Montréal-Trudeau 70 Years of Success
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SATURDAY 09 03 2011 INTEREST AÉROPORTS DE MONTRÉAL ADMTL.COM MONTRÉAL-TRUDEAU 70 YEARS OF70 SUCCESS With more than 2,800 departures from Montreal each year, at Transat, we’re happy we can count on the experience and know-how of everyone at Aéroports de Montréal. Agency: BOS CYAN MAGENTA Graphiques M&H • Cité Multimédia e 80, rue Queen, bureau 403, Montréal QC H3C 2N5 Title: 70 ADM Tél. : (514) 866-6736 • Téléc. : (514) 875-0401 Ad No.: TRA11-GE 032 M YELLOW BLACK [email protected] Format: 10.75" x 10.875" Colour: 4 colour process PMS XXX PMS XXX Client: TRANSAT B108380_Ann_ADM_GAZ_R1 PMS XXX PMS XXX TRA11-GE 032 Publication: Cahier spécial : En 2011-08-03 JM activité depuis 70 ans Approval Épreuve #3 - FINAL Page 1 Insertion Date: September 3, 2011 Every effort has been made to avoid errors. Material required: X 2011 Please verify this proof. We are only responsible for replacement of the fi nal fi les. FINAL-LIVRÉ 100% 50% 0% SATURDAY 09 03 2011 3 YEARS INTEREST With more than 2,800 departures from Montreal each year, at Transat, we’re happy we can count 70 on the experience and know-how of everyone at Aéroports de Montréal. JAMES C. CHERRY President and CEO of Aéroports de Montréal A proud heritage and a bright future Montréal–Trudeau Airport is celebrating its 70th birthday! Born at the height of the Second World War and at the dawn Next year also marks the 20th anniversary of Aéroports de Montréal, of civil aviation, Montréal-Trudeau is today one of the Canada’s leading the not-for-profit corporation that is responsible for operating and airports, serving as an important gateway for North America and developing Montréal-Trudeau and Montréal-Mirabel Airports. In addition Europe. Thanks to a major modernization and expansion program over to our mission of providing quality airport services and contributing the past decade, the airport now ranks among the best in terms of to the economic growth of Greater Montréal, we are also striving to connectivity, user-friendliness and low operating costs. And it is earning ensure that we operate in harmony with the surrounding community, a growing reputation as an international transportation hub. particularly in matters of safety, environmental quality and sustainable On cover Receiving some 13 million passengers a year, it is served by 30 airlines, development. These are priorities to which we remain firmly committed. including almost all of North America’s and Europe’s major carriers. It This special supplement is a celebration of Montréal-Trudeau is linked by non-stop service to more than 130 destinations in Canada, Airport’s rich history, its many achievements over the past 70 years, and 19 41 the US and internationally. The airport is also a major economic force in its priorities and strategies for the future. I am proud of the airport’s Airport site during the Royal the Greater Montréal area, generating nearly 53,000 direct and indirect many accomplishments, which would not have been possible without Air Force Ferry Command. jobs and acting as an important facilitator for business, tourism and the contributions of our dedicated employees, our airlines and our National Archives of Canada economic development in Québec. numerous public and private sector partners. I’d like to thank each one of them for their continued support and wish Montréal-Trudeau a very happy birthday! Telephone: 514 848-0001 Montréal-Trudeau 70 Years of Success Published by Communications Chevalier, Corporate Inserts and Special Projects, inserted in La Presse (targeted distribution) and The Gazette (targeted distribution) Publishing, concept and production: [email protected] Manon Chevalier, President, Communications Chevalier Copy: Craig Toomey Graphic Design: Langevin et Turcotte Photos: Caroline Bergeron and Aéroports de Montréal, photo of James C. Cherry: Ladislas Kadyszewski Printed by Solisco Agency: BOS CYAN MAGENTA Graphiques M&H • Cité Multimédia e 80, rue Queen, bureau 403, Montréal QC H3C 2N5 Title: 