Toronto's Pearson International on pace to break passenger record

Greg Keenan, www.theglobeandmail.com
A boom in summer travel is propelling Pearson International Airport in Toronto to record levels of passenger traffic, bolstering the airport’s goal of becoming one of the world’s elite international airports by 2020.

About 9.6 million people travelled through the airport between Canada Day and Labour Day, putting Pearson on pace to break its 2015 record of 41 million passengers annually. The Greater Toronto Airports Authority envisions Pearson reaching the status of “mega-hub” by the end of the decade – an airport that handles at least 50 million passengers a year, with 20 million of those travelling to or from international destinations. FULL STORY