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Montréal–Trudeau International Airport

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Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (IATA: YUL, ICAO: CYUL) (French: Aéroport international Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau de Montréal) or Montréal-Trudeau, is an international airport serving Montreal, Canada. It is the busiest airport in the province of Quebec and the third busiest airport in Canada by passenger traffic (after Toronto Pearson and Vancouver), with 10,888,752 passengers in 2005 and 208,264 aircraft movements. The airport serves non-stop destinations in Europe, Africa, Central America, The United States and Canada. The current capacity of the airport is estimated at 16 million, which will rise to 25 million once the improvements have been completed. Currently, the airport is completing a CAD$700 million expansion plan that will double the capacity of the terminal. Montreal-Trudeau is one of the few airports in the world that is prepared to handle the new Airbus A380, which is expected to begin service in 2007. Air France will be putting it in service on its daily Paris-Montreal route. Montreal-Trudeau will be the only airport in Canada with a daily A380 flight.

Between 2003 and 2005, the passenger traffic was 30,189,008 and there were 612,046 aircraft movements, a substantial increase from the same time period ten years ago.

History

Montréal-Trudeau was formerly known as Montréal-Dorval International Airport. It is located in the city of Dorval. The airport was renamed by the federal government in honour of former Canadian Prime Minister, the late Right Honourable Pierre Elliott Trudeau, on January 1, 2004, the renaming having been announced in September the previous year. This move provoked opposition from some Quebeckers, especially Quebec sovereigntists opposed to some of the policies of the former Prime Minister, as well as less vocal opposition from many aviation historians and enthusiasts who note Trudeau's historical role as an opponent of the airport. Trudeau was heavily involved in the construction of Mirabel International Airport, originally planned to replace Montréal-Dorval airport. Many Montrealers still refer to it as "Dorval," or "Dorval Airport."

Dorval played an important role in the development of trans-Atlantic aviation. It was primarily chosen as an airport because of good weather and few foggy days. During World War II it was the major transit point for departures to Europe. Thousands of Allied aircraft passed through Dorval on the way to England. Women - the WAC's (Women's Air Corps) - played a major role in transiting aircraft to the war theatres by way of Dorval. At one time Dorval was the major transatlantic hub for commercial aviation and the busiest airport in Canada with airlines such as British Overseas Airways Corporation (B.O.A.C) landing at Dorval en route to New York.

Montreal's economic decline in the late 1970's and 1980's had a significant effect on the airport's traffic, as international flights shifted away from Dorval to Toronto Pearson in more prosperous Toronto. Ironically, the Trudeau government had recently developed Mirabel Airport north of Montreal to handle an expected growth in international traffic, and, eventually, to replace Dorval. That extra traffic never materialized, and due to its closer proximity to downtown Montreal, all scheduled air services has now returned to Dorval/Trudeau, while Mirabel has nearly ceased operation. With Montreal's economic recovery during the late 1990s, traffic at the airport may once again pick up. Mirabel is home to the world's second largest airport in terms of land area.

In 2005, North America signed an aviation deal that stated the "free skies" act is now possible. This means that an Air Canada flight flying from Montreal to Dallas can land, pick up more passengers and continue to a third destination like Rio de Janeiro, for example. This act will begin to take place in either 2006 or 2007 and when it does become available, Trudeau airport will definitely see an increase in the number of destinations served worldwide.

On September 11, 2001, Dorval was part of Operation Yellow Ribbon as it took in 10 of the diverted flights that were bound for the United States. Pilots were asked to avoid Dorval by both Transport Canada and NAV CANADA as a security measure because it is one of the busiest airports in Central Canada. The airport was Montréal-Dorval International Airport when 9/11 happened.

Work Underway

Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport is undergoing a major expansion and modernization designed to increase the terminal's capacity and substantially enhance the level of passenger service.

Launched in 2000 with a budget of $716 million, the expansion program includes the construction of several brand-new facilities, including a jetty for flights to the United States (Transborder Terminal), another for overseas flights (International Terminal) and a huge international arrivals complex for passengers arriving in Canada from the U.S. and abroad. The major part of this program is now completed and passengers are enjoying the comfort, space and user-friendliness of the new facilities. On the other hand, the on-going modernization program calls for the refurbishing of several sections of the existing terminal, including the check-in area on the departures level and the public halls on the arrivals level.

As of 2006, the International Terminal, the Transborder Terminal and the International Arrivals complex have been completed all within the budget. Starting in 2006, ADM will begin the next process of land access to upgrade road traffic to the airport, a new parking garage, the improvement of the domestic terminal and the construction of a new hotel. Each year, Trudeau airport sees an increase in the number of passengers and aircrafts that use it. In 2000, 9.4 million passengers used the airport at a time when the maximum capacity was 7 million. By 2020, Montreal is expecting to see over 20 million passengers annually.

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International Arrivals Complex and Canadian Customs Hall at Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport

Aéroports de Montréal is financing all of these improvements itself, with no government grants.

