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lookin good.

OK , I posted this in the Toronto forum.
But it belongs here, too.
Apr. 3, 2004. 01:00 AM
TONY BOCK/TORONTO STAR
From here to the air
Absolutely gorgeous, airy and bright — test passenger gives new terminal enthusiastic thumbs-up Pearson's $4.4 billion

KEVIN MCGRAN
TRANSPORTATION REPORTER

The first thing that impressed Ken Bilton when he entered Pearson's new Terminal 1 was its size.

"I find it very, very large," says Bilton. "It's beautiful. It's absolutely gorgeous and airy. It's not like most airports where you feel almost closed in. This has got skylights and, boy, is it very bright."

Bilton, 77, got a sneak peak over the winter as one of thousands of test passengers. They put the new terminal building through its paces, giving the Greater Toronto Airports Authority an idea of how well this new $3.6 billion edifice will work.

"It was just great," says Bilton. "It's got a good feeling about it."

Those are just the kind of comments Lou Turpen wants to hear.

When the president of the GTAA talks about the importance of the new building, he talks not about serving airlines, but of serving Toronto.

"We set out to build a very functional terminal building, a building which would work very well in this community and in this climatic environment," says Turpen. "I will tell you this, this building has exceeded all of my expectations. This is a great building."

At a total estimated cost of $4.415 billion, the remodelling of Pearson airport is the most expensive infrastructure project in Canadian history. The project, financed through bonds and fees being charged to airlines and passengers, still has years before completion. Old Terminal 1 will be demolished by October to make room for new piers to bring capacity up to 50 million passengers annually.

Ultimately, the airport authority's aim is to position Toronto as the gateway to North America, not just the gateway to Canada.

"It's a natural for people going to Europe or other places to come to change planes," says Barbara Walsh, owner of Compass Rose Travel and a member of the board of directors of the Association of Canadian Travel Agents. "But with an old facility, it wasn't going to happen."

It will happen if Air Canada's plans pan out. A large part of the carrier's recovery plan, if it emerges from bankruptcy protection, is aggressive marketing to Americans searching for less clogged hubs for overseas travel. About 40 per cent of Pearson travellers — some 10 million last year — are just passing through en route to other destinations, a number expected to rise significantly.

One huge market that has opened up for Air Canada in the post 9/11 world is South America. The United States requires visas for South American travellers who are transferring in the U.S. to flights overseas. Canada doesn't have the same rule and allows connecting passengers to land without visas.

"Clearly, we do not see a lot of growth opportunity within Canada," says Bill Bredt, Air Canada's vice-president of network and revenue management. "Where we do is Latin America and the Caribbean."

Air Canada has either beefed up services or plans new services to Brazil, Chile, Peru, Argentina and Venezuela.

"The city of Toronto gains by getting service to routes where previously they would have connected in a U.S. gateway," says Bredt.

"The city is getting daily service to these markets."

Air Canada is the main tenant of the new terminal, having won a legal battle with the airport authority over exclusive use of the 14 main gates. The authority had wanted to put its prized new tenant, WestJet, in the new terminal when it switches from Hamilton's airport later this month. Barring further legal challenges, WestJet will operate out of Terminal 2 in space vacated by Air Canada, which moves all operations except "transborder" flights to the United States to the new terminal.

Passengers heading overseas on Air Canada's "Star Alliance" partners, such as Lufthansa and Varig, will report to the new Terminal 1 for luggage check-in and Customs but they will be bused for their flight to the infield terminal, a temporary facility built for international flights during redevelopment.

Air Canada hopes the expected efficiencies — cutting time between plane transfers and a user- friendly building — will help its international marketing. But one huge hurdle remains the federal government's security policy.

Currently, all "transiting" foreign passengers are required to get their bags and go through Customs, a process that slows down connections.

"Our goal here into making Toronto a prime world hub is to reduce the time it takes for international passengers to connect through Pearson," says Bredt.

Analysts see the airport expansion as a huge opportunity for the Greater Toronto Area.

"A new terminal represents new gates, which represent new flight opportunities and new flight opportunities are really quite critical to a city's economic well-being, especially a city of this size and image of Toronto," says Mo Garfinkle, president of GCW Consulting.

Pearson and its related industries support 130,000 jobs in the GTA. That translates to $4.1 billion in wages and $14.7 billion in business revenue.

`Every new dollar that comes into Toronto goes through that airport.'

Councillor Brian Ashton, chair of the city's economic development committee

Turpen believes Toronto can do better than it is. Pearson ranks 29th in the world in passenger traffic, 27th in airline movements and it isn't even in the top 50 for cargo tonnage.

Fully maximizing airport use when expansion is complete — doubling the passengers landing and taking off from today's 26 million a year — can only boost Toronto's economic future.

"Every new dollar that comes into Toronto goes through that airport," says Councillor Brian Ashton (Ward 36, Scarborough Southwest), chair of the city's economic development committee. "Investors coming will have to go through that airport. It's their first look at Toronto."

