Air Canada to part ways with Billy Bishop Airport?

Air Canada is considering the future of its operations at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, citing ongoing cost cutting measures and ‘current imposed terminal rates and terms’ at the downtown facility.

The carrier’s 2014 load factor report states that operations at the facility, owned by competitor Porter Airlines, are under review despite increased traffic in 2014 for Air Canada at Billy Bishop Airport. Air Canada currently operates 15 round-trip flights between Toronto and Montreal out of the facility, which was recently put up for sale by Porter; a purchase is yet to take place.

Air Canada spokesperson Peter Fitzpatrick declined to comment on the statement.

For the month of December 2014, Air Canada reported a near record system load factor of 82.6 per cent, its second highest system load factor ever on a system-wide capacity increase of 8.5 per cent, versus a load factor of 82.7 per cent in December 2013. For the full year 2014, load factor was a record 83.4 per cent, versus 82.8 per cent in 2013, an increase of 0.6 per cent.