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Hamilton Airport is a Canadian international airport located 6.0 nautical miles (11.11 km) southwest of the city of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
The airport is designed for use by large planes on overseas flights, and includes a 10,000x200 ft (3,050x60 m) paved runway with centreline lighting for low-visibility operations, as well as a smaller 6,000x150 ft (1,830x45 m) paved runway. It serves as an alternate and reliever for nearby Toronto Pearson International Airport; and was recently used during the Air France Flight 358 incident.
Additionally, the airport recieved notoriety when a chartered Boeing 707 carrying rock band Bon Jovi skid off the runway.
Updated Nov 19, 2011
Website: http://www.flyhi.ca/index.shtml
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If you reserve early you will get an excellent price.
You will have to take a bus to Buffalo with Greyhound and take the flight from there.
If you are planning to go to Niagara Falls then Buffalo airport is the closest (most convenient)
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Updated Apr 4, 2011
Porter is a small commuter airline based at the Toronto Billy Bishop (a.k.a. City Centre) Airport, with a 4-star rating from Skytrax. They exclusively fly 70 seat Bombardier Q400 aircraft. They fly to a number of Canadian and US cities, have great cabin service and are less expensive than the other two main Canadian carriers (Air Canada and WestJet).
Billy Bishop Airport is located on Centre Island and is connected to Toronto by a very short 120 m / 400 ft ferry ride to Bathurst St. A shuttle takes you to the Fairmont Royal York Hotel where you can connect to the VIA Rail Trains or the Toronto Transit Commission Subway or street cars. You get downtown much faster than flying into Pearson Airport.
Written Mar 23, 2011
Phone: 888-619-8622
Website: https://www.flyporter.com/Flight/Tickets?culture=en-CA
Since I've long heard that non-Asian airlines have service standards that are lower than Asian airlines (so far, I've been on ANA, Singapore Airlines, Thai, Asiana and any number of mainland Chinese airlines) I wasn't really expecting much in the way of service on Air Canada. Maybe it was this lowered expectation that resulted in an above-expectation experience... albeit a watery one!
On the Shanghai Pudong -- Toronto flight, just before the 1st meal, an air stewardess accidentally poured some hot (thankfully not boiling) tea on my right sleeve while pouring another passenger a cup of tea. The crew were really nice and apologetic about it, a steward even fetched me a napkin from first-class to wipe up with! (Should've kept that napkin for a souvenir...) During that meal I managed to spill my cup of juice and that resulted in more mopping up with the napkin and more wads of tissue.
There were 2 meals provided on each flight, Shanghai Pudong -- Toronto and the flight back. Meals were quite palatable though certainly not gourmet fare.
Movies on the personal in-flight entertainment system were a little old. I don't watch movies much, but I think they were at least a couple of years old. Certainly no new releases like what you get on Singapore Airlines.
I like it that the earphones that Air Canada provides are reuseable. Excellent idea to save on waste, as long as passengers do reuse them -- I do!
Expect to exit Toronto airport about 1+ hour after your flight lands, assuming you have check-in baggage to pick up. The luggage carts are NOT free. :( Thankfully I was aware of this beforehand and it wasn't a problem as I only had a backpack.
I found the Toronto airport check-in staff to be rather curt and indifferent. I'm not sure if it was anything to do with racism, or maybe it was just that they were in a bad mood that day.
Written Jan 3, 2010
Website: http://www.aircanada.com
Porter Airlines is the only commercial airline that currently operates directly out of Toronto City Centre Airport. It's extremely convient as, unlike Toronto's Pearson International Airport, the City Centre Airport is, as it's name suggests, located directly in the heart of the city. Landing on the Toronto Island, directly across from the CN Tower you can't get much more convienient than that.
The airline is continuing to grow, and though they considering themselves a business class airline, they provide service to all. So whether you are looking to fly from one of the three American locations, or use Porter as a jumping off point to see other Canadian Cities or enter the U.S. I would recommend them as an extremely convienent alternative from travelling out to Pearson.
The airline currently flies within Canada to:
- Montreal, Quebec
- Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Ottawa, Ontario
- Thunder Bay, Ontario
- Quebec City, Quebece
- Mont Tremblant, Quebec (Dec - April)
- St. John's, Newfoundland
and the US:
- New York (Newark Airport)
- Boston
- Chicago
Written Sep 24, 2009
Website: http://www.flyporter.com
Pearson Airport (aka YYZ) is the biggest airport of Canada. It has 2 terminals (1 & 3) and more construction is in progress.
Terminal 1 is used for Domestic Air Transport; served by Air Canada, Jazz and others.
Terminal 2 is under construction.
Terminal 3 is used by the big International Carriers.
To travel between the terminals use the free D-link train (You have to go up some floors to get there).
See the Airline - Terminal realation list for more information.
Travel town to downtown is about 20 minutes (more during traffic jams).
Updated Mar 7, 2009
Phone: Terminal 1: +1-416-247-7678
Website: http://www.gtaa.com/
Before connecting there, I thought that Toronto's Lester Pearson International Airport would be a piece of cake to connect through, as Toronto is such a progressive city. I was wrong both times I connected there. Both coming from and flying to the U.S. you have to grab your bags at the baggage claim( a very long walk from the gate) and put them on another belt upstairs, then go through long security lines. Going to the US, you have to take a bus to a little rinky-dink tin shack terminal a ways from the main part of the airport, the more people, the longer it takes. Airport personnel, as well as Canadian customs officials here aren't too friendly. There are some good restaurants and nice shops in the airport anyway. My tip is just allow extra time for connections here if possible. It's a beautiful airport, but that doesn't make connections any easier.
Written Jul 15, 2008
Flying from the UK to Toronto? I can`t bleat on enough about the travel company, Canadian Affair. Compared to other travel sites the prices are unbeatable. The only drawback, you fly on charter aircraft (Transat, Thomas Cook) instead of the usual flag carriers. But I`ve had a week in TO and Niagara, staying in 4 and 5 star hotels, for less than £400 ($700).
Written Apr 18, 2008
The flight was short, only 1 hour 36 minutes to Toronto and 1 hour 28 minutes back. The flights though are somewhat expensive at about $ 400, booked well in advance. I checked various airlines and Air Canada was the cheapest, but i thought that was still expensive just to go such a short distance.
Written Feb 28, 2008
If you fly into or around Canada, chances are very good that you’ll see Toronto’s Pearson airport. Formerly a collection of three terminals, the two oldest buildings have been replaced with a brand new terminal. This means that there are still two physically separate terminals, so it is important to know the terminal from which you will be departing. The terminals are connected by a skyway tram but the embarkation stations are placed on the upper levels of the parking garages rather than within the terminal buildings.
The new terminal 1 has security screeners on two separate levels. When you get to the security screeners on the main departure level, if you see a long line of people waiting, look to your left and you’ll see a staircase and escalator leading down a level. At the bottom of the stairway is a second smaller screening area. One of the lanes downstairs gives priority to airline personnel but you can usually get through the check-point more quickly than upstairs. If you don’t like the look of the line downstairs, simply take the escalator back up to the main screening area and you’ll have lost only a minute or two.
Written Sep 9, 2007
Phone: Terminal 1: (416) 247-7678
Website: http://www.gtaa.com/
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