Billy Bishop Airport

• Ontario ‘taking over’ Toronto’s island airport, will compensate city

  The future of Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport has been a subject of much debate since Ford began referencing polling his government had done about expanding its runway.

  Canada

  Mar 10
  
• Pre-border clearance for U.S. flights coming to Toronto Island Airport

  A pre-clearance facility will open at the Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport to allow people heading to the U.S. to complete their customs process before they take off.

  Canada

  Mar 9
  
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• Premier wants to see ‘gold mine’ airport in downtown Toronto expanded for jets

  Doug Ford said he'd seen polling to support expanding the Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport to include a bigger runway for larger jet engines.

  Politics

  Feb 27
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• Air Canada to launch U.S. routes from Toronto island airport, toe to toe with Porter

  Air Canada plans to launch flights to the U.S. out of Toronto's island airport in a bid for business passengers that marks a direct challenge to rival Porter Airlines.

  Canada

  Oct 23, 2025
• Toronto island airport lease extended to 2045

  Toronto city council is granting the island airport a lease extension that would keep the hub open for at least another two decades.

  Canada

  Oct 10, 2024
• Toronto’s handling of ferry crashes raises questions

  In the past decade there have been eight incidents involving the city’s ferries, but only one of those has yielded a full-scale investigation from the Transportation Safety Board.

  Politics

  Sep 14, 2024
• People of interest detained and released after potential explosive device at Toronto airport destroyed

  Toronto Police said officers responded to a call for a suspicious package at Toronto's island airport ferry terminal in the downtown just before 4 p.m. on Saturday.

  Canada

  Oct 23, 2022
• Flights resume at Toronto’s Billy Bishop Airport after controlled explosion

  Toronto police said in a tweet that a "suspicious package" was being investigated in an incident that was reported at around 3:49 p.m. on Saturday. 

  Canada

  Oct 22, 2022
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• Pierre Poilievre wants runway at Toronto Island airport extended

  Conservative leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre says he wants to see the runway at the Toronto Island airport expanded so that jets can fly in and out of downtown Toronto.

  Politics

  Jul 21, 2022
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• Half of domestic flights to Canada’s big airports delayed, cancelled last week

  More than half of all domestic flights bound for Canada's six biggest airports were cancelled or delayed from June 22-28, according to an analytics firm.

  Consumer

  Jun 29, 2022