kEiThZ
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I'm still dying to see how 777s and A380s are going to provide flights from Downsview to Paris or Shanghai...
The second airport would operate regional/continental flights. The long haul stuff would still be left at Pearson.
I'm still dying to see how 777s and A380s are going to provide flights from Downsview to Paris or Shanghai...
I like the College metro myself ... with the rebranding, they now have proper Montreal-style bagels.This is why I have more love for the downsview metro.
I'll have to look at the map again but IIRC there are a number of infield buildings that would have to be moved in order to accomodate a third N/S runway (De-Icing facility, cargo, IFT, food), and I'm not sure if it would be economically feasable. It might make more sense to build a third runway to the west of the runway pair. That said I don't think those runways are used more than 20% of the time and don't cause a significant capacity constraint on operations.
Then why not just keep the others open? If Buttonville's losing money, I don't really get how Pickering would be any better off.Pickering is being built not just because of the closure of Buttonville. Oshawa will probably be closed too. And Markham as well. If and when the Island does move, all that traffic will move away as well. Keep in mind that Pickering is slated to be a glorified GA and light commercial airport for decades to come. So even if they do build it, the airport is not going to be huge and will probably only use up a percentage of the reserved lands for a while yet. The real issue only comes when Pickering becomes a full blown port of entry and major commercial airport (a la Hamilton). That eventuality could be staved off with HSR and keeping the Island open, leaving Pickering a small GA airport.
I think an opportunity was missed when Boeing closed the Douglas plant at YYZ to move out Bombardier and close YZD entirely. It would have made a huge difference to how that area could be redeveloped. The Air Museum could have been moved to the Island Airport where it would have fit nicely with the Air Show - especially if the facility had a viewing platform