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There are several advantages to a tunnel over a bridge: 1) it is indoors -- you don't have to walk several hundred feet outdoors (especially in rain or winter), 2) there is more space for cabs/buses to park on the mainland, 3) you don't need to close a tunnel when a boat wants to go by. I...

A draft of the environmental assessment for the proposed tunnel to the airport has been released: DRAFT REPORT There is an interesting table on page 48 that details how people are getting to and from the airport. Around half of the passengers take a taxi to and from the airport in the morning...

Air Georgian has a bunch of Beechcraft flying around doing Air Canada runs to places like YYZ-Kingston and YYZ-Albany, but I'm not sure I've ever seen one. Do they say "Air Canada" or "Air Georgian" on the outside? I really like the look of the Air Canada Q400 in the photo.

I came across a picture of one of the new ("pre-owned") Air Canada Q400s (operated by Sky Regional Airlines) that will be flying from YTZ to YUL in 2011. http://www.yyznews.com/ Sky Regional DHC8-Q402 C-FSRW seen at 3-bay hangar at YYZ 06November. Photographer "anonymous" EDIT: Photo has...

Porter is going to fly to Myrtle Beach again this winter, with twice the number of flights. EDIT: Also this: http://www.thesunnews.com/2010/11/04/1793573/porter-airlines-ups-flights-from.html It looks like Porter is now consistently filling more than half of its available seats...

I believe there is a law that says that noone can provide transit within Toronto for less than the TTC charges. I'm not sure which law/bylaw that is, though.

Regardless of why it was done, Porter has set the standard for YTZ at 70 seats. If the new AC Q400s are ex-Lynx/Frontier ones, as seems likely (unless maybe they got a really good deal on some out-of-warranty ex-SAS planes), they will probably come with 74 seats. If they took out a row or...

It will be interesting to see 1) how many seats they put in the AC Q400s and 2) whether they extend the flights past YUL to places like YHZ or YQB in order to offer direct competition to Porter on a wider range of destinations. If AC's YTZ-YUL service becomes successful and cuts into Porter's...

YTZ-YUL will be able to feed Air Canada (Jazz) flights out of Montreal into Atlantic Canada which could put pressure on Porter's planned Atlantic expansion plans. Air Canada doesn't have enough slots to offer any serious competition to Porter outside of 1 or 2 routes. Porter will soon have...

They have opened a second lounge at the island airport. The new lounge will be for domestic passengers and the pre-existing lounge will be for US passengers. EDIT: It turns out there is now separate security setups for Canada and US. The old security area is now for US and there is a new one...

There will be no US preclearance at the island airport. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/porters-growth-strategy-thrown-for-a-loop/article1676421/

It looks like their winter Mt. Tremblant service is working out for them. They are moving to (up to) 12 flights a week this year http://www.flyporter.com/en/press2010.aspx?id=126 EDIT: In other news, 14 construction companies have expressed interest in the job of building the tunnel to the...

The lounge at YTZ that is in use now will eventually be for Canadian departures. Another lounge for US departures is under construction -- you would turn right after going through security to get to it and it would be on the other side of the building from the current lounge, near gates 1-4...

Service to New York will be increasing to 11 flights per day... http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/porter-airlines-growing-to-11-daily-roundtrips-on-new-york-toronto-city-route-100346029.html EDIT: Can anyone report on how the US departures lounge at YTZ is coming along? The current...

Porter has ordered 4 more planes with options for 6 more. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0613388020100806

For those of us who do not own a car, getting to Union Station (and the bus to the island airport) is relatively convenient as the subways and GO trains go there. Pearson, not so much.

Does anyone know how much this proposed Rail Link to Pearson will cost to use?

The court has ruled against Air Canada in its complaint about slot allocation at BBTCA. http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/July2010/22/c6026.html

The distances are much shorter at the Island than at Pearson and much fewer takeoffs and landings, but your point is taken. How far out must the next incoming plane be before you can allow someone to drive across the runway? The TPA has said that they plan to use the excavated material from...

A bus running between the park and the ferry dock/tunnel entrance would not significantly impact flight operations. It shouldn't take more than a few seconds to cross the runway. As well, a bus service would not mean "easy vehicle access to the island". It would not cause "traffic jams"...