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Toronto
city , Ontario, Canada
Toronto is a city located on the shore of Lake Ontario,
and is the capital of Ontario. Toronto is the 5th most populous
city in North America behind Mexico City, New York, Los
Angeles and Chicago. The airport of Toronto is
Lester B. Pearson International Airport (YYZ, CYYZ).
The airport has a good public transit (TTC) connection with
downtown Toronto, and multiple car rental companies operate
in the airport. Population estemation is 2,613,000 in 2005.
Toronto is one of the most multicultural and ethnically
diverse cities in the world. It is Canada's financial centre
and economic engine, as well as one of Canada's most important
cultural, financial, and health sciences centres. Toronto
was designated by the federal government as one of Canada's
cultural capitals. The City of Toronto is part of the Greater
Toronto Area (GTA) . There are several dosens of hotels
and motels in Toronto and Greater Toronto area (GTA).
Toronto is also at the centre of the Golden Horseshoe, a
densely populated region in south-central Ontario which
is home to roughly eight million people, or one quarter
of the population of Canada. The six former municipalities
of the former Metropolitan Toronto (dissolved) were amalgamated
into one municipality, and the former regional government
system dissolved, by the Ontario government in 1998. This
resulted in the creation of the ('megacity') City of Toronto,
in political structure, as it is today. The current mayor
of Toronto is David Miller. With no designator, Toronto
alone usually refers to the GTA or the Toronto Census Metropolitan
Area.
Toronto
Pearson Airport YYZ (Toronto Lester B. Pearson International
Airport IATA: YYZ, ICAO: CYYZ)
Located
27 kilometres (17 mi) west of downtown Toronto by road,
Ontario in Mississauga, Ontario, is Canada's busiest airport
and part of the National Airports System.
Toronto
Pearson International Airport currently has two operating
terminals: Terminal 1 and Terminal 3.
Toronto
Pearson Airport YYZ
Terminal 1
Terminal 1 is designed to handle domestic, international and
transborder flights in one facility. On January 30, 2007,
the new Pier F opened to serve transborder and international
flights.
The terminal was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
International Ltd., Adamson Associates Architects, and Moshe
Safdie and Associates.
The following airlines use Terminal
1:
Air Canada
(Antigua, Aruba, Atlanta, Barbados, Beijing, Bermuda, Bogotá,
Boston, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Calgary, Cancún, Caracas, Cayo
Coco, Cayo Largo del Sur, Charlottetown [seasonal], Chicago-O'Hare,
Cozumel, Dallas/Fort Worth, Deer Lake (Newfoundland), Denver,
Dublin [seasonal], Edmonton, Fort Lauderdale, Fort McMurray,
Fort Myers, Frankfurt, Grand Cayman, Halifax, Havana, Holguin,
Hong Kong, Houston-Intercontinental, Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo,
Kelowna, Kingston, La Romana, Las Vegas, Liberia [seasonal],
Lima, London-Heathrow, Los Angeles, Manchester (UK) [seasonal],
Mexico City, Miami, Montego Bay, Montréal, Munich, Nassau,
New York-LaGuardia, Newark, Orlando, Ottawa, Paris-Charles
de Gaulle, Phoenix, Port of Spain, Providenciales, Puerto
Plata, Puerto Vallarta, Punta Cana, Rome-Fiumicino, San
Diego, San Francisco, San José (CR), San José del Cabo,
San Juan [seasonal], Santiago, São Paulo-Guarulhos, Seattle/Tacoma,
Seoul-Incheon, Shanghai-Pudong, St. John's, St. Maarten
[seasonal], St. Lucia, Tampa, Tel Aviv, Tokyo-Narita, Vancouver,
Varadero, Victoria, Washington-Reagan, West Palm Beach,
Winnipeg, Zürich)
Air Canada operated by Air Georgian (Albany, Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton,
Harrisburg, Hartford/Springfield, Kingston (ON), Manchester
(NH), Providence, Rochester (NY), Sarnia, White Plains)
Air Canada Jazz
(Atlanta, Baltimore/Washington, Boston, Charlotte, Charlottetown
[seasonal], Chicago-O'Hare, Cleveland, Columbus, Detroit,
Fredericton, Harrisburg, Halifax, Hartford/Springfield,
Indianapolis, Kansas City, London (ON), Milwaukee, Minneapolis/St.
