Toronto Pearson International Airport

Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario and serving Toronto, Ontario, is Canada's busiest and largest airport. It is among the top thirty of the world's busiest airports. It was named after Lester B. Pearson, Canada's 14th prime minister. It is also known by its IATA Airport Code as YYZ. The airport serves as a hub for Air Canada. Toronto Pearson International Airport currently has 3 operating terminals -- (New) Terminal 1, Terminal 2, and Terminal 3. New Terminal 1 opened on April 6, 2004, with its major tenant being Air Canada. The old Terminal 1, which has since closed, will be demolished to make room for new gates at New Terminal 1. In 2005, after the old Terminal 1 is completely demolished, a section of Terminal 2 will be torn down, to be replaced with a new pier extending from New Terminal 1. By 2008, Terminal 2 will be completely torn down and by 2015, the Pearson Airport will then consist of the New Terminal 1 and Terminal 3, and will be capable of handling 47 to 50 million passengers a year. Ultimately, New Terminal 1 and Terminal 3 will be linked up to form one "Super Terminal," but a precise schedule for that project has not yet been determined. It was originally known as Malton Airport, then Toronto International Airport, and later Lester B. Pearson International Airport, before its present name was given. On June 23, 1985, Air India Flight 182, which was flying on a Toronto-Montreal-London-Delhi-Mumbai route, exploded in midair southwest of Ireland, killing all of the passengers aboard. After the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack, Pearson International received many of the diverted flights that were coming into or leaving the United States. All civil aviation flights over North America were suspended for 3 days and ordered to land immediately. The airport is located about 32 km (20 miles) from downtown Toronto. It is accessible from Highway 427 (just north of the Highway 401 interchange) or from Highway 409, from Highway 401. Highway 409 leads directly into the airport. Pearson also has local TTC bus service that connects to Toronto's Kipling subway station.

Table of contents

1 Terminals 1.1 Terminal 2 1.2 Terminal 3 2 Trivia 3 External Links

Terminals

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New Terminal 1

\n* Air Canada (domestic and international flights)\n* Air Canada Jazz\n* Air Canada Tango\n* Air Jamaica\n* Alitalia\n* BMI British Midland\n* Condor Airlines\n* Lufthansa

Terminal 2

\n* Air Canada (transborder flights only)\n* Air Canada Jazz (transborder flights only)\n* Air Wisconsin dba United Express\n* United Airlines\n* WestJet

Terminal 3

\n* Aeroflot\n* Aeromexico\n* Aerosvit Airlines\n* Air France\n* Air Plus Comet\n* Air Transat\n* America West Airlines\n* American Airlines\n* American Eagle\n* Atlantic Southeast Airlines dba Delta Connection\n* British Airways\n* BWIA West Indies\n* Canjet Airlines\n* Casino Express Airlines\n* Cathay Pacific\n* Comair dba Delta Air Lines\n* Continental Airlines\n* Continental Express\n* Cubana Airlines\n* Czech Airlines\n* El Al\n* Finnair\n* First Air\n* Grupo TACA\n* HMY Airways\n* Japan Airlines\n* Jetsgo\n* KLM\n* Korean Air\n* LanChile\n* LOT Polish\n* LTU International\n* MALEV Hungarian\n* Martinair\n* Mesaba Airlines dba Northwest Airlink\n* Midwest Airlines\n* Northwest Airlines\n* Olympic Airways\n* Pakistan International Airlines\n* Piedmont Airlines dba US Airways Express\n* PSA Airlines dba US Airways Express\n* Qantas\n* SATA Express\n* Skyway Airlines\n* Skyservice\n* TACA\n* US Airways\n* Zoom Airlines In addition, many cargo airlines serve the airport.

Trivia

Rush, a popular rock trio based in Toronto, included an instrumental track on their 1981 album Moving Pictures entitled "YYZ" in honor of their city. The main theme of the tune contains a repeated rhythmic motif that is equivalent to the Morse code sequence corresponding to the letters Y-Y-Z.

External Links

\n*Greater Toronto Airports Authority Category:Airports of Ontario