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Don’t look in the rear view mirror, look forward. As the regional jets get squeeze out of Pearson, where are they going? Or is it ok to just cancel access to Toronto from smaller Canadian cities so a privileged few can make more money? Even on a VFR day today in the middle of summer business...

Hamilton is simply to far away to properly service the majority of Toronto’s passenger needs. No private company is going to invest serious money into Hamilton for passenger travel unless the crisis in Toronto becomes severe. There are only so many in the eastern GTA who are willing to drive for...

The opposite. Porter has 85% of the slots at Billy Bishop and they love it! But Air Canada’s constant opposition and political pressure means that its a stretch to put jets into billy. Here is AirCanadas statement on the jets at the island and yes Porter is still seriously pissed with the...

Some good questions. Porter hits the wall 2024 at City, by 2035 it has seen a decade of no movement growth. It is now a specialty airport for those willing to pay the price to fly into/ out of downtown. Pearson has kicked out anything less that 100 seats, and with the exception of a few...

It’s a golden age for air Canada, with domination over Toronto Pearson, and assuming the Air Transat deal goes through, they can choke competition over a 1/3 of Canadians travelers. With the new players held at bay by the lack of slots and pressure on the ticket prices, only the rich can fly...

Yes, the squeeze is on for bigger AIrcraft into the existing constrained slots ( air Canada had 56% of Pearson slots before the Air Transat purchase). no reason why the cant shift those slots from domestic to more profitable international routes. Good for the shareholders, but bad reducing...

Ok, I have tried to capture the conversation ( both public and private) on rail and aviation and what this means for Toronto and Pickering Airport here: https://pickeringairport.org/pickering-airport-symbiosis-with-passenger-rail/ Not saying that this is a perfect capture of the issue, so...

I point you to the many successful examples secondary jet airports working side by side with a major hub. Chicago O’Hare and Midway airport. Heathrow and Gatwick ( and Stansted) JFK and LaGuardia To name but a few.

In addition to the motion championed by Mayor Ryan a year before he was re-elected( here it is again ) https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/city-of-pickering-supports-development-of-an-airport-650456473.html We have council members going on the record debating and passing a motion of support...

A simple question: In your view, what would mayor Ryan have to do to make it more obvious that voting for him was voting for the airport? Mayor Ryan made it a core part of his campaign starting back in 2017, as did most of the re-elected council ditto for John Henry, the regional chair. For...

True, The poll is closed now, but when it was online you could vote multiple time, I did, just to prove it. You should note that the one attempt to add a referendum question on the airport to the 2010 municipal elections was opposed by the local anti airport group land over Landings. See...

A troll poll is a well know device. It is part of the tricks and techniques used to undermine the US elections in 2016. They Could do the same to Our federal election this fall. I just told you that you got hoodwinked, you should be thanking me. But you need to ask yourself Why exactly you...

Hoodwinked by Land Over Landing infamous zombie poll, or are you the hoodwinker? You need to up your game if plan on undermining our democracy. Here are the results of the Toronto Stars infamous online poll 2 days after it was released and before it was posted on an European anti airport...

The people of Pickering want the airport . They voted for pro airport council members in the 2018 election . Mayor Ryan made building the airport a key part of his election platform. He won by a landslide.

I should also mention that rail expansion is opposed by a number of citizens groups due to its environmental impact. This includes the OFA. See their comments here: https://ofa.on.ca/issues/high-speed-rail/

No offense, but I will take the word of The two independent capacity study’s that tax payers paid millions of $$ for, the 2010 needs assessment and now the KPMG report. The 2010 report, says we need it sometime between 2027- 2037. As we are well above that passenger forecast ( a full 10% above )...

Mirabel is one of the key cornerstones of Canadian aviation. It has been for years. I fly into Mirabel about once a month so I have first hand knowledge, but it’s hardly a secret. Take Pratt & Whitney fo example, you can get a tour of the 300,000 ft Mirabel assembly plant and innovation center...

I love the Mirabel myth. It’s a great way to separate out the hoodwinked from the Hoodwinkers. Quick point, Mirabel was built for political reasons to replace Dorval. Since the political forces then decided to keep Dorval open, Mirabel was never needed. Night and day to Toronto where we actually...

True, But Pickering is envisioned in the proposals I have seen (except one), specifically as a Passenger airport. The odd man out was the Airpark proposal in 2011. This was an all privately funded not for profit proposal of a 400 acre General aviation airport to replace Buttonville ( also a...

Some good observations. A couple of points about the usual suspects. first AirCanada has the majority of slots at Pearson ( 56%) and its own terminal ( Terminal 1, something’s call the Fortress Hub by its competition) . They are in line to profit big time as the big capacity squeeze at Pearson...