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Former Toronto Mayor David Crombie was holding a Royal Commission on the future of Toronto's Waterfront. Ontario Premier David Peterson announced that the Government of Ontario, which was subsidizing the island airport service at a rate of $1 million annually, [125] was studying a tunnel or bridge to the airport. The Toronto Board of Trade and ...
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Toronto Pearson International Airport, located mainly in Mississauga, is the busiest airport in Canada and hosts international travel with various airlines. Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport on the Toronto Islands is a regional airport, providing regular services to United States destinations.
The Toronto Islands are a chain of 15 [1] small islands in Lake Ontario, south of mainland Toronto, Ontario, Canada.. Comprising the only group of islands in the western part of Lake Ontario, the Toronto Islands are located just offshore from the city's downtown area, provide shelter for Toronto Harbour, and separate Toronto from the rest of Lake Ontario.
This airport has remained in use since 1939, serving mainly general aviation. An airport at Malton, Ontario instead became Toronto's main airport and is today's Pearson Airport. A plan was raised in the 1970s to add scheduled passenger service at the island airport by federal politicians. At the time, Toronto was a two-tier government.
It began scheduled service in 1975. In 1980 the company was renamed to Air Atonabee Ltd. [1] [2] In 1984, Air Atonabee was acquired by Victor Pappalardo and reorganized into City Express. The airline relocated its base to Toronto Island Airport (now Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport) (YTZ) where it began STOL service.
Although the airport terminals are situated outside of the Toronto city limits, TTC bus services at Pearson Airport do not require a supplementary fare. [162] TTC buses serve both Terminal 1 and Terminal 3. Two public transit operators based in Peel Region also operate routes to the airport: Brampton Transit and MiWay.
In 2002, the 'Toronto City Centre Airport', or 'Island Airport', operated by the Toronto Port Authority (TPA) (renamed in 2015 as "PortsToronto") was subsidized by CA$1 million per year. [32] Only Air Canada flew flights from the airport as part of its Jazz service, operating daily flights to Ottawa after the closure of the regional airline ...