THE TORONTO AND MONTREAL AVIATION MARKETS - A TALE OF TWO CITIES

In the 1960s, Montreal and Toronto were Canada's two largest cities, with the aviation passenger market at Toronto approximately 18% higher than Montreal's. By 1995, the number of passengers handled at Toronto's L.B. Pearson International exceeded the passengers handled at Montreal's Dorval and Mirabel airports by 160%. This paper will examine the possible reasons for the differences in the aviation passenger growth in these two key Canadian markets. While many factors have been cited in the past, ranging from government policies, multiple airports and airport access infrastructure, this analysis will pay particular attention to the major socioeconomic variables used in airport passenger forecasting by Transport Canada, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and others to see if they help explain the different growth patterns.

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  University of Saskatchewan, Canada

  Saskatoon, Saskatchewan  Canada  S7N 0W0
• Authors:
  • Baldwin, G G
• Conference:
  • Transportation: Emerging Realities. Canadian Transportation Research Forum, Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference
  • Location: Toronto, Canada
  • Date: 1997-5-25 to 1997-5-28
• Publication Date: 1997

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 211-221
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Saskatchewan University, Canada
  • Publisher: University of Saskatchewan, Canada
  • ISSN: 1183-2770

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aviation; Market development; Market dominance; Market share; Passenger service; Socioeconomic factors
• Geographic Terms: Montreal (Canada); Toronto (Canada)
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Economics; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00797430
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 6 2000 12:00AM