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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, in the city of Dorval, on the island of Montreal, is an international airport serving Montreal, Quebec, 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 International), with 10,892,778 passengers and 208,329 aircraft movements in 2005. The airport serves non-stop destinations on all continents except Oceania and Antartica (which includes Africa, Asia, Central America, South America, Europe, the United States and Canada.) The airport is unique in that it is the only airport in Canada with two airport control towers, the only airport that serves Africa and the international terminal contains the largest duty free shop in North America.

It is also the location headquarters of the country's largest airline, Air Canada which is located between the two parallel runways. Currently, the airport is completing a CAD$700 million expansion plan that will double the capacity of the terminal to 25 million passengers.

History

Dorval played an important role in the development of transatlantic 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 WACs (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.

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.

Montreal's economic decline in the late 1970s and 1980s 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 have now returned to Dorval/Trudeau, while Mirabel has ceased passenger operations and can be considered a collosal failure.

On September 11, 2001, Dorval participated in Operation Yellow Ribbon taking in 17 diverted flights that had been bound for the closed airspace over the United States.

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 Quebecers, especially Quebec sovereignists opposed to some of the policies of the former prime minister, as well as less vocal opposition from many aviation historians and enthusiasts who recalled Trudeau's 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 Trudeau airport as "Dorval," or "Dorval Airport."

In 2005, Canada and the United States signed an "open skies agreement." When it enters into effect in 2006 or 2007, it will for the first time allow an Air Canada flight flying from Montreal to Dallas to land, pick up more passengers and continue to a third destination like Rio de Janeiro, for example. A likely effect of the agreement will be that Trudeau airport will see an increase in the number of destinations served worldwide.

The last round of construction improved Montreal-Trudeau so that it is one of the few airports in the world that is prepared to handle the new Airbus A380. Air France will be putting the A380 in service on its daily Paris-Montreal route sometime in 2007. Montreal is expecting to handle two of Air France's A380's and a Air France Boeing 747 every day. Lufthansa will use their Airbus A380 on a North Atlantic route services from Munich to Montreal.

On June 15, 2006 construction began on a new four-star hotel at the airport. It will be linked to the Transborder Terminal and should be completed by 2008. It will eventually contain an underground train station to connect it with downtown Montreal for quick access.

Film history

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.

Terminals and destinations

Trudeau Airport serves 117 destinations worldwide, making it one of the most connected airports in Canada and North America.

International Terminal

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Inside the International Terminal at Montreal-Trudeau International Airport
  • Air Canada (Barbados, Cancun, Cayo Coco, Cayo Largo, Frankfurt, Havana, Holguin, London-Heathrow, Mexico City, 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)
  • British Airways (London-Heathrow)
  • Canjet (St. Maarten, Cayo Largo)
  • Corsair (Paris-Orly seasonal)
  • Czech Airlines (Prague)
  • Cubana Airlines (Camaguey, Havana, Varadero, Cayo Coco)
  • EgyptAir (Cairo)
  • Iberworld (Madrid seasonal)
  • KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam)
  • Lufthansa (Munich)
  • Middle East Airlines (Larnaca Temporary)
  • Mexicana (Mexico City)
  • Olympic Airlines (Athens)
  • Royal Air Maroc (Casablanca)
  • Sata International (Ponta Delgada)
  • Swiss International Air Lines (Zürich)
  • 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, Manchester (UK))
  • Transaero (Moscow-Domodedovo)
  • Volga-Dnepr Airlines (Moscow)
  • 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.

  • Air Canada (Boston, Chicago-O'Hare, Denver, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Newark, New York-LaGuardia, Orlando, San Francisco, Tampa, Washington-Dulles, Washington-Reagan)
  • Air Transat (Fort Lauderdale, Orlando)
  • American Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami, New York-JFK)
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Canadian Customs Hall. Over 2000 people pass through it every hour.

Domestic Terminal

  • Air Canada (Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Moncton, Ottawa, Toronto-Pearson, Winnipeg, Vancouver)
    • Air Canada Jazz (Bagotville, Baie-Comeau, Bathurst, Charlottetown, Deer Lake, Fredericton, Gaspé, Halifax, Hamilton, Iles de La Madeleine, London (ON), Moncton, Mont-Joli, Ottawa, Quebec City, Rouyn-Noranda, Saint John, St. John's, Sydney (NS), Toronto-City Centre, Toronto-Pearson, 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, Ottawa, Toronto)
  • First Air (Kuujjuaq)
  • Westjet (Calgary, Toronto, Winnipeg, Vancouver)

Former airlines

In the past, this airport was also served by:

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 aircraft 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.

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

Incidents

November 29, 1963: McDonnell Douglas DC-8 stalled on takeoff. All 118 lives were lost on board. It was the first crash of an Air Canada flight and was one of the worst air disasters in Canadian history.

On June 2nd 1982, Maintenance crews accidentally left the centre fuel pumps running during maintenance on an Air Canada McDonnell Douglas DC-9, causing the pumps to overheat and ignite the fuel, leading to an explosion. No one was injured.

Air India Flight 182 - Kanishka was blown up mid-flight on 23 June, 1985 by a bomb on board the plane. The flight was on the first leg on its Montreal-London-Delhi-Bombay (Mumbai) flight when it exploded off the coast of Ireland. The plane debris fell into the Atlantic Ocean. All 307 passengers and 22 crew on board the plane were killed. After the incident, Air-India suspended all services to Canada, which resumed 20 years after the incident in 2005, but not to Montreal. However, this flight used to fly out of Montreal-Mirabel International Airport, not Trudeau.

See also

References

  • Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
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