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BTW, seems seem like the infield terminal is being used quite a bit now. I guess with all the delays and backups, they have no choice. I’ve lurked on FR24 sometimes and notice aircraft that have landed are waiting 45 minutes to an hour to reach an available gate. In many cases they end up having to use the infield terminal.
 
evandyk said:
Luckily the investigation will ignore the stupid memes (retweeted by Elon Musk, obviously) and focus on what actually happened.
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Our in-house censors are also at work. Well, hopefully, as you suggest we find out in the coming months what really happened. Any fan of Mayday Air Disaster on Discovery knows that Canadian content is (thankfully) rare.

Hopefully the Delta crew and company cooperate. Twenty years ago an Air France A340 crashed at Toronto and the aircrew and airline were very uncooperative, including its pilots initially refusing to be interviewed, Air France refusing to share the CVR and FDR data, refusing to accept the CTSB's findings, and ultimately suing the Toronto airport authorities.
 
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jcam said:
It was explained to me by someone that the 'piers' model is being moved away from globally, as the traffic implications of planes getting going in and out of 'dead ends' is not preferred from an aircraft movements and ground logistics perspective...meaning bridged islands that offer full circulation of aircraft are preferred. The current layout is also not as conducive to snow clearing activities compared to islands.
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I think the big airlines liked piers, so piers we get.
 
Ethiad will be bringing their A380 to Pearson starting June.
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evandyk said:
We did see the Emirates A380 last time we were at Pearson. I guess that flight is twice weekly now. We saw one taxiing at CDG and the kid was in heaven. We also saw the Concorde they have there as we were taking off.
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Seen a 380 at Pearson in the pass, but we watched one get pushed out from the gate in Hamburg in 2022/ Because of its size and the taxi way next to the terminal, it had to be escorted to the runway. What got me was its take off as it used less runway than all the other large planes and have a video of it been moved and taking off. We had front row seats watching planes land, taxi and taking off of various types of planes and airlines that cannot be done at Pearson. It was free to watch planes like Zurich, Frankfurt and other airports.

Need to know the day and time when a 380 is to land or take off as well the runway at Pearson to be able to watch it from only a few spots next to the airport if they are going over those areas,

Frankfurt was a get place to watch planes and shoot them in 2012, but not in 2022 with the high fence and a few small opening to put your camera though to get shots. In 2012 you could look over the railing and get shots of planes at the gates below you, but not in 2022. Saw my first 380 at Frankfurt as it taxi from the gate to get to the taxiway to get to the take off runway.
 
drum118 said:
... Need to know the day and time when a 380 is to land or take off as well the runway at Pearson ...
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Flights numbers for Emirates Airbus A380 at Pearson are EK241 for arrival, EK242 for departure
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/ek241
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/ek242

Looking at the FlightRadar24 site before you get there will usually tell you which runways are being used, although it's possible you might end up at the wrong place and see it going to a different runway.
 
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jcam said:
It was explained to me by someone that the 'piers' model is being moved away from globally, as the traffic implications of planes getting going in and out of 'dead ends' is not preferred from an aircraft movements and ground logistics perspective...meaning bridged islands that offer full circulation of aircraft are preferred. The current layout is also not as conducive to snow clearing activities compared to islands.
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jcam said:
I think the big airlines liked piers, so piers we get.
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Island terminals are ok if you are doing mostly point to point traffic. Arrive, check in, head to your gate and take off. Once you start having more connecting traffic having separate terminals starts to make things more complicated. Once I land where is my next gate? Which terminal? How do I get there? Am I clearing security? How much time do I need. Where having a pier set up in one terminal building means you are likey very close to your connecting get.

There are dozens of factors that are considered but I think that the majority of airports that see a significant amount of connecting traffic have a minimum number of "island" terminals and more integrated terminals.
 
Air China returning to YYZ after 33 years.

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Air China Resumes Toronto Service in 2Q25 After 33-year Hiatus — AeroRoutes

Published at 0800GMT 27MAR25 Air China today (27MAR25) opened reservations for Beijing Capital – Toronto passenger service, marking the return of the carrier’s passenger service at Toronto since November 1992. From 20MAY25, the Star Alliance member will serve this route twice weekly with 3-class
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Is it me or is Canada getting a huge increase in overseas connections?! Halifax alone is getting accessible from several EU cities by direct flights.
 
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