Toronto Pearson International Airport

Canadian airports receive $77M for cargo projects

Transport Canada is funding $77 million worth of new cargo infrastructure at airports in Toronto and Ottawa.

The money comes from the National Trade Corridors Fund, a competitive, merit-based program designed to develop transportation infrastructure that supports domestic and international trade. 

The agency in July announced it will provide $69 million to Toronto Pearson International Airport to build a cargo terminal on the south side and a parking apron for freighters on the northern end.

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Toronto airport plans to convert offices into cargo facility

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MIAMI — Toronto Pearson International Airport is pursuing $136 million in funding from the Canadian...

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Loonie tune: Air cargo to O’Hare being routed through Toronto

Air Canada Cargo lettering on side of building with some pine trees in foreground.

Logistics companies looking for ways to avoid crushing congestion at Chicago O’Hare airport have resorted to yet another workaround: putting shipments on Air Canada passenger freighters to Toronto and then trucking them to their Windy City facilities.

Air Canada (OTCUS: AC) was one of the first airlines to pivot to dedicated cargo flights when COVID-19 decimated passenger flying. It even removed seats from seven twin-aisle Boeing 777s and Airbus A330 planes to create extra space for light cargo...

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