Toronto, he says, is the ideal location for a major international hub. Connecting here via the polar route can save airlines up to five hours and up to $50,000 per trip. And Toronto is within a five-hour flight of any city in North America.

"We have these short-haul flights into one of the richest financial breadbaskets in the U.S.," says Ashton. "People like doing business face-to-face, so the American market is where we're going to make a lot of advances by having a decent airport that works."

Melanie Marie Morris, the authority's manager of logistics, will play a big part in making it all work. With more than 70,000 airport employees from the airlines, aviation support, passenger services, retail, food and beverage, and the federal government, it's a huge job.

Operating behind the scenes with their own elevators and underground network, the logistics crew will co-ordinate all airport deliveries to reduce conflict with passenger movement.

"We might have 3,000 cases of Coke that's intended for 60 different addresses inside the terminal building," says Morris. "We do that breakdown at the logistics centre and mark out a route and send it to an appropriate dock."

In the end, the new terminal's success will depend on how well the architects and builders did their jobs. Lloyd McCoomb, the authority's vice-president of planning and development, is confident they got it right.

"People are anxious when they're flying," says McCoomb. "They're leaving something, or going to something, there's happiness or sadness. They're pre-occupied, they're unfamiliar. There's a special obligation on planners to understand and make the airport as straightforward and obvious a process as possible."

The early returns are promising. The approach by road, for example, should be simple. The airport authority bought a portion of Highway 409 from the province to simplify the route.

"Previously, in the old road system, you drive in and you drive by Terminal 2 — you're actually at one point driving away from it — you swing around and drive in front of it and you drive back and finally you get there. It's totally counter-intuitive," says McCoomb.

"The roads have been changed; it's a straight drive in and a straight drive out. ... Your anxiety level right away is reduced."

Parking should also be a snap, with a sophisticated guidance system pointing drivers to the nearest available parking space. And the purpose of all that glass becomes obvious once inside — look ahead and you'll see airplanes and loading gates.

"The intent is a straight flow from the city out," says McCoomb. "You're moving always toward the airplane."

The same applies to baggage check-ins, which are set up more like aisles — perpendicular to the wall — to stay with the flow instead of blocking the directional view. "You're just pulled right out to the pier," says McCoomb. "You come out and you're up high. You see everything; you look down at everything. You see the airplanes, you know what to do, out you go. It's very intuitive."

It also adds up to a lot of walking, something Bilton, the pretend passenger during the winter tests, didn't have to do. Because he has Parkinson's and a balance problem, the GTAA provided him with a wheelchair with an attendant.

"I really don't envy people who had to walk. It's very long. Oh boy, is there ever a lot of walking," says Bilton, who gave the terminal high marks for access.

Moving sidewalks will help. And the pier to the gates will be filled with retail shops — stops along the way, like a city street — to make it more like a stroll than a journey.

Passengers are expected to shave about 15 minutes off their travel time because of the efficiencies in the building.

The new terminal replaces a building, opened in 1964, which was out of date by the time the jumbo jet appeared in the late 1960s and almost untenable based on today's security needs.

"I'd love to be the person who pushes the plunger when they blow up Terminal 1," says Ashton. "I have flown out of Toronto next to people who said: `That terminal was horrible, I hate coming to this city.'

"And they weren't wrong. It's just so important. It's like your front door. If the front door of your house is falling off, nobody's coming to your dinner party."

On Tuesday, Toronto's new front door opens.

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Apr. 3, 2004. 01:00 AM
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'New' airport takes big first step
Terminal 1 to be followed by more development

Moving day looms for Air Canada staff and crews

KEVIN MCGRAN
TRANSPORTATION REPORTER

If you're driving someone to Terminal 1 on Monday, just follow the "T1" signs and you'll arrive at that quaint, but outdated building that opened in 1964.

If you're doing the same thing Tuesday, follow the "T1" signs and you'll arrive at a gleaming, sophisticated, user-friendly $3.6 billion building on its first day of operation.

Officials at the Greater Toronto Airports Authority, which has staked $4.415 billion in redeveloping Pearson International Airport, and Air Canada, the main tenant in the new facility, hope years of planning, months of orientation, and countless hours fretting over the most minute details pay off in a seamless transition.

"People shouldn't get tense about it," says John Segaert, Air Canada's general manager of hub development. "If all you know is ... what terminal to arrive at, it's all you need to know. When you get here, there'll be a sign saying, `Check in here,' and `Your flight's over there.'"

It's simple enough for the passenger, but behind the scenes, it's been anything but.

Consider that Air Canada will have only a few hours to move the last of its equipment, from old Terminal 1 and on the ground, to the new terminal to start first thing in the morning.

"We've made five moves over a three-week period," says Segaert, noting that most were in groups of 500 pieces of office furniture. But Tuesday's different. "We have 500 pieces of ground equipment that have to be moved overnight."

