Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport

Concerning the Montreal-Trudeau International Airport, the airport codes are IATA: YUL, ICAO: CYUL. The airport is known as Montreal-Trudeau. However, it was formerly famous as Montreal-Dorval International Airport. It is an international airport in Quebec, Dorval. It serves Montreal, which is placed 20 km, 12 mi, from Downtown Montreal. The terminals are placed entirely in the suburb of Dorval. However, one runway is situated in Montreal, Saint-Laurent. The country's flag carrier, Air Canada also has headquarters complex at the airport. The airport also serves Great Montreal, and other regions in Quebec, as well as eastern Ontario and the states of Vermont and New York's northern part in the United States. The name honors Pierre Elliott Trudeau, who was the 15th Prime Minister of Canada, and the father of the current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Aeroports de Montreal, which is a not-for-profit corporation, governs the airport, they do not share capital as well. The airport is owned by Transport Canada, as they have a 60-year lease with the operator of the airport Aeroport de Montreal, because of Canada's National Airport Policy of 1994.

Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport

Concerning the Montreal-Trudeau International Airport, the airport codes are IATA: YUL, ICAO: CYUL. The airport is known as Montreal-Trudeau. However, it was formerly famous as Montreal-Dorval International Airport. It is an international airport in Quebec, Dorval. It serves Montreal, which is placed 20 km, 12 mi, from Downtown Montreal. The terminals are placed entirely in the suburb of Dorval. However, one runway is situated in Montreal, Saint-Laurent. The country's flag carrier, Air Canada also has headquarters complex at the airport. The airport also serves Great Montreal, and other regions in Quebec, as well as eastern Ontario and the states of Vermont and New York's northern part in the United States. The name honors Pierre Elliott Trudeau, who was the 15th Prime Minister of Canada, and the father of the current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Aeroports de Montreal, which is a not-for-profit corporation, governs the airport, they do not share capital as well. The airport is owned by Transport Canada, as they have a 60-year lease with the operator of the airport Aeroport de Montreal, because of Canada's National Airport Policy of 1994.

The Capacity and Business Activity of the Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport

Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport is the busiest airport in the region of Quebec. In Canada, it is the third-busiest airport according to both aircraft movements, as well as passenger traffic with 20.3 million passengers, and in 2019 236,908 movements were done. There are eight Canadian airports which have United States Border Preclearance, and this airport is among them, it is one of the major gateways into Canada with 65% of its passengers are from abroad, it is 13.1 million the highest proportion among Canada's airports in 2018. The airport is among four Air Canada hubs, and on an average day, more than 53,000 passengers move through the airport. Airlines that serve Trudeau have year-round non-stop flights to many destinations in five continents, Asia, Africa, North America, Europe, and South America. There are only two airports in Canada, who have flights on five continents, and Trudeau is one of them. The airport serves as a headquarter of Air Transat and Air Inuit, and it is an operation base for Porter Airlines and Sunwing Airlines. It has a role in the general aviation headquarters of Starlink, Innotech-Execair, Maintenance Repair and Overhaul, MRO, and ACASS facilities.

History and Present-day Operations

The airport has a significant history. In the 1940s, it was clear that the city's first airport, which was Saint-Hubert Airport, would no longer be adequate for Montreal's needs. The Minister of Transport bought land, which was considered the best location because of a few foggy days and its excellent weather conditions. The airport was opened on September 1, 1941, with three paved runways, the name of the airport was Dorval Airport. In 1946 the airport hosted more than 250,000 passengers a year. It grew till million in the mid-1950s. At that time, the airport was a major transatlantic hub and the busiest airport in Canada, as they had flights from Great Britain. In November 1960, the name of the airport became Montreal-Dorval International Airport. On December 15, 1960, the minister of Transport launched a new $30 million terminal. It was built by Templeton, Illsley, Archibald, as well as Larose. Due to its height, this was the largest terminal in the country. There were more than two million travelers per year. After eight years, the airport had a major expansion program.