Hamilton International Airport - Page 137

StuffedPouch · #1 Posted **Oct 30, 2025, 12:06 AM**

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Originally Posted by HamiltonBoyInToronto

Oh my bad ... I thought I read that it was $70... $180 is ridiculous ! especially for an airport that isn't properly serviced by a good transit system

leave it to Hamilton to do things back ass backwards !

YHM has lower landing fees than YYZ to attract airlines. The airport authority still has bills to pay and needs to make up the lost revenue somehow. Given that the A-Line bus goes to/from there every 10/15 mins for much of the week, it seems reasonable to me.

Pearson has to compete with private lot operators outside of their lands.

Innsertnamehere · #2 Posted **Oct 17, 2025, 3:43 PM**

Absolutely - I think their parking price changes are driving more people away than they may think. Especially since YHM's market area is mostly longer distance drives not easily supplanted by Uber or transit.

LikeHamilton · #3 Posted **Oct 27, 2025, 12:47 PM**

Additional renovation work is going on in the International Arrivals Hall at YHM. They are apparently redoing it to have the same vibe and look of the rest of the terminal. They are also installing automated arrival check-in machines like the ones at YYZ and something I know is requested a lot is a dedicated Nexus line for people who have a card.

YYCguys · #4 Posted **Oct 27, 2025, 5:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by LikeHamilton

Additional renovation work is going on in the International Arrivals Hall at YHM. They are apparently redoing it to have the same vibe and look of the rest of the terminal. They are also installing automated arrival check-in machines like the ones at YYZ and something I know is requested a lot is a dedicated Nexus line for people who have a card.

Do you mean the Customs and Immigration e-kiosks? So no more paper customs forms for YHM? Yay! 🙌

LikeHamilton · #5 Posted **Oct 27, 2025, 7:31 PM**

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Originally Posted by YYCguys

Do you mean the Customs and Immigration e-kiosks? So no more paper customs forms for YHM? Yay! 🙌

Yes!

BCTed · #6 Posted **Nov 5, 2025, 2:51 AM**

Does anyone know how Porter (and WestJet) are doing at the airport? Someone on reddit seemed to suspect that the loads for Calgary flights were low.

LikeHamilton · #7 Posted **Dec 16, 2025, 5:30 PM**

Porter Winter Schedule at peak weeks.

Calgary (YYC) 5x weekly
Edmonton (YEG) 5x weekly
Halifax (YHZ) 7x weekly
Vancouver (YVR) 7x weekly
Orlando (MCO) 3x weekly
Fort Lauderdale (FLL) 5x weekly
Cancun (CUN) 4x weekly
Puerto Vallarta (PVR) 2x weekly

41 Total weekly flights from YHM

YYCguys · #8 Posted **Dec 20, 2025, 5:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by LikeHamilton

Porter Winter Schedule at peak weeks.

Calgary (YYC) 5x weekly
Edmonton (YEG) 5x weekly
Halifax (YHZ) 7x weekly
Vancouver (YVR) 7x weekly
Orlando (MCO) 3x weekly
Fort Lauderdale (FLL) 5x weekly
Cancun (CUN) 4x weekly
Puerto Vallarta (PVR) 2x weekly

41 Total weekly flights from YHM

That’s quite a robust schedule! Porter seems to be all in at YHM! Similar to how WS used to be all in there for a number of years before they moved over to YYZ. Who else is at YHM currently, other than WS and PD?

LikeHamilton · #9 Posted **Dec 20, 2025, 8:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by YYCguys

That’s quite a robust schedule! Porter seems to be all in at YHM! Similar to how WS used to be all in there for a number of years before they moved over to YYZ. Who else is at YHM currently, other than WS and PD?

Air Canada bus.

YYCguys · #10 Posted **Dec 22, 2025, 3:26 AM**

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Air Canada bus.

LikeHamilton · #11 Posted **Dec 24, 2025, 2:51 PM**

The first passenger bridge is now open and in use. It is very nice. You would not no it was used. The second one is to open in early January.
Westjet is not going to use them (Their choice) and will be still ground boarding.