But Air Canada can't just take a baggage loading trailer and park it somewhere. Among the worries are moving bridges, aircraft traffic and employee safety.

"It was a few people doing lots and lots of planning to pull that off," he says. In fact, on the initial run-through, it didn't work. "The first time we did it, we couldn't fit the ground equipment on the ramp. We went to other airports, United Airlines in Chicago, and they gave us tips on how to do it."

That's only one aspect of the business. With 12,000 Air Canada employees (including flight crews) about to call the new Terminal 1 home, the dynamics of the changes are astounding. Ticket agents worry about the ergonomics of their counters; baggage handlers are concerned about the speed and noise of the baggage belts. Systems analysts worry about running Air Canada's reservation system on new computers.

`Everything ... had to go through a process: proposition, design, development, execution and test, test, test, test, test.'

John Segaert, Air Canada's general manager of hub development

"There's just a thousand different activities; everything that we've done, each had to go through a process: proposition, design, development, execution and test, test, test, test, test.

"From the customer's perspective, things are going to look much the same: They'll go to a check-in counter and they'll get their bag out the other end," says Segaert. "But the logistics behind it to support it is incredible."

Lloyd McCoomb, the vice-president of planning and development for the GTAA, had the bigger-picture responsibility of overseeing the redevelopment of the airport overtop itself. The authority had to build a new terminal without disrupting the 26 million passengers or the traffic at the old terminals.

McCoomb's favourite analogy is that of a child's tableau game, with numbers 1-15 all jumbled up. By moving one piece at a time, you eventually get everything in order.

"You just can't tear this building down and start to build. You have to do this in a sequential fashion,'' says McCoomb.

Looking at an overview of the airport, he explains he wanted to put the new terminal where the cargo space was. So the cargo space had to move to the infield between the runways, which involved building a 598-metre tunnel beneath a runway. That meant moving the firehall, police station, training centre and maintenance buildings from the infield to a spot occupied by a hangar.

"You can't allow a $4 million hangar to stand in the way of a $4 billion project," says McCoomb. "So you do $35 million worth of work to enable us to do $400 million worth of work which allows us to do $3.5 billion worth of work. It kind of builds sequentially."

When it opens, new Terminal 1 will be an easy-to-use and bright first impression for the traveller to Toronto. But it only replaces old Terminal 1, so the airport will be able to handle roughly the same number of passengers as now, about 26 million a year.

But by October,the old terminal will be demolished to make room for a new pier, greatly expanding the airport's capacity.

Still, passengers will likely judge the success of the new terminal, not on its brightness, or the neat signs, but on whether their luggage arrives.

That explains why the baggage handling machines have been put through test after test after test.

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Apr. 3, 2004. 01:00 AM
Artistic visions inspire flights of fancy
The great halls of airports have become the latest hot art sites, attracting even established names

Some hope the colour

PETER GODDARD
VISUAL ARTS CRITIC

Jaume Pensa looks down from the balcony across the cavernous baggage hall in the new Terminal 1, at his sculpture As One... (2001-2003), a sinuous scrawl of neon lettering high overhead the exits leading to the arrivals area — his scrawl of neon lettering.

Based in Paris and Barcelona, Pensa is already an international art star, if not yet that widely known to the public. His sculpture can be found in major sites from Korea to Israel. He's recognized for his innovative use of new media. And he looks the part, with the sort of intense, leading-man, movie-star good looks, sort of Al Pacino with a hint of Frank Gehry.

So why now does he have a killer smile on his face because his latest work can be found — do we understand this correctly? — in the baggage hall of an airport? Over the exit routes? In Toronto?

Who looks at art dashing out of an airport in Toronto? Well, soon just about everybody.

"There, look," Pensa says as his enormous horizontal Babel of words pops out in a staccato of light across his 130-metre-long sign that's 4 metres high. Here, he hopes, will be a diversion for the travel-weary passenger worrying that the missing Samsonite bag may have just landed in Toledo or Topeka or even Tuscaloosa but, quite bloody evidently, not here in Toronto.

Pensa's enormous twirl of neon tubing, bi-coloured glass against metal plates supported by stainless steel rods, is a jumble of letters made up from the names of the world's continents. After they flutter and flash a bit, the jumble sorts itself out to name each continent. Here's a puzzle that solves itself for anyone with the time to watch.

Airports are the latest hot art site sought after not just by art's arriving stars, but also by the A-list of established figures like Sol LeWitt, whose eye-testing acrylic painting Wall Drawing #1100, Concentric Bands, 29.3 metres in circumference, stretches across the space where the "Welcome To Canada" sign would go. In Toronto, it's welcome to primary colours.