Paul, Moncton, Montréal, Nashville, New York-LaGuardia,
Newark, North Bay, Ottawa, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Quebec
City, Raleigh/Durham, Regina, Saint John, Sarasota/Bradenton
[seasonal], Saskatoon, Sault Ste. Marie, St. Louis, Sudbury,
Thunder Bay, Timmins, Washington-Reagan, White Plains, Windsor,
Winnipeg)
Air Jamaica
(Kingston)
Alitalia (Milan-Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino [seasonal])
Austrian Airlines (Vienna)
Condor Airlines (Frankfurt)
Emirates (Dubai) [Starts October 29]
Etihad Airways (Abu Dhabi)
Jet Airways (Brussels [Starts September 5], Delhi
[Starts September 5; via Brussels], Chennai [Starts November
5; via Brussels])
LOT Polish Airlines (Warsaw)
Lufthansa (Düsseldorf [starts May 1, 2008], Frankfurt)
Mexicana (Mexico City)
Sunwing Airlines
(Acapulco, Cancun, Cozumel, Cayo Coco, Camaguey, Edmonton,
Holguin, Huatulco, Liberia (CR), Montego Bay, Orlando, Punta
Cana, Puerto Plata, Puerto Vallarta, Santiago de Cuba, St.
Petersburg/Clearwater, Stephenville, Sydney (NS), Varadero [all seasonal])
United Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, San Francisco)
United Express operated by Chautauqua Airlines (Washington-Dulles)
United Express operated by Shuttle America (Denver,
Washington-Dulles)
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Finding and booking airline tickets
Is not an easy thing to find discounted airline tickets especially
during high seasons (summer and winter holidays are the busyest
periods of year). Many travel agents can provide low fairs
and lots of additinal travel stuff like hotel or motel reservatins
and car rentals. Agents can help to find all the information
about flights: prices, schedules, booking information and
flight itinerary. Most ot agencies have online reservations
of tickets, so you can place an order online.
At the same time most airlines can sell cheap airline tickets
at low seasons, so it always make a good sence to check if
discounted fares are available from official websites of airlines.
Many companies can book and sell tickets in advance so it
could be a good idea to start your vacation planning in advance,
for about 3 months before the vacation and book an airfare
online.
The most popular family vacation destinations from Toronto
are: Florida, California, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Los Angeles,
New York, San Francisco. Business travel from Toronto can
include such places like Chicago, New York City and Washington
D.C.
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Toronto airline offices list:
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Toronto
Pearson Airport YYZ
Terminal 3
Terminal 3, which opened in February 1991, was built to offset
traffic from old Terminal 1 and Terminal 2. It was built as a
private venture and was a state of the art terminal containing,
among other things, a US customs pre-clearance facility. In June
2006, the East Processor Extension (EPE) was opened. With a soaring,
undulating roofline, the EPE added 40 new check-in counters, new
retail space, more secure 'hold-screening' for baggage and a huge
picture window offering one of the most convenient apron viewing
locations at the airport. Improved Canadian Border services and
a more open arrivals hall were included in Phase I of the expansion.
Phase II of the EPE is due to be complete in 2007 and will include
larger security screening areas and additional international baggage
claim areas. Also due for completion by 2007 is the West Processor
Expansion Shell with complete outfitting to be complete by early
2008.
The following airlines use Terminal 3:
Aeroflot (Moscow-Sheremetyevo)
Aerosvit Airlines (Kiev-Boryspil)
Air France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
Air India (Amritsar (via Birmingham), Birmingham (UK),
Delhi, Mumbai)
Air Transat Year round: (Belfast-International, Glasgow-International,
London-Gatwick, London-Heathrow, Montréal) Summer Destinations:
(Amsterdam, Athens, Birmingham (UK), Dublin, Edinburgh, Exeter,
Frankfurt, Newcastle, Hamburg, Lyon, Madrid, Munich, Paris-Charles
de Gaulle, Ponta Delgada, Shannon, Toulouse, Vienna) [all seasonal]
Winter Destinations: (Acapulco, Camaguey, Cancún, Cayo Coco, Cayo
Largo, Faro, Fort Lauderdale, Holguin, Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, La
Romana, Las Vegas, Lisbon, Manchester (UK), Manzanillo, Montego
Bay, Orlando, Panama City, Porlamar, Porto, Puerto Plata, Puerto
Vallarta, Punta Cana, St. Lucia, St. Maarten, Samana, San Andres,
San José (CR), San Salvador, Santa Clara, Varadero) [all seasonal]
American Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles,
Miami, New York-LaGuardia) American Eagle (Boston, New York-JFK,
New York-LaGuardia) British Airways (London-Heathrow) Caribbean
Airlines (Port of Spain) CanJet (Cozumel, Montego Bay, Nassau,
Punta Cana, Varadero)
Cathay Pacific (Hong Kong)
Conquest Vacations (St. Petersburg/Clearwater) [seasonal]
