Canada

Vancouver International Airport (IATA Code: YVR), Canada's second busiest airport, can be found on Sea Island in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. It is about 12km from downtown Vancouver, and there is a Rail Rapid Transit Line from city to airport. It has won the Skytrax 'Best North American Airport' award twice, and is one of the 8 canadian airports with US border preclearance facilities. Due to the location of Vancouver on the west coast, Vancouver Airport is the major gateway between Canada and Asia.

The city of Vancouver purchased land on Sea Island for Aviation purposes in 1929 after Charles Lindbergh refused to include Vancouver in his North American Tour because there was no proper airport. During World War 2 the airport was leased to the government and was a training facility for the Royal Canadian Air Force. The current terminal was completed in 1968, and since then it has been expanded into Domestic and International terminals.

There are currently 3 terminals in use at the airport- Domestic, International and South.

Airlines using Vancouver Airport include:

• Air Canada
• Air Canada Jazz
• Air Georgian
• Air Transat
• American Airlines
• American Eagle Airlines
• CanJet
• Continental Connection operated by Colgan Air
• Continental Express operated by Chautauqua Airlines
• Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines
• Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines
• Northwest Airlines
• Northwest Airlink operated by Pinnacle Airlines
• Northwest Airlink operated by Mesaba Airlines
• Sunwing Airlines
• United Express operated by Shuttle America
• US Airways Express operated by Air Wisconsin
• US Airways Express operated by Republic Airlines
• WestJet
• Aeroméxico
• Air Algérie
• Air France
• Air Saint-Pierre
• British Airways
• Corsairfly
• Cubana de Aviación
• EgyptAir
• KLM
• Lufthansa
• Mexicana de Aviación
• Olympic Airlines
• Primera Air
• Royal Air Maroc
• Royal Jordanian
• SATA International
• Skyservice
• Sunwing Airlines
• Swiss International Air Lines
• Thomas Cook Airlines
• Transaero Airlines
• WestJet

Calgary International Airport, (IATA: YYC), is the international airport that serves Calgary, Alberta, Canada and the surrounding region; it is situated approximately 17 km (11 mi) northeast of downtown Calgary. The airport offers scheduled non-stop flights to major cities in Canada, the Caribbean, Central America, Europe, the United States, and East Asia.

Calgary International Airport serves as headquarters for WestJet and as a hub airport for Air Canada and Air Canada Jazz. The airport is one of eight Canadian airports with US Border Pre-clearance facilities. The airport is operated by The Calgary Airport Authority as part of Transport Canada's National Airports System. It is Canada's fourth busiest airport by passenger traffic and third busiest by aircraft movements, handling 12.18 million passengers and 233,145 movements in 2009,down 2.7% compared to 2008. It handled 12.51 million passengers and 246,370 aircraft movements in 2008.In October 2008, The Calgary Airport Authority was named one of Alberta's Top Employers by Mediacorp Canada Inc.

Calgary International Airport is one of two Canadian airports that has mainline service from all five US legacy carriers, the other being Vancouver.

Here are some of the major Airlines that service Calgary International Airport:

• Air Canada
• Air Canada Jazz
• Central Mountain Air
• Flyglobespan
• Continental Airlines
• Delta Connection operated by SkyWest Airlines
• Horizon Air
• Northwest Airlines
• Northwest Airlink operated by Compass Airlines
• Sunwing Airlines
• United Airlines
• United Express operated by SkyWest Airlines
• US Airways
• US Airways Express operated by Mesa Airlines
• WestJet
• Air North
• Air Transat
• British Airways
• Canadian North
• CanJet
• KLM
• Lufthansa
• Mexicana de Aviación
• Monarch Airlines
• Skyservice
• Sunwing Airlines
• Thomas Cook Airlines
• WestJet 

The above mentioned information is taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary_International_Airport.

Toronto Pearson International Airport (IATA: YYZ) has many aliases: Toronto Airport, Pearson Airport, Lester B. Pearson Airport. It serves Toronto, Ontario and the greater Toronto area, and is located in Missigua, northwest of downtown Toronto. It is Canada's largest and busiest, handling over 30 million passengers a year. The airport is the largest hub for Air Canada, and is also a hub for Air Canada Jazz, Air Georgian, Air Transat, Sunwing Airlines and WestJet. It is one of 8 Canadian Airports which has the facilities to provide US border preclearance, and provides extensive long-haul international flights.

Toronto Pearson was first opened in 1939 as Malton Airport. In 1949 a second terminal was built to replace the first- a converted farmhouse. Transport Canada obtained control of Malton Airport in 1958, and it was renamed Toronto International Airport in 1960., when the newer terminal was demolished to build Terminal 1. This was followed in 1972 by Terminal 2. The airport took on Lester B. Pearson's name in 1984. He was the 14th president of Canada and won a Nobel Peace Prize for his part in resolving the Suez Canal Crisis.

Passengers now use Terminal 1 and the new Terminal 3, and there is a LINK Train people mover operating between the two.

 

Here are some of the major Airlines that service Toronto Pearson International Airport:

• Aerosvit Airlines
• Air Canada
• Air Canada operated by Air Georgian
• Air Canada Jazz
• Air France
• Air India
• American Eagle
• British Airways
• CanJet
• Continental Connection operated by CommutAir
• Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines
• Delta Connection operated by Comair
• Delta Connection operated by Pinnacle Airlines
• Sunwing Airlines
• United Express operated by GoJet Airlines
• WestJet

The above mentioned information is taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Airport.

Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (IATA: YUL) , formerly known as Montreal-Dorval International Airport, is located in the city of Dorval, on the Island of Montreal, 20 km (12 mi) from Montreal's downtown core. It is an international airport serving Greater Montreal, along with the regions of northern Vermont and New York.

Trudeau is the busiest airport in the province of Quebec, the third busiest airport in Canada by passenger traffic and fourth busiest by aircraft movements, with 12,224,534 passengers and 211,999 movements in 2009.

Here are some of the major Airlines that service Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport:

• Air Algerie
• Air Canada
• Air Canada operated by Air Georgian
• Air Canada Jazz
• Air Creebec
• Air France
• Air Transat
• British Airways
• CanJet
• Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines
• Sunwing Airlines
• United Express operated by Trans States Airlines
• WestJet

The above mentioned information is taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YUL.