Airlines

International Terminal

Trudeau Airport serves 113 destinations worldwide, making it one of the most connected airports in Canada and North America.

  • Air Canada (Barbados, Cancun, Cayo Coco, Cayo Largo, Frankfurt, Havana, Holguin, London-Heathrow, Mexico City (starts June 18), Montego Bay, Nassau, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Pointe-à-Pitre, Port-au-Prince, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, San Juan, Varadero)
  • Air France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
  • Air Saint-Pierre (Halifax, Miquelon, Moncton, Saint-Pierre, St. John's)
  • Air Transat (Acapulco, Athens, Bordeaux, Brussels, Camaguey, Cancun, Cayo Coco, Cayo Largo, Fort-de-France, Holguin, Ixtapa, La Ceiba, La Romana, Lisbon, London-Gatwick, Lyon, Madrid, Managua, Manzanillo (CU), Manzanillo (MX), Marseilles, Montego Bay, Nantes, Nice, Panama City, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Porlamar, Port-au-Prince, Porto, Puerto Plata, Puerto Vallarta, Punta Cana, Rome-Fiumicino, San Andres Island, San Jose, San Salvador, Santa Clara, Santiago, Santo Domingo, St. Maarten, Toulouse, Varadero)
  • Austrian Airlines (Vienna [seasonal])
  • British Airways (London-Heathrow)
  • Canjet (Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach)
  • Corsair (Paris-Orly [seasonal])
  • CSA Czech Airlines (Prague)
  • Cubana Airlines (Camaguey, Havana, Varadero)
  • EgyptAir (Cairo [seasonal])
  • Elbonian Airways (Chambéry [seasonal])
  • Iberworld (Madrid [seasonal])
  • KLM (Amsterdam)
  • Lufthansa (Munich)
  • Mexicana (Mexico City)
  • Olympic Airlines (Athens)
  • Royal Air Maroc (Casablanca)
  • Sata International (Ponta Delgada [seasonal])
  • Swiss International Airlines (Zurich)
  • Skyservice (Agadir, Bahias de Huatulco, Camaguey, Cancun, Cayo Coco, Fort Lauderdale, Holguin, Huatulco, La Romana, Liberia, Manzanillo, Mazatlan, Miami, Montego Bay, Puerto Plata, Puerto Vallarta, Punta Cana, Santa Maria, Varadero)
  • Thomas Cook Airlines (London-Gatwick and Manchester (UK))
  • Transaero (Moscow-Domodedovo)
  • Westjet (La Ceiba, Manzanillo, Puerto Vallarta, San Salvador, Santa Clara, Santiago)
  • Zoom Airlines (La Romana, London-Gatwick, Paris-Charles de Gaulle)

Transborder Terminal (US)

Trudeau is one of 8 Canadian Airports that has US Border Pre-clearance facilities.

Domestic Terminal

  • Air Canada (Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Moncton, Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, Vancouver)
    • Air Canada Jazz (Bagotville, Baie-Comeau, Bathurst, Charlottetown, Deer Lake, Fredericton, Gaspé, Halifax, Hamilton, Iles de La Madeleine, Moncton, Mont-Joli, Ottawa, Quebec City, Rouyn-Noranda, Saint John, St. John's, Sydney (NS), Toronto, Val-d'Or, Winnipeg)
  • Air Creebec (Chibougamau, Roberval, Val-d'Or)
  • Air Georgian (Saint John)
  • Air Inuit (Kuujjuarapik, La Grande, Salluit)
  • Air Labrador (Goose Bay, St. John's)
  • CanJet (Halifax)
  • First Air (Kuujjuaq)
  • Westjet (Calgary, Toronto, Winnipeg, Vancouver)
 
Control Tower at Montreal-Trudeau


Facts of Interest

Pierre Elliott-Trudeau International airport is a main hub for both Air Canada and Air Transat. It's also used as a southern base of operations for First Air, which bases its maintenance at Ottawa/Carp Airport. It's also a secondary hub for Air Saint-Pierre and Air Georgian. Although not a hub, Zoom Airlines uses Montreal-Trudeau much more than its official hub for both domestic and international flights.

Montreal-Trudeau is the world's second busiest airport of a French-speaking city after Charles-de-Gaulle International in Paris.

During the summer, Montreal-Trudeau has 8 flights to Paris a day, 6 flights to London a day and 4 flights to Frankfurt.

At one point, it was the busiest airport in Canada and the third busiest in North America after Chicago's O'Hare airport and New York's JFK. Today, it ranks 31st in terms of passenger traffic in North America.

Montreal-Trudeau is the only airport in Canada with 2 airport control towers.

Montreal-Trudeau serves more international destinations than any other Canadian airport.

Montreal-Trudeau is the only airport in Canada that has flights to Africa, which include Cairo and Casablanca.

On December 13, 2005, Trudeau airport was featured on the reality TV series The Amazing Race. Teams arrived at the airport from Toronto on Air Canada and from Minneapolis on Northwest Airlines, before heading to tourist attractions downtown.

See also

References

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