Pick an airport at random, and you'll find it practically bursting with pride with the art that has found a home there in recent years. And we're not necessarily talking about major airports either. The Phoenix Sky Harbour International Airport has some 200 pieces of art. The Palm Springs International Airport has installed four glass bowls by glass artist Dale Chihuly, each worth close to $100,000 (Cdn). When the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport's new international terminal opens next year, it will have some 27 pieces of art worth about $8.5 million.

But make no mistake about art in airports. It's there to connect emotionally with the observer. Whatever its worth as art, it's meant to have some therapeutic value for the already stressed-out passenger, either to chill out jittery nerves or be a part of revved up expectations.

In theory, the airport is perfect for art with so many people having not much more to do than stare at the walls. In reality, however, this is not the case. You arrive at the airport already overloaded with emotion, with anything from frazzled nerves to dizzying expectations. Like a hospital, an airport's bland coldness houses a lot of raw feeling.

Airport art is also meant to bring you down to earth with

a reassuring calm
So the thinking at Terminal 1 is somewhat more than art for art's sake although Elsa Cameron, the project's San Francisco-based consultant, clearly has aimed for quality if not nearly enough Canadian content. There is, however, the Toronto art couple, Susan Schelle and Mark Gomes, represented by Jetstream (2003), a soaring, 66-metre-long metal sculpture that looks like an abstract weather map suspended in the sky. And Swiss-born Canadian artist Ingeborg Jürgensen Hiscox has Skyward (2003), a sort of skyscape filled with barely discernible letters and symbols.

Airport art is also meant to bring you down to earth with a reassuring calm like Jonathan Borofsky's I Dreamed I Could Fly (2003), a cheerful dance of brightly coloured acrylic figures floating high above airport security. Or it's meant to be a distraction, like Earthbound ... Unbound (2003), an aquarium-like tank of water filled by German lighting designer Ingo Maurer with translucent cubes pushed around by air streams. Not likely to change the direction of installation art — or even fish tanks, for that matter — Earthbound will be a kid-friendly eye-catcher coming just after everyone has waited in line for their tickets.

Prestige plays a role in where the work goes. Richard Serra, one of the biggest names in the Terminal 1 lineup, will get pride of place for his sculpture when it's installed in about two years in the main terminal near the international flights.

In contrast, young Windsor artist Robert Charles Coyle finds his Flight Song (2001-2003), a flock of sculpted paper planes and one of the few works to follow the project's guideline to artists of having each piece be flight-related, way the heck out in one of the far-flung arms where passengers wait.

Not that he's complaining. "I'm told you can see them from the air," Coyle says.

Most of the pieces in the $10 million Greater Toronto Airports Authority collection catch you when you least expect them, and maybe when you need them most. Several works commissioned for the old Terminal 1 in the 1960s are being installed at the new Terminal 1, including pieces by Michael Snow and Harold Town and the Baffin Island inukshuks outside.

Katharina Grosse is a German artist who's experimented over the years with colour projected across great expanses of space. With her Untitled (2003) at the new Terminal 1, she's sprayed a sunburst blast of colour on the pale walls high over the Air Canada gates — an emotional picker-upper before you take flight with the plastic cutlery and the no-frills realities of modern air travel.

Pensa has his own private reasons to be pleased about the placement of his work.

"Because I've been there," he says, nodding down to the baggage area and the surveillance screens beyond. With all the flights he takes, he knows the forbidding pressure coming from so much surveillance and scrutiny. "I know what it feels like," he says.

pgoddard@thestar.ca

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Apr. 3, 2004. 10:02 AM
DAVID COOPER/TORONTO STAR
The unblinking eye of a video camera awaits passengers in the new Terminal 1 where security was made a priority in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the U.S.
10,000 lenses looking at you
Spectre of 9/11 raises concerns about security
Every piece of luggage to be fully screened

BOB MITCHELL
STAFF REPORTER

Look suspicious and chances are somebody will be watching you very, very closely if you're at Pearson International Airport's new Terminal 1.

As many as 10,000 cameras will be aimed and ready when the terminal opens for business on Tuesday.

Travellers will be watched from the moment they enter the parking garage to the time they board their plane, security officials say.

Even before the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001, plans were in place for the new terminal to have state-of-the art security measures. But airport officials are reluctant to discuss the specifics of security.

"The less people know about what we have the harder it will be for them to break through," says Brian Lackey, vice-president of airport operations. "We've tried to make our security measures as invisible as possible."

Lackey admits that after the terrorist attacks, "significant" security enhancements were made, making the new Terminal 1 one of the most secure transportation hubs in the world.

"We have what I would call a premier security program," Lackey says. "This airport has a security program that meets and in many cases exceeds the requirements of Transport Canada for aviation security.

"We have assessed the relative risks and have taken the appropriate security measures. If we receive intelligence information that risks are higher, then we have plans in place."

This heightened security won't have teams of armed SWAT officers patrolling the terminal, although Peel police's special airport unit is ready to move at a moment's notice.

"If there is a major incident, we have the ability to bring more police into a particular part of the airport," Lackey says.

