Ottawa is the capital city of Canada but two other cities,
namely Toronto and Montreal, hold a place of prominence in all walks of life of
this country. Toronto is geographically situated on a plateau which gently
slopes downwards towards the lake. The city has deep ravines and escarpments.
These escarpments were formed due to retreat of Glacial Lake Iroquois after the
ice age. The city has long history of habitation and is one of the major world
cities which are frequented by tourists from all over the globe. Airlines
provide the easiest, convenient and quickest mode of transportation between the
domestic cities of Canada and also from the other foreign cities. Airports of
Toronto play a crucial role in aiding the movement of people and cargo. Since
Toronto is one of the major airports, it has flight based connectivity with
most of the world cities. So, which all airports serve this city, and its vast
hinterland?
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| Pearson International Airport |
Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) is the major
airport serving this city. It is the busiest and largest airport of the country.
The airport is named after a Canadian Prime Minister, Lest B. Pearson, who was
also a Nobel Peace Prize laureate. The airport has 4 terminals- Terminal 1,
Terminal 3, Infield Terminal and VIP terminal. Out of these, Terminal 1 and
Terminal 3 are open for public use. The slots in these terminals have been
provided on the basis of airlines and their alliances.
The airport receives an annual passenger traffic of about
49.5 million which is double of what it received 15 years back in 2003. This
has been made possible due to significant increase in the international passenger
traffic to this airport since 2003. The international flight bookings to or
from Toronto has seen a 3 times increase in 2003-2018 period whereas the trans-border
air traffic from USA has almost doubled and domestic traffic has grown only
about 50%.
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| Billy Bishop Airport |
Though most of the flights to Toronto fly from or land at
YYZ, there is another airport which serves this city. This is the Billy Bishop TorontoCity Airport. The airport is located on a Toronto Island. Three airlines which
operate from here are Air Canada Express, FlyGTA Airlines and Porter Airlines.
The annual traffic of the airport was 2.8 million in 2017.
Besides, there are two other airports. One is the
Buttonville Municipal Airport of Markham area and the other is Downsview
Airport which houses Bombardier airplane factory.
While these airports are of Toronto, two neighbouring
airports also provide alternatives to the busy Toronto Airport. These are Munro
International Airport at Hamilton, southwest of Toronto and Buffalo Niagra
International Airport of Buffalo, southeast of Toronto in USA.
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