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Toronto Pearson is the primary hub for Air Canada. [11] It also serves as a focus city for WestJet, a hub for cargo airline FedEx Express, and as a base of operations for Air Transat and Sunwing Airlines. Toronto Pearson is operated by the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) as part of Transport Canada's National Airports System. [12]
As defined by Transport Canada, an international airport: . means any airport designated by the Contracting State, in whose territory it is situated, as an airport of entry and departure for international commercial air traffic, where the formalities incident to customs, immigration, public health, animal and plant quarantine and similar procedures are carried out.
The continued increase of air traffic at Toronto Pearson resulted in a 2013 decision by Transport Canada to proceed with the planning and construction of Toronto Pickering International Airport [32] (following a 2001 decision to simply revive plans for the airport), which would be approximately 50 km (31 mi) east of Toronto Pearson and handle ...
The Toronto Area Control Centre is based near Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario. From the Toronto Area Control Centre, air traffic controllers provide en route and terminal control services to aircraft in the Toronto Flight Information Region (FIR).
^4 YTO is common IATA code for Toronto Pearson International Airport (IATA: YYZ), John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport (IATA: YHM), Region of Waterloo International Airport (IATA: YKF), Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (IATA: YTZ) and Buttonville Municipal Airport (IATA: YKZ).
The Union Pearson Express (UP Express or UPX) [3] is an airport rail link connecting Union Station in Downtown Toronto to Toronto Pearson International Airport.The UP Express began operation on 6 June 2015, in time for the 2015 Pan American Games.
A pedestrian footbridge ($117 million, completed in 2007) links the international terminal with the domestic terminal and serves as the arrival and departure area for users of the Canada Line. [125] The Canada Line itself opened in August 2009 as the third line of Vancouver's rapid transit network, in advance of the 2010 Winter Olympics which ...
At its height, it was the largest terminal in Canada and one of the biggest in the world. It was the gateway to Canada for all European air traffic and served more than two million passengers per year. [citation needed] Eight years later, Montréal–Dorval International Airport underwent a major expansion program.