Virtually every area of the massive new terminal will be monitored around the clock by cameras — some hidden, others more noticeable — capable of zooming in on the faces of travellers. Many are located high above the public, hidden in the ceilings above the promenades.

Operators sitting in a large central command centre filled with monitors will scan various sites in the airport for unusual activities ranging from pickpockets to security concerns.

Some of the cameras also have recording devices. "It gives us the ability to revisit an area if an alarm has been signalled," Lackey says. "We can see virtually every part of the terminal, and certainly all of the sensitive areas."

As well, every piece of luggage placed on a plane will now be fully screened through a multi-step scanning system that combines manual and electronic surveillance with x-ray and bomb detection equipment.

If something is detected, the passenger will be asked to explain what the security monitors have discovered and they'll likely have to open their luggage.

"All of the bags will be very, very thoroughly screened," Lackey says. "If there is any question, the bag will not get on the plane."

Lackey said before 9/11, airport officials had planned to have all international luggage screened but now all baggage will be electronically screened.

A random screening program for non-passengers and airport employees such as refuelers, flight crews, caterers, flight groomers, maintenance and ground handlers has been introduced at Pearson for restricted areas.

These measures will be enhanced at the new terminal.

Despite GTAA efforts to maximize security precautions at Terminal 1, federal Auditor-General Sheila Fraser offered severe criticisms this week of Canada's anti-terror efforts at airports and border crossings.

In her report, Fraser called for an investigation into the 4,500 people working at five major airports who have criminal associations but are allowed access to aircraft and cargo areas, according to RCMP records checked by auditor-general researchers but unavailable to airport officials running background checks on potential employees.

"These matters are serious and need to be addressed," the report said.

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Apr. 3, 2004. 01:00 AM
Travellers to get taste of Toronto
Stores themed by neighbourhoods

90% located beyond security

TRACY HUFFMAN
STAFF REPORTER

You've arrived at the airport 90 minutes early as required, your bags are checked and you've gone through security.

In most terminals, you'd be bored, stuck in a chair staring at the departures screen. But the new Terminal 1 is designed to give travellers a final taste of the city and an opportunity to shop within minutes of boarding their plane.

"We wanted a theme and we wanted it to reflect the city's multiculturalism," says Dan Driedzic, senior manager of concessions for the Greater Toronto Airports Authority. "This is a city of neighbourhoods."

Once the theme was developed, the authority put the call out to retail stores and food and beverage providers. What came back far exceeded the authority's expectations.

"We want the stores to play a supporting role to the theme, rather than being the theme," says Jack Gaum, director of properties and concessions for the GTAA.

After checking into the bright, airy new terminal, passengers can stop by the Beaches for an espresso, hop into the Streetcar for a magazine or swing by The Exchange — wallpapered with newspaper pages — and read the up-to-date ticker tape.

The entire retail area — 90 per cent of it is in the secure area after passengers have checked in and cleared security — was designed with the city of Toronto and its diversity in mind. The placement of shops and restaurants on the secure side allows passengers to get through the check-in process with few distractions, Driedzic says.

"In some ways it is flagrantly Toronto. Other times it is more subtle."

The shopping area comprises 22 "neighbourhoods," each with a theme reflecting the city's many communities. One food court is called Kensington Market and features cuisine from Europe, the Caribbean, the Middle East, South America and Asia.

Another area is called Watermark, encouraging passengers to sink into a plush chair and read while a waterfall quietly gurgles in the background.

TSX — ties, socks and accessories — caters to business travellers. And there's a convenience store called Streetcar with the feel of stepping into a Red Rocket that also sells maps of the city's streetcar lines and photographs of popular landmarks.

"We want passengers to relax, enjoy the culture of the city at the airport," Gaum says.

`We want passengers to relax, enjoy the culture of the city at the airport.'

Jack Gaum, GTAA official

Passengers can also take in a little shopping at Roots, Sunglass Hut or Lush.

"We're pleased to have Roots on board," says Driedzic. "Roots is known internationally as being truly Canadian. It's a good identifier."

Prices of merchandise and food won't be jacked up at this terminal, Gaum says.

Everything must be priced as it would in any other store in the city as part of the leasing agreement.

"Mystery shoppers" hired by the GTAA will police the stores to ensure prices are not being raised and that the quality of the products is not being compromised.

Various souvenirs are available in Destination Toronto, a store featuring several retailers including the Sandra Ainsley Gallery, Hockey Hall of Fame and Oakley Active Apparel.

The Arts and Letters Café, named for the downtown Toronto club that began catering to artists in the early 1900s, includes a bookstore, artwork and seating for relaxed reading and socializing. Display cases will feature the works of local young artists.

Retailers throughout the terminal have incorporated lively colours in the décor and retro-style furniture to make the shopping area fun and relaxing, Gaum says.

"It's about funky, funky, funky," Driedzic adds, noting a multi-coloured tile mosaic in one restaurant and orange and chrome décor in another.

