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Montreal had a different sort of airport fiasco in the 1960s and 70s: Mirabel Airport was supposed to replace the Dorval Airport as the "Eastern Gateway to Cana
by troymc 11y ago
Montreal had a different sort of airport fiasco in the 1960s and 70s: Mirabel Airport was supposed to replace the Dorval Airport as the "Eastern Gateway to Canada" for human travellers.
Today, Mirabel is mostly a cargo airport. And the terminal is being demolished...
Meanwhile, Dorval was expanded several times. Also, it was renamed the Trudeau airport.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montr%C3%A9al%E2%80%93Mirabel_International_Airport https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montr%C3%A9al%E2%80%93Mirabel_...
- betaby 11y agoLooks like it's perfect time to stop expanding Dorval airport and concentrate on Mirabel future. Montreal area is growing, number of flights is growing. Important reason why Mirabel can't be used efficiently - is a lack of railway connection to it. If Mirabel were reachable by train there would be flights from it. And terminal wan't be demolished by the way, there is big push back for that.
- troymc 11y agoAccording to news reports, the Mirabel terminal demolition began in November 2014: http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/mirabel-airports-vacant-parking-and-terminal-reduced-to-rubble http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/mirabel-airports-...