Transport committee  It is true that we are an airport that is currently in a residential community, and we are actively involved in an outreach program to ensure they're aware of everything that goes on in Mount Hope airport. Future development around the airport is definitely zoned. There's the ai

Transport committee  Discussions with our cargo partners have just commenced on understanding what their future needs are going to be, as they are all assessing the facilities they have in Hamilton. We've been working very closely with the Hamilton Port Authority and with the City of Hamilton on obt

Transport committee  Public transit, getting to and from the airport, is definitely on our priority list. The Hamilton airport is actually owned by the City of Hamilton and under private management by the Tradeport International Corporation. We once had an ownership with the Vancouver Port Authority,

Transport committee  To address the question, the investment of infrastructure would be holistic within the intermodal opportunities as well as the airport infrastructure directly. I am here today representing the John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport. Given the future growth opportunities tha

Transport committee  One of the interesting observations we have been discussing recently is about aerospace manufacturing. We have two firms that are very interested in locating in Hamilton, and connecting to that supply chain is absolutely key for them. They were very intrigued and interested in t

Transport committee  Montreal sneaked in there as number three in 2017. We were number three until that time, yes.

Transport committee  The ground network is very key. We have a cargo centre, a common-use facility, that helps enable the movement of goods through the airport. There are times when goods don't even travel by air. They arrive at the airport; they may get sorted and then they go back out on a truck he

Transport committee  They connect internationally, into Hamilton out of Cincinnati in the U.S. It's a very critical decision, and it could mean that Pearson airport is a better choice or perhaps their global strategy won't take off. It is a decision that will be made in Germany about choosing a glob

Transport committee  They're not currently serving anything in Asia. Their growth plans are looking into that. They have 55 interline and codeshare agreements with other carriers around the world, so they may be point-to-point delivering something into the U.K. and then maybe connecting directly into

Transport committee  We're seeing an increase in day flights and night flights, with the growth in both passenger and cargo activity. We have capacity to deal with much more at the airport with the right infrastructure in place. We're not constrained today, by any means, with the amount of product th

Transport committee  The significant improvements by all of our cargo partners are seeing the need to increase the amount of technology they actually have to operate their businesses. Most of our carriers, such as DHL, UPS and Cargojet—Cargojet is also handling all the goods for Canada Post, Purolato

Transport committee  Hamilton is actually the largest dedicated overnight express cargo airport in Canada. We're currently third or fourth in Canada when it comes to overall general cargo that's moving. We don't move cargo in the bellies of passenger aircraft. All of the dedicated cargo operators in

Transport committee  Thank you. Good afternoon, Madam Chair and members of the committee. My name is Cathie Puckering. I am president and CEO of the John C. Munroe Hamilton International Airport. I hope this day has been informative, and I'm very fortunate to have the opportunity to add to the conv

Transport committee  I'm proud to say that we're the fastest-growing airport in North America. Almost 600,000 passengers flew from Hamilton last year, an outstanding increase of 80% thanks to the market stimulation being created by the entrance of low-cost air carriers. The federal government has rec