Murals and etched glass reflecting Toronto's cityscape adorn the exterior of many shops.

"We wanted to capture the spirit of the city and celebrate art, music, Toronto's culture and transportation," Gaum says.

The shops spill out of the stores into the common area under canopies, much like a street market in the city.

"It's like having a coffee in an outdoor café or a beer on a patio," Gaum says. "It's meant to be relaxing. ... We're trying to have them (passengers) experience Toronto one more time before they go."

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I was a bit surprised that US-bound flights are not moving to the new terminal. With so many American tourists and business travellers it'd make sense to showcase them the new terminal. Also, international travellers will be inconvenienced with the bus ride to the satellite terminal. They'd probably have more hand-carry luggage and are more tired from a long flight as opposed to the domestic passengers.

Think Narita Terminal 2 in Tokyo....

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looks very spacious and up to date... I like the idea of how they are adding quite a bit of art to make the new terminal more inviting/less stressful.. however i wish they would add some nature.. like what t3 in changi is planning..some aquariums would be nice..i'm pretty sure fish would be more calming and stress-relieving than floating plasitic cubes imho..

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i like this little island!!

Notice in the above picture the terminal in the top right. That's the old T1, which will be demolished soon.

The old terminal one was so... depressing. I took a flight over there on a Wednesday and there wasn't almost anybody!

But hey, tell me, do the international passangers arrive in Terminal 1? No?

Star Alliance (includes Air Canada) international flights use a satellite terminal just off Tnew. Shuttle buses run between the two. Oneworld continues to use Terminal 3, which is a fairly new terminal of about ten years old. US-bound passengers fly out of Terminal 2, which will be demolished in the long-run.

Who's gonna fly from Terminal 1?

Air Canada is mostly flying from it...im not sure who else is.

Air Canada - domestic & international
Air Jamaica
Alitalia
Asiana
Austrian
BMI
Condor / Thomas Cook
Lufthansa
Mexicana
SAS
Varig

There might be a few codehsare airlines in the above list.

but u've just said:

"Star Alliance (includes Air Canada) international flights use a satellite terminal just off Tnew."

The satellite terminal is 'part' of Tnew. Passengers check in at Tnew, go through the building's immigration, then are shuttled by bus to the satellite terminal. Eventually the two old terminals (T1 and T2) will be demolished and Tnew will be finished, removing the need for the satellite terminal.

been to toronto,huge airport and this should just make it better. Man, tons of roads down in that pic.

really nice, the terminal is cool, but the parking and the interchanges (highways) are awesome.


:okay:

http://www.gtaa.com/Images/TerminalNewGallery/images/Aerial.jpg

I really like this interchange. Where is the old terminal 1 in relation to the new terminal? Does anybody have an airport map? Thanks.

The old terminal 1 is the square with the ring around it near the top of the photo.

Woah! That's a huge, confusing intersection or whatever it is!

Yeah there is alot going on but when youre driving on it just follow the signs and you'll be fine.

Here's a map of it all.

http://www.gtaa.com/documents/travellers_visitors/airport_roadway_map.jpg

Old Terminal 1 confuses me completely! I've seen pictures of it almost completely knocked down, back in September, 2004. Now all of a sudden I see that it's back at work, with what looks like a much smaller rooftop parking lot and new gates. What is going on with that? Won't it have to come down for the new International Pier F to be built? Why didn't they just knock it down completely?

It is completely gone except one really small piece because there is a pipe or something underneath it.

The new pier F is underconstruction...these from Dec 20, 04

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/yyzer/Dec20203.jpg

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The old one almost gone
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/yyzer/Dec20205.jpg

Thanks for clearing that up for me!!

Thanks to filipvlasak for giving me the movie on this.

Updated photos. Thank you yyzer from UT.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/yyzer/Mar032005101.jpg

Two floor jetbridge
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Pier E, 10 more "jetbridges" to be added here:
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@Skybean: Thanks for the update.

Is Pier F going to be the sole pier for international flights that aren't to the US? It seems like there's going to be a lot of gate sharing if that's what's going to happen? Or is it just going to be for STAR alliance int'l flights?

thats mississauga city centre in the backround of the two floor jetbridge pic . good pics !

thats mississauga city centre in the backround of the two floor jetbridge pic . good pics !

Mississauga was on a "rate this city" poll about six months ago. I guess the best way to search for it is on Google. :)

From April 19th, 2005

Building the Burj Toronto.. No wait.. It's the new terminal.

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Coming along very nicely, can't wait to see it finished.

@Skybean: That's Pier F right? If it is, it's a monster!! In a good way! When's the scheduled opening of that Beast?

^Yup, that's pier F. Quite a beaut.

