Transport committee  We have a new CEO at Toronto Pearson. Some of you have had the opportunity to meet with Deborah Flint. She came to us from LAX. Deborah never stops thinking about how we can pivot and innovate towards a better future, and how our industry needs to change. One thing she wanted t

Transport committee  Come on....

Transport committee  I can speak to some of the travel impacts we've seen in other jurisdictions. It is very fluid. Countries have introduced different travel restrictions. For example, we know that some airports in the United States, in key hubs, were only down as much as 50% to 70%. We know that in

Transport committee  If you go back to your question about the impacts on passenger numbers, passenger confidence and passenger confusion contributes to lower passenger numbers. That is not to say it is not important for all Canadians to respect our efforts to battle COVID. We believe they should. We

Transport committee  Thanks to COVID, of course.

Transport committee  I guess I'll start off by saying that COVID has created an incredibly difficult situation as we're all trying to balance our business interests with the need to protect public health. From that perspective, I can understand why decisions are being made. These aren't decisions t

Transport committee  Number one, Bob Deluce is here, and he's a fantastic spokesperson for the industry, so more questions for Bob.... Number two, our industry is saying that it could take as long as three to four years to recover and to return to 2019 levels. That was our last forecast, but with t

Transport committee  Good afternoon, everyone. On behalf of the GTAA, my colleague Ian and I are happy to be here to present to you today. I guess I can start by saying this on behalf of the entire aviation industry—some of whom are represented here—and possibly everyone in Canada: COVID sucks. Whi

Transport committee  I guess what I want to say in particular is that, for many months, we've been asking the federal government to waive rent for 2020 and 2021. The government waived rent for 2020 and has offered a deferral for 2021. In the interest of getting through this very difficult period, w

Transport committee  Actually, in regard to Toronto Pearson, I don't know what information you're going on at this point—

Transport committee  We've done more recent studies, where we've brought our landing fees down over the last seven years by about 30% and have held them steady. We fall in the mid-range on airport improvement fees among Canadian airports, so we're certainly heading in the right direction. We have lo

Transport committee  There would probably be a number of factors on which we'd like to call ourselves the best airport in the world. For example, in terms of passenger service, just this year we were recognized as the best large airport in North America for passenger service, as voted on by passeng

Transport committee  I'd say it's co-operation. We haven't poached cargo traffic from Hamilton. I'm not sure what that refers to. However, we do have a market that many carriers want to be as close to as possible. Understandably, they make a choice. We can't force the carriers to go and operate at a

Transport committee  I guess I'd start by saying that there are many types of traffic that comes in during the night. There are about 50 to 53 flights that come in at present during the nighttime hours. A small number of them are cargo flights. About 1% of the night movements would be related to carg

Transport committee  Is there any relationship among the 10 recommendations? We believe that the recommendations, taken together—whether they're for insulation, a quieter fleet incentive program, changes in reporting or changes in the noise committee—should help us move forward toward international