Hamilton International Airport - Page 100

LikeHamilton · #1 Posted **Mar 24, 2021, 10:13 PM**

From today's provincial budget document

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The widening of Highway 6 South from Highway 403 to Upper James Street in the City of Hamilton, from two to four lanes for about nine kilometres. This stretch of highway is a significant trade corridor and a primary connection from John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport to the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area via Highway 403.

JakeLRS · #2 Posted **Mar 24, 2021, 10:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by LikeHamilton

From today's provincial budget document

Wow!

Didn’t they just repave it too?

LikeHamilton · #3 Posted **Apr 1, 2021, 5:50 PM**

Cargojet Expands Relationship with Amazon

1 April 2021

Cargojet Inc. (“Cargojet”) (TSX: CJT) announced today that it has entered into a new Air Transportation Services Agreement with Amazon Canada Fulfillment Services, ULC (“Amazon”).

Under the agreement, Cargojet will expand upon its existing commercial relationship with Amazon. As part of this arrangement, Cargojet will operate two Amazon-owned B767-300BDSF aircraft as part of the Amazon Air network on a CMI basis within Canada starting mid-2021. Cargojet expects the agreement to generate additional revenue growth to Cargojet’s earnings and cash flows over time. The agreement has a four-year term with three successive two-year renewal options.

“We are very excited to expand our long-term relationship of providing a portfolio of services which support the rapid growth of e-Commerce in Canada. This new four-year Agreement with renewal options is a testament to our relentless focus on exceeding customer expectations,” said Dr. Ajay Virmani, President and CEO Cargojet.

https://cargojet.com/news/

SteelTown · #4 Posted **Apr 1, 2021, 7:17 PM**

I have stocks to Cargojet (CJT), I'm just waiting for the day when Amazon makes an offer to take over Cargojet. Hopefully, I'll finally own an Amazon stock haha.

Djeffery · #5 Posted **Apr 1, 2021, 9:22 PM**

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I have stocks to Cargojet (CJT), I'm just waiting for the day when Amazon makes an offer to take over Cargojet. Hopefully, I'll finally own an Amazon stock haha.

I hear this frequently with the courier business as well. They use UPS or Purolator and people are waiting for Amazon to buy them. What's in it for Amazon to do that though? Their history, on the logistics side anyway, has been to use whatever the marketplace has until they can justify doing it themselves. They are growing their in-house delivery system and relying less on the national couriers, and the same will happen with their air network. Note that Amazon owns the aircraft that Cargojet will be operating for them.

LikeHamilton · #6 Posted **Apr 2, 2021, 12:17 AM**

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Originally Posted by SteelTown

I have stocks to Cargojet (CJT), I'm just waiting for the day when Amazon makes an offer to take over Cargojet. Hopefully, I'll finally own an Amazon stock haha.

Amazon already owns 20% of CargoJet.

StEC · #7 Posted **Apr 4, 2021, 2:08 PM**

Does anyone know if Coca Cola will be locating a huge distribution center on or near the airport lands? If so does that mean they are moving the one from Barton Street? I remember reading something about this in the past but I haven't heard anything for a while now.

Actually besides Amazon is there a confirmed list of companies locating to the airport lands in the near future?

Innsertnamehere · #8 Posted **Apr 4, 2021, 2:23 PM**

I don’t think there is any new confirmed tenants but Pannottoni (landlord for Amazon) is moving quickly on the remainder of their industrial park and there are several other industrial parks in the plan of subdivision phase that are hoping to get servicing in the ground very soon.

As those parks get going there will be more large tenant announcements. There is a stupidly huge shortage of industrial space in the GTA right now so any serviced land brought to market should fill up quickly.

There is also going to be a lot of serviced industrial land added in the lower city soon as Stelco sells off 2/3rds of their landholdings for industrial development.

LikeHamilton · #9 Posted **Apr 4, 2021, 9:21 PM**

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I don’t think there is any new confirmed tenants but Pannottoni (landlord for Amazon) is moving quickly on the remainder of their industrial park and there are several other industrial parks in the plan of subdivision phase that are hoping to get servicing in the ground very soon.

As those parks get going there will be more large tenant announcements. There is a stupidly huge shortage of industrial space in the GTA right now so any serviced land brought to market should fill up quickly.

There is also going to be a lot of serviced industrial land added in the lower city soon as Stelco sells off 2/3rds of their landholdings for industrial development.

From Panattoni Development Company's web site on availability:

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50 Aeropark:

AVAILABLE UNITS: UNIT 3 - 55,111 SQ. FT. | UNIT 5 - 15,070 SQ. FT.

TOTAL BUILDING SIZE: 264,534 SQ. FT.

110 Aeropark:

SOLD OUT - AMAZON

That is three of the units leased. These are the largest units. They do not state who the tenants are.

Latest map of the area dated January 2021.

Panattoni YHM 01 - 2021 by R L, on Flickr

Innsertnamehere · #10 Posted **Apr 15, 2021, 7:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by LikeHamilton

From Panattoni Development Company's web site on availability:

That is three of the units leased. These are the largest units. They do not state who the tenants are.

The last site plan application for the remainder of the industrial buildings here was just filed. The 3 smaller buildings not yet built were all filed this year - I expect them to get built shortly.

thistleclub · #11 Posted **Apr 16, 2021, 4:30 PM**

Swoop returning more low-cost flights to Hamilton — pandemic permitting
(Hamilton Spectator, Matthew Van Dongen, Apr 16 2021)

Low-cost airline Swoop says it is bringing more flights back to Hamilton — pandemic permitting — just months after relocating dozens of weekly trips to operate out of Toronto.

