Hamilton International Airport

[robmausser]

I wouldn't do any favours for either Air Canada or Westjet. They have had their way for years.

Id rather see Porter, Flair and Air Transat flying out of Hamilton's unused slots for sure.

 

[robmausser]

I travel between Germany and Canada once a year for the last 11 years and had the best experience last year when I flew out of Hamilton. It was so hassle-free in all areas: check-in, security, the gate, customs, luggage claim. I remember landing at Pearson in 2022 (albeit towards the end of the pandemic chaos) and waiting 2 hours on the tarmac upon landing and 2 hours at luggage claim on top of that; compared to my experience in 2023 at Hamilton, within 30 minutes I was off the plane, cleared customs, and had my luggage! It was astounding how different my experience was.

If you are renting a car at your destination always fly into the smaller airports. No point to deal with a huge metro airport when youre gonna be taking a car anyways. Heck even the car rental experience is generally more seamless, your car is generally feet away from the airport instead of a 15 minute shuttle to some industrial area.

 

[mininamib]

If you are renting a car at your destination always fly into the smaller airports. No point to deal with a huge metro airport when youre gonna be taking a car anyways. Heck even the car rental experience is generally more seamless, your car is generally feet away from the airport instead of a 15 minute shuttle to some industrial area.

I was visiting family who live in Halton region, so I was picked up and dropped off at the Hamilton Airport. It was convenient, exiting the airport upon arrival right into a parking lot felt in a way as if we were emerging from a warehouse like a Costco at night time.

 

[KingJames]

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[innsertnamehere]

That only leaves, what, a couple of West Jest flights to Calgary a week and a handful of seasonal Caribbean routes?

 

[Sandpit]

That only leaves, what, a couple of West Jest flights to Calgary a week and a handful of seasonal Caribbean routes?

And quite a bit of Cargojet flights, I believe.

It might make sense for Hamilton to be a cargo-oriented airport and Waterloo to be a LCC-oriented one. If/when Breslau GO gets built, they should run a free shuttle connecting it to the airport. And if we have a Ryanair-type carrier, they would absolutely be flying into Waterloo but calling it Toronto (renaming it Toronto-Waterloo might not be such a bad idea...)

 

[PL1]

. And if we have a Ryanair-type carrier, they would absolutely be flying into Waterloo but calling it Toronto (renaming it Toronto-Waterloo might not be such a bad idea...)

That would be a bit disingenuous... It's something like 85 km west of downtown Toronto. I mean, I understand the idea, but it's not at all close

 

[crs1026]

From Flightaware....even the Caribbean traffic doesn't show much impact. Christmas parcels, maybe.

The trend is definitely downwards.

- Paul

 

[rbt]

That would be a bit disingenuous... It's something like 85 km west of downtown Toronto. I mean, I understand the idea, but it's not at all close

Ryan Air's "Paris" airport (BVA) is 85.5km driving on the A16 to downtown Paris. By Transit it's a 2 hour trip. London (Standstead) is better at only 65km to downtown London.

Waterloo probably is a good GTA hub for a low cost carrier, especially with a solid bus connection to a Breslau GO Station.

 

[Sandpit]

Ryan Air's "Paris" airport (BVA) is 85.5km driving on the A16 to downtown Paris. By Transit it's a 2 hour trip. London (Standstead) is better at only 65km to downtown London.

Waterloo probably is a good GTA hub for a low cost carrier, especially with a solid bus connection to a Breslau GO Station.

It’s actually Beauvais! I was thinking Brussels/Charleroi when I wrote my post, but there’s also Frankfurt/Hahn, for example.