YYCguys · #12 Posted **Dec 24, 2025, 8:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by LikeHamilton

The first passenger bridge is now open and in use. It is very nice. You would not no it was used. The second one is to open in early January.
Westjet is not going to use them (Their choice) and will be still ground boarding.

I would imagine there is a cost savings for WS to continue ground loading! The other day in Abbotsford there is one bridge and it was not being used yet WS ground loaded!

HamAviMech · #13 Posted **Jan 5, 2026, 5:51 PM**

When do airlines release their spring/summer routes typically? Interested to see if Porter and WestJet add destinations this year. Heard Westjet might do Orlando year round.

LikeHamilton · #14 Posted **Jan 6, 2026, 1:42 AM**

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Originally Posted by HamAviMech

When do airlines release their spring/summer routes typically? Interested to see if Porter and WestJet add destinations this year. Heard Westjet might do Orlando year round.

They usually start around the middle of December, but it is different every year depending on how established the airline is in their market.

Swoop, I believe where doing three times a week to Orlando all year round and going to 5 or 6 during the winter months.

JakeLRS · #15 Posted **Jan 6, 2026, 6:18 AM**

We should have an idea of summer routes by March.

As of now:

Westjet - YYC (1-2 daily)
Porter - YHZ, YYC, YEG, YVR (Daily+).

I anticipate we'll see a pair of new PD routes. Very curious if they attempt to try YHM-YXX, which was a popular route offered by Swoop, but part of me thinks they won't since they will fly YVR twice daily. Another maritime route + maybe YUL to feed Air Transat is very much a possibility. YWG is possible, but I can't see much demand it for it.

I wouldn't be surprised if WestJet restarted YHZ to help feed Europe flights.

Innsertnamehere · #16 Posted **Jan 6, 2026, 4:52 PM**

feeding transfers at YHM will struggle I think because most passengers will instead just go to YYZ for direct access. YHM is too close to YYZ that most passengers will just go to YYZ to avoid a transfer somewhere else.

I'd like to see YUL or maybe YHU to connect to Porters other services there - Plus perhaps a few new US routes, even if just seasonal. LAS and either JFK or EWR would be nice as well.

Djeffery · #17 Posted **Jan 7, 2026, 12:26 AM**

Summer (at least) to Charlottetown would be awesome. They have one nonstop from YYZ through the heart of summer so I'm not sure if that is too much capacity with the couple AC flights a day as well, as well as their own connecting flights through Ottawa.

King&James · #18 Posted **Jan 7, 2026, 2:09 PM**

Montreal would be my first choice, with Ottawa placing second. Kelowna would be amazing, but not sure if enough demand.

Innsertnamehere · #19 Posted **Jan 7, 2026, 2:23 PM**

Looking at the busiest routes out of YYZ, we can get an idea of what YHM might be able to support that it currently doesn't service.

Right now the 10 busiest YYZ routes by number of daily flights not serviced by YHM are:

1. Montreal
2. New York
3. Chicago
4. Ottawa
5. Winnipeg
6. Washington
7. Philadelphia
8. San Francisco
9. London, UK
10. Boston

Of those, only San Francisco and Winnipeg really fit Porters model for their Embraers. They may be able to support Montreal flights as well given the demand on that route even with longer haul planes.

Note that many of these are also short haul routes with smaller planes which means more frequent departures.

The top 10 routes from YYZ which would fit the route type of Porters Embraers and which aren't hub airports (i.e. Charlotte and Dallas) are:

1. Winnipeg
2. San Francisco
3. Los Angeles
4. Saskatoon
5. St John's
6. Las Vegas
7. Tampa
8. Victoria
9. Houston
10. Mexico City

So I'd probably be looking for flights to Winnipeg, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Saskatoon and St John's soon.

urban_planner · #20 Posted **Jan 9, 2026, 10:02 AM**

If Porter add additional routes I'd only expect
YHM-YWG
YHM-YQM

Id like to see more but I dont think they will be overly aggressive based on what I've read so far of their loads from.YHM.

Having said that, they've taken 3 more jets in the past month and they'll need to use them somewhere.