Porter Airlines' Montreal Expansion Draws Comparison to Mirabel's Failure
A look at how Porter Airlines is expanding at Montreal's second airport while the city still lives with the legacy of Mirabel, which opened in 1975 and never met expectations.
Montreal has lived with the fallout from one of aviation's most cited planning errors for fifty years. Mirabel Airport opened in 1975 as a large international gateway. It was built to handle tens of millions of passengers and eventually take over from the city's existing airport.
Travellers stayed away from its distant site. Airlines found split operations difficult. The airport fell far short of the traffic it had been built for.
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- simpleflying.comHow Porter Airlines Is Building Montreal's 2nd Airport Without Repeating A $30 Billion Disaster