06-03-2026, 01:21 AM
(06-02-2026, 05:31 PM)SammyOES Wrote: I think the Air Canada bus makes a lot of sense from CYKF. Particularly because AC treats it like a flight in a lot of their internal systems. But also because it’s a convenient place for the people likely to take this bus (people that want to drive to an easy to park location without fighting significant traffic).
But it’s an interesting thing because it probably makes it less likely to attract commercial flights. A bunch of the people that want to avoid driving to Pearson now get to avoid that and still keep access to the large selection of flights there.
I go back and forth, but I really don’t think CYKF is going to succeed for commercial traffic until a lot of things change: airport infrastructure, transit network, more congestion at Pearson, a new low cost carrier arrives, etc.
I find that parking at YKF is actually more pricey than various options for parking at Pearson (e.g. park4u), though there is the traffic and protection from misconnect benefits. Taking a taxi to YKF is a lot cheaper.
Yes to being less likely to attract commercial flights, though I can't see any way that AC would fly to all of YTZ, YYZ, YHM, and then YKF as well. And, for me, I have managed to avoid low cost carriers for the past while, though a lot of people do take them.