The baggage claim and check-in areas of the new terminal 1 building look fabulous!

awesome

Overhead shot of construction...eventually there will also be a third pier.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/yyzer/Apr82005OverheadShot.jpg

So will Terminal 2 be knocked down? It looks like new Terminal 1 would have a concourse that would go right where T2 is. Better yet, does anyone have a "master plan" layout for the whole airfield and passenger terminals? :)

So will Terminal 2 be knocked down? It looks like new Terminal 1 would have a concourse that would go right where T2 is. Better yet, does anyone have a "master plan" layout for the whole airfield and passenger terminals? :)

What an excellent question Cheese Mmmmmmmmmmmm! Here's a rendering of the finished product:

http://www.gtaa.com/images/pearson_terminal_dev.jpg

As you can see, Terminal 2 will be demolished and the existing new Terminal 1 will be given another arm to it. So the future Pearson will have fabulous-looking Terminal 3, coupled with brand-spanking-new Terminal 1. Though I don't care for the asymmetry of the airport layout, it'll MOST DEFINITELY be one of the best airports in North America! :) :)

Was old Pearson Terminal 1 built to resemble Paris CDG1, or vis versa?

http://www.paul-andreu.com/images_nb/001b.jpg
(Paul Andreu's Website)

Was old Pearson Terminal 1 built to resemble Paris CDG1, or vis versa?

http://www.paul-andreu.com/images_nb/001b.jpg
(Paul Andreu's Website)

I thought this was another one of your questions that you were going to answer yourself Cheese Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. :) :runaway:

While both terminals are basically circular in shape on the outside, CDG's Terminal One has six piers that extend from the semi-circular building and moving sidewalks in the center, while Toronto's old Terminal One's gates extended directly from the fully circular building and there were no moving sidewalks in the center.

By the way, I have never been to CDG, but I looked at a terminal map of CDG's two main terminals. :)

:eek2: :eek2: :eek2: Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow

That airport is impressivvvvvvvvvvvvvvvve

Love the huge parking area.

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June 4, 2005 Update
(See previous pages of this thread for previous updates)

yyzer from UT.
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The Automated train system has been partially installed. It will serve to ferry passengers from and to the different terminals.
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Toronto's new terminal looks like Hong KOng's airport .. :wtf:

Toronto's new terminal looks like Hong KOng's airport .. :wtf:

That's what I have been thinking as well :). The interior has some similarities. (Especially the check-in counter area) It's a great model to follow.

http://www.airport-technology.com/projects/cheklapkok_new/images/1_large0601_16.jpg

I heard theyre making a subway line through the airport.. i saw it in a Toronto newspaper lately.. i think theyll begin to build it on 2010.. but i dont know if the subway line would connect with TTC Subway route.. I think that would be cool.. it would be like Tokyo's.. Any more details? :?

I heard theyre making a subway line through the airport.. i saw it in a Toronto newspaper lately.. i think theyll begin to build it on 2010.. but i dont know if the subway line would connect with TTC Subway route.. I think that would be cool.. it would be like Tokyo's.. Any more details? :?
A rail link will be built between Union Station. However, the train won't reach the terminal, and passengers will need to transfer to a monorail near the airport. Public consultation is currently under way.

Is Pier F being built by construction workers with one hand and foot tied behind their backs? It seems like it has been under construction for an extremely long time. Will it be A380 capable with double jetways? I don't expect many A380s flying there although I read that Etihad Airways wanted to start service from the UAE to Toronto and they are purchasing four A380s. I'm sure they would do well flying the large population from the Indian subcontinent between Toronto and Pakistan/India/Bangladesh.

The only other airline that might send an A380 to Toronto is Lufthansa during the summer high season, but I think they could find more profitable uses for their A380s.

Is Pier F being built by construction workers with one hand and foot tied behind their backs? It seems like it has been under construction for an extremely long time. Will it be A380 capable with double jetways? I don't expect many A380s flying there although I read that Etihad Airways wanted to start service from the UAE to Toronto and they are purchasing four A380s. I'm sure they would do well flying the large population from the Indian subcontinent between Toronto and Pakistan/India/Bangladesh.

The only other airline that might send an A380 to Toronto is Lufthansa during the summer high season, but I think they could find more profitable uses for their A380s.

To answer your first question, the pier should be done sometime in 2007.
As for A380 capability, I believe there wiill be double jetways at the end of the pier (the "hammerhead" portion). From what I understand, Pearson is also renovating pier C in T3 to handle a couple A380s as well. I think in total there will be 5 or 6 gates that are capable of handling the monster.

I'm not expecting too many of them either, at least not early on. But who knows, if the A380 becomes the next 747, Toronto could get quite a few down the road (assuming they get their landing fees under control - I don't even want to think how much YYZ will charge for the A380!) :|

double post

...if the A380 becomes the next 747, Toronto could get quite a few down the road (assuming they get their landing fees under control - I don't even want to think how much YYZ will charge for the A380!) :|

You're totally right!! I forgot how expensive it is to land at YYZ, especially for the bigger planes. It be cheaper to fly the A380 into Buffalo, NY, and just have a fleet of chartered buses take the passengers to the airport, if they have connections.

