Congrats To Porter Airlines

The mayor is flummoxed because this business endeavor will piss off the island squatters but he refuses to recognize the positive impacts....

* less traffic on Gardner and Hwy 27
* a subway token will get you to Ottawa, Montreal, etc. instead of a $50 taxi ride to Pearson
* jobs for Torontonians at Downsview....this will make local workers as happy as those in Thunder Bay.

Airport fight takes off

Sep. 27, 2006. 05:06 AM

JIM BYERS AND RICK WESTHEAD

STAFF REPORTERS

Porter Airlines' final government approval for 10 flights a day out of the Toronto Island airport is the thin edge of what may well be a very large wedge that could ruin the city's waterfront, Toronto Mayor David Miller warned yesterday.The company announced it had received final approvals from the Canadian Transportation Agency for its Island Airport plans and that it would start next month with 10 round-trip Toronto-Ottawa flights every weekday, plus undisclosed weekend service. But Miller suggested that could grow by a factor of 15 or more.

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