Curious about the island airport, jets and all that? Here's some light reading!
An easy-to-read booklet raising safety questions about the 2013 - 2015 jets proposal, with diagrams and pictures.
A 2023 paper asking if Toronto needs two airports. It looks at some economic and political questions.
A paper asking economic questions about the 2013 - 2015 jets bid. They apply to the 2026 jets proposal as well.
Business at the island airport seems to be in a steep decline. Some numbers, put together by Brian Iler.
"Jet Operations at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, Infrastructure Requirements," a 2015 presentation deck by Air Canada's consultants Oliver Wyman; expanding the Island Airport for jets would:
- cost $1billion,
- require massive and impractical build-out, and
- not be economically feasible.
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