I cant wait for Ittihad airways to fly out of toronto. There was a big demand for it. They will be flying packed planes from TO to Abu-Dhabi. And the good thing is that I dont have to fly on AC anymore. :)

If they connect that automated rail service for the airport to the GO Station by any chance...then you got yourself a link from downtown to the airport.

Update from YYZ @ UrbanToronto

July 26

Steady progress on the tarmac area between Pier E and Pier F
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/yyzer/Jul262005103PierFApron.jpg

Newly installed jetbridges on the south face of Pier E....these are due to be operational by Nov 1...
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Pier F
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/yyzer/Jul262005106FingerF.jpg


South face of Pier F (the 'Hammerhead')....everything is enclosed now, except for this remaining side...the section of old terminal 2 just to the left is due for demolition soon.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/yyzer/Jul262005107EsideHammerhead.jpg

It's coming along quite nicely. :)

I can't wait to see a low aerial of what's been done to the old terminal 1 and 2!!

Are there any interactive information kiosks in the New Terminal where you can look up airline departures, gates and terminal maps. I have travelled through T1 but have not seen any thing like that.

Back in the 1970's, the suburban Toronto cable system had a channel that showed arrivals and departures at YYZ. It was very innovative for the time, I think. I think that it only showed Air Canada though, but I might be wrong.

Are there any interactive information kiosks in the New Terminal where you can look up airline departures, gates and terminal maps. I have travelled through T1 but have not seen any thing like that.

Yes there are some touch screens to look up flights, dont know about maps or anything else.

When would Peir F open? :)

^Sometimes next year I think... Or in 2007?:sleepy:

Does anybody have a update on the peir F rite noe? :)

Does anybody have a update on the peir F rite noe? :) OR a overview of terminal 1? :)

Pier F is supposed to be partially opened in October or November of this year. The part that will be opened is the side that faces Pier E. They are finishing off the concrete tarmac now. The Hammer head and the other side will open sometime next year. You can get all updates from the GTAA website (www.gtaa.com).

Can anybody get a overhead picture of the terminal 1? If you can Thanx! :)

pearson is looking great! vast improvements from their older terminals... it reminds me of chek lap kok in hk... and thats a very good thing!

^^very good indeed:D:D

I was wondering if the APM was up and operational by now??

^^It should be....It was finished a long time ago

Does anyone know have AN IDEA of when the Airbus A380 will fly into Pearson?

maybe with Etihad though i doubt it. Cant think of any other airlines that fly into Pearson that are current purchasers of the a80.

I'll tell you what I think. I think that the T1 + T3 expansion looks frigging gorgeous.

People Mover T3 to T1

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I wished they used/ I wish they are using;);)....that black marble in Pier F

what is this?

is it moving sidewalks? or a train track?


http://www.gtaa.com/Images/TerminalNewGallery/images/NewTerminal8.jpg

cool airport btw

once in 1993 i got stuck at the old terminal 1 for nearly 8 hours

it was awful - there was nothing to do - no windows but the ones that looked at the parking pick up

i couldn;t check in cause i was so early - so i just had to sit in the waiting area

it was dire -- i did get to take the shuttle to the fancey new terminal 3 though but that didn;t help ease the pain of terminal 1

what is this?

is it moving sidewalks? or a train track?


Those would be moving sidewalks. I think (but don't quote me on this) the reason for the glass separating the hall is for the use of eventual "sterile transfer", though now that I think about it, I believe both sides are already post-security/customs. So, not really sure why there is the separation.

ah

i notice as i look closer that i can see the handrails now

cool stuff

You know....all they need to do to make this Pier look less sterile is to paint the support columns.......

You know....all they need to do to make this Pier look less sterile is to paint the support columns.......

Or put up colourful advertisements. Nothing tacky though.

I thought the plazma info boards making up walls in the main hall were so cool when I checked out the terminal a couple of years ago, I was impressed how it just blended right into our surroundings. I didn't see them featured in any of the photos so far.

Just wondering if this is the LARGEST construction/project in Canada?

http://www.gtaa.com/Images/TerminalNewGallery/images/Aerial.jpg

I really like this interchange. Where is the old terminal 1 in relation to the new terminal? Does anybody have an airport map? Thanks.

ya whene i saw this pic i was like woooow i see the roads ut i see no cars?

How about an update people! I want to see some new images of Pier F...

p5

The first phase of new Terminal 1 opened in April '04. That pic is over 2 yrs old, taken while the initial phase of new Terminal 1 was still underconstruction (that's why there are no cars on those ramps/bridges). Old Terminal 1 is the circular terminal building at the top of the pic. It was demolished in early 2005.

I am amazed at the speed that it takes to get from security to the gate.....it only took me 70 seconds to pick my bags from the scanner and go sit down in the waiting lounge...