AIRLINE: PTV's then are still used at many airports. I recall them at Mirabel, IAD and JFK, given my experience some years ago. Mike Burris Cambridge, Mass --- Antoin Daltun <adaltun@eircom.net> wrote: > I was on an international airlines' committee which > tried to influence the > project. > > We all said repeatedly that it wasn't wanted and we > didn't need and we > didn't want PTVs. > In fact, most of us wanted to go to Toronto, but > some bilaterals required > Montreal. > > We said that if we have to pay for Mirabel, then > Ste-Scholastique, some > airlines will be forced out of Montreal altogether. > > I was with Aer Lingus, which did leave though that > was more related to the > arrival of the B747 as the only aircraft which had a > realistic break-even > load factor with the then seasonality and fares mix, > and it was realistic > only on Boston and JFK. > > The bilateral still requires Shannon-Montreal, while > the main traffic flow > would be Dublin-Toronto. Since 2002, Air Canada > operate > Toronto-Shannon-Dublin seasonally with B767s on a > waiver basis. Previously, > the traffic went mostly on charters and via London, > England. > > Antoin Daltun > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Gammon" <jmgammon@sympatico.ca> > For international > > arrivals, YMX is/was far more efficient than YUL. > Hopefully the new > > terminal building additions for YUL, which > apparently include new arrivals > > area for int'l and cross-border, will improve > things. > > > > Mike Gammon > >