07-21-2015, 02:33 PM
(07-21-2015, 01:45 PM)BuildingScout Wrote:(07-21-2015, 01:15 PM)ookpik Wrote: Surely these options are less expensive than expansion of YKF and probably quicker to implement, especially 1.
To the contrary, YYZ is bursting at the seems and expansion there is way more expensive than expansion at YKF.
Bursting at the seams? Certainly not. There were 32M pax last year, with a capacity of 35M (21M for T1 and 14M for T3). There is another 4M of overflow capacity by using the infield terminal (currently not in use since the last phase of T1 was completed). The next T1 expansion is slated to open about 2020, and will bring the airport capacity to over 50M pax.
And in addition to that, expansion at YKF (or YHM, or YXU) is no substitute for YYZ capacity.