The WestJet subsidiary started 2020 with hopes to expand “ultralow-cost” service from John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport to more East Coast destinations. Instead, as air travel cratered during COVID, Swoop shrunk Hamilton-based service to three-times weekly flights to Edmonton and Abbotsford, B.C., and moved some service to Pearson airport in Toronto.

Pandemic restrictions dropped all passenger traffic to John C. Munro by 66 per cent last year to about 330,000 people, compared to nearly a million travellers in 2019.

Swoop continues to lose “quite a bit of money,” said president Charles Duncan in an update to the city airport committee Thursday — but plans nonetheless call for “a steady diet of increases” to flights to and from Hamilton.…

That assumes the pandemic eases through vaccination, rather than worsens. “It’s all going to depend on demand,” he said in an interview.

Duncan said new flights to Winnipeg are set to start in late April and — depending on provincial COVID rules — new trips are planned this summer to Kelowna, B.C., and Halifax.

Read it in full here.

JakeLRS · #12 Posted **Apr 16, 2021, 9:48 PM**

Ontario Restrictions will cause a reduction in flights.

Westjet has reduced YYC flights in May (From Daily to 1x Weekly)

Swoop has reduced YEG & YXX flights in May (Start of daily flights pushed back to mid-may)

Currently no change for YWG flights slated to start April 25, but I have a feeling they'll get axed.

SantaClo · #13 Posted **Apr 15, 2021, 7:14 PM**

"John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport moved 658,202,000 kilograms in total cargo aircraft billable weight in 2020. That's compared to 532,235 kilograms the previous year."

"Coun. Lloyd Ferguson (Ward 12, Ancaster) asked Duncan if Swoop will add more routes to Hamilton after previously reducing the number of flights to one.

Duncan emphasized the airline never left Hamilton and never will."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamil...d-19-1.5988495

LikeHamilton · #14 Posted **Apr 24, 2021, 6:05 PM**

The Region of Waterloo International Airport will be getting a $44-million dollar facelift to prepare itself for an increase of about a million travellers over the next three years.

https://www.kitchenertoday.com/local...edium=facebook

Buffalo Airport nears completion of $80 million expansion, state-of-the art updates

https://buffalonews.com/news/local/s...FPBTzH9RO6XyoM

Hamilton International Airport ??????

Innsertnamehere · #15 Posted **Apr 24, 2021, 8:23 PM**

Hamilton already has a far far larger terminal than Kitchener, it can already handle the loads it has pre-pandemic.

Still, if passenger loads kept increasing like they had pre pandemic, an expansion will probably be needed soonish.

Hamilton’s problem is that it’s too close to Buffalo, nobody is going to bother taking US flights out of Hamilton as they will just drive to Buffalo for flights 2/3 the price. And US flights are normally the bread and butter of the Canadian airline industry.

Instead you’ll likely see it continue to grow domestic, Caribbean, and even European bound flights, which are more feasible from the airport.

JakeLRS · #16 Posted **Apr 24, 2021, 8:34 PM**

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Instead you’ll likely see it continue to grow domestic, Caribbean, and even European bound flights, which are more feasible from the airport.

Pre-pandemic we did see a noticeable increase in USA service via Swoop and it seemed to be doing okay. The prices weren’t as competitive Buffalo, but some people want to avoid driving to Buffalo.

I heard Norwegian did well when they were at YHM and I definitely think we are able to maintain seasonal, perhaps year round service to parts of Europe.

Our terminal was able to handle the pre-pandemic flights, but when there are roughly 5 flights arriving/departing at the same time (the pre-pandemic AM rush), it gets relatively hectic and congested. None the less, the airport is making it work with what they got (ie. expanding security, changing seating configuration, adding food options, etc).

King&James · #17 Posted **Apr 25, 2021, 3:28 AM**

With Jet Blue announcing cross border service to Vancouver, won't be long for them to expand , and would be great prospect to have Hamilton as feeder into their hub.

urban_planner · #18 Posted **Apr 25, 2021, 10:29 PM**

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With Jet Blue announcing cross border service to Vancouver, won't be long for them to expand , and would be great prospect to have Hamilton as feeder into their hub.

I would love to see JetBlue come into YHM from JFK and BOS.

YYCguys · #19 Posted **May 15, 2021, 7:47 PM**

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I would love to see JetBlue come into YHM from JFK and BOS.

I’m pretty sure that JetBlue and it’s US customers don’t even know what or where a YHM is!

Remember that British carrier that planned service to “YHM Hamilton Toronto airport”? I would bet if JetBlue served southern Ontario, it would likely be YYZ.

JakeLRS · #20 Posted **May 18, 2021, 9:28 PM**

2021/2022 Winter Destinations (as of May 18, 2021)

Sunwing 6 Weekly Flights

Punta Cana - 1x Weekly (Fri) | Dec 10 - Apr 15
Cayo Santa Maria - 1x Weekly (Fri) | Dec 10 - Apr 15
Montego Bay - 1x Weekly (Sat) | Dec 11 - Apr 16
Varadero - 1x Weekly (Sat) | Dec 11 - Apr 16
Cancun - 1x Weekly (Sun) | Dec 12 - Apr 17
Cayo Coco - 1x Weekly (Sun) | Dec 12 - Apr 17

Air Transat 8 Weekly Flights [OUTDATED]

Cancun - 2x Weekly (Tues,Fri) | Dec 18 - Apr 12
Punta Cana - 2x Weekly (Fri,Sun) | Dec 18 - Apr 8
Santa Clara - 1x Weekly (Fri) | Dec 17 - Apr 1
Varadero - 1x Weekly (Sat) | Dec 18 - Apr 9
Cayo Coco - 1x Weekly (Sun) | Dec 19 - Apr 10
Puerto Plata - 1x Weekly (Mon) | Dec 20 - Apr 4

All subject to change amid this pandemic, but promising news!