Continental Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental, Newark)
Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines (Cleveland,
Houston-Intercontinental, Newark) Cubana de Aviación (Cayo Coco,
Camaguey, Cienfuegos, Havana, Holguin, Santiago de Cuba, Varadero)
Czech Airlines (Prague)
Delta Air Lines (Atlanta) Delta Connection operated by
Atlantic Southeast Airlines (Atlanta)
Delta Connection operated by Comair (Cincinnati/Northern
Kentucky, New York-JFK)
Delta Connection operated by SkyWest (Salt Lake City)
El Al (Tel Aviv)
Finnair (Helsinki) [seasonal]
Icelandair (Reykjavik-Keflavik) [starts Spring 2008] Kelowna
Flightcraft (Kelowna)
KLM (Amsterdam)
Korean Air (Seoul-Incheon) LTU International (Düsseldorf)
[seasonal]
Malév Hungarian Airlines (Budapest)
Martinair (Amsterdam) [seasonal]
Midwest Airlines Midwest Connect operated by Skyway Airlines
(Milwaukee)
MyTravel Airways (London-Gatwick) Northwest Airlines (Detroit,
Minneapolis/St. Paul)
Northwest Airlink operated by Pinnacle Airlines (Memphis,
Minneapolis/St. Paul)
Olympic Airlines (Athens)
Pakistan International Airlines (Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore)
SATA International (Faro, Lisbon, Ponta Delgada, Porto,
Terceira)
Sol Dominicana Airlines (La Romana) [begins November 2007]
Skyservice
Year round Destinations: (Bridgetown, Holguin, Las Vegas, Montego
Bay, Nassau, Oranjestad, Orlando, Port of Spain, Puerto Plata,
Puerto Vallarta, Punta Cana, San Jose Del Cabo, Varadero Summer
Destinations: (Belgrade, Calgary, Cancun, Cayo Coco, Dublin, Edmonton,
Fort Lauderdale, Gander, Kingston, Lajes, Lamezia, Lisbon, Pescara,
Ponta Delgada, Porto, Rome-Fiumicino, St. George's, St. Johns,
St. Petersburg, Stephenville, Trieste, Vancouver, Varadero, Venice)
[all seasonal] Winter Destinations: (Acapulco, Arrecife, Bahias
de Huatulco, Belize, Camaguey, Cancun, Cayo Coco, Cienfuegos,
Cozumel, Faro, Fort Lauderdale, Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, La Ceiba (Honduras),
La Romana, Liberia (CR), Manzanillo, Margarita, Mazatlan, Merida,
Miami, Samana, Santa Clara/Cayo Santa Maria, Santiago de Cuba,
St. John's, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Petersburg, Willemstad,
Zagreb) [all seasonal] TACA TACA operated by Lacsa (San Salvador,
San José (Costa Rica) Thomas Cook Airlines (Birmingham (UK), Glasgow-International,
London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK), Newcastle [Starts next May])
(all seasonal)
Transaero (Moscow-Domodedovo)
US Airways (Charlotte, Philadelphia)
US Airways operated by America West Airlines (Las Vegas, Phoenix)
US Airways Express operated by Air Wisconsin (Charlotte,
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington-Reagan)
US Airways Express operated by Piedmont Airlines (Pittsburgh)
WestJet (Abbotsford, Calgary, Charlottetown, Comox, Deer Lake
[seasonal], Edmonton, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Fort McMurray,
Halifax, Kelowna, Las Vegas, Los Angeles [starts December 15,
2007], Moncton, Montego Bay [seasonal, starts December 10, 2007],
Montréal, Nassau, Orlando, Ottawa, Puerto Plata [seasonal, starts
December 11, 2007], Punta Cana [seasonal, starts December 13,
2007], Saint John [seasonal], Saskatoon, St. John's, Tampa, Thunder
Bay, Vancouver, Victoria [seasonal], West Palm Beach [seasonal],
Winnipeg)
Zoom Airlines (Belfast-International, Cardiff, Georgetown,
Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, London-Stansted, Manchester
(UK), Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
Car rental companies in Toronto
There are many car rental companies in Toronto. The most well
known are Discount Car Rental, Hertz, Avis, Thrifty, Budget Car
and Truck Rental, Alamo, Dollar Car Rental and Enterprise Car
Rental. You can check if your credit card gives you some discount
on particular rental brand. It always makes sense to verify if
your current car insurance covers a rented car, otherwise you
may need to pay extra for rented car insurance. Some of credit
cards can cover insurance for a rented car if you pay with it,
so it could be a good idea to check if your credit card has such
an advantage. If you don't have any discounts provided from brand
name car renters, you can try to find cheap car rentals from an
independent car rental agency. Make sure to ask about all the
applicable prices and taxes to find the real cost of a rented
car. If you are not fully licensed in Ontario (for example if
you have only G2 driver's license) it's better to ask if company
provides services for your particular situation. Usually it's
possible to get an additional discount for one week rental so
have in mind that daily car rental for 5 days can be more expensive
that a weekly rental. It's always possible to find low prices
for car rentals in Toronto, just be patient and make some research
before booking a car.
List
of car rental companies in Toronto:
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