As Porter Airlines’ president and CEO has made clear, it is Porter that is asking the City of Toronto to amend the Tripartite Agreement to allow Porter to fly Bombardier CS100 jets from Billy Bishop Toronto Centre Airport (BBTCA). As PortsToronto has made clear, it will make its decision when the city has reached its decision. So, ...
Pratt & Whitney – Correction Notice
The October 28 post, Pratt & Whitney, stated that the Boeing 737 Max and the Airbus 320neo use the Pratt & Whitney engine. The Boeing 747 Max uses the CFM International engine, also quieter and more fuel-efficient. The Airbus 320neo uses and will use the Pratt & Whitney engine on its launch. The Airbus 320neo is also ...
Pratt & Whitney
The Globe and Mail article, Bombardier patriarch Beaudoin seeks a landing he can walk away from, October 24, 2015 discusses one of the waves in Bombardier's sea of troubles that airline analyst Robert Kokinos referred to: sales of the Cseries jets. It appears that Bombardier's big mistake was to invade the competition's territory. The thinking was ...
A Blast from the Past
Just when we thought that the Waterfront Czar had left us, former PortsToronto board member (2007-2015), chairman and letter-writer extraordinaire of turgid missives, Mark McQueen, showed that he can’t let go. His tweet, "Cllr fights to keep @BBishopAirport debate alive", October 22, links that master of due political process, Jim Karygiannis, and the questionable 2013 Public ...
Talking Point Two
In response to the announcement by Fort York - Spadina MP Adam Vaughn that the federal government-designate would not be opening the Tripartite Agreement, airport expansionists mounted their first counter-attack. Porter called for due process as did city councillors Mammoliti and Karygiannis. Later the same day, a recipient of Porter’s advertising largesse introduced a second talking point: ...
Pushback
The pushback to the very real commitment by the federal Liberals to refuse to amend the Tripartite Agreement to permit jets at the Island Airport is starting, but, to be honest, has been pretty feeble to date. Porter’s hapless Brad Cicero is left pleading for completion of the long-delayed and increasingly complex “environmental assessment” sought by ...