jets, exec Jets and turboprops squeezed out of Pearson will be a significant initial population. With...