70 ADM Tél. : (514) 866-6736 • Téléc. : (514) 875-0401 Ad No.: TRA11-GE 032 M YELLOW BLACK [email protected] Format: 10.75" x 10.875" Colour: 4 colour process PMS XXX PMS XXX Client: TRANSAT B108380_Ann_ADM_GAZ_R1 PMS XXX PMS XXX TRA11-GE 032 Publication: Cahier spécial : En 2011-08-03 JM activité depuis 70 ans Approval Épreuve #3 - FINAL Page 1 Insertion Date: September 3, 2011 Every effort has been made to avoid errors. Material required: X 2011 Please verify this proof. We are only responsible for replacement of the fi nal fi les. FINAL-LIVRÉ 100% 50% 0% 1950 SATURDAY 09 03 2011 5 70 YEARS INTEREST 1938 The Dorval Race Track land was chosen as the site for construction 1938 of the new airport. 1950 An aerial view of the terminal building as it looked in the 1950s. 1950 Air Canada Archives Montréal-Trudeau: 70 years of success Montréal-Trudeau has grown from its modest beginnings as a military base during the Second World War into a world-class gateway for North America and Europe. Seventy years ago, the Nazis were multiplying air strikes against Rapid ascent Great Britain. The Royal Air Force was desperate for aircraft after losing Montréal Airport grew rapidly when it switched to civil transportation hundreds of planes in air battles over Europe. Its essential supply of after the end of the Second World War. In 1945, it was already served by US aircraft, sent on ship convoys, was being sunk in the icy Atlantic by four airlines offering 22 scheduled flights and handling 500 passengers relentless German U-boat attacks. The only, and daunting, alternative a day. A year later, BOAC (now British Airways) established the first was to fly the planes across the Atlantic, even though transatlantic transatlantic passenger service between Montréal and the UK and flight was still in its infancy. passenger traffic jumped to 250,000 a year. Enter the Royal Air Force Ferry Command, established to deliver By 1952, Dorval was serving 590,000 passengers a year and many US-made warplanes to Great Britain. Its main base of operations: a new other airlines started using the airport, including KLM and Air France. airport built by the Canadian government on the site of the former Two of its three runways were lengthened to meet demand. In 1955, Dorval Race Track on the outskirts of Montréal. Officially inaugurated it became Canada’s biggest airport, with 1 million passengers. on September 1, 1941, Montréal Airport (Dorval) would go on to help Two years later, construction began on Canada’s first cargo terminal, ferry 10,000 aircraft, playing an instrumental role in the Allied victory at Dorval, allowing it to become the main Canadian entry point for and paving the way for mass postwar transatlantic air travel. cargo from Europe. In November 1960, the airport was renamed Today, the airport, renamed Montréal-Trudeau, is Canada’s third Aéroport international Dorval de Montréal/Montréal-Dorval International largest, welcoming about 13 million passengers this year and served by Airport and a month later Canada’s Minister of Transport inaugurated some 30 airlines offering nonstop service to more than 130 destinations a new $30 million terminal. It was the largest terminal in Canada and in Canada, the US and internationally. one of the biggest in the world. The original terminal was demolished. INTEREST AÉROPORTS DE MONTRÉAL 6 SATURDAY 09 03 2011 About Aéroports de Montréal ADM? Montréal-Trudeau Airport is operated by Aéroports de Montréal, a not-for-profit corporation that serves the community. ADM’s roots go back to This group’s actions led to ADM does not receive ADM derives its funds ADM’s activities are over- 1987, when the Government the creation of Aéroports any government grants or mainly from airport seen by a 15-member Board of Canada developed a new de Montréal in 1989 to subsidies. It pays rent to activities, such as landing of Directors. They represent national policy to divest negotiate the transfer of Transport Canada as well as fees and airport improve- a cross section of government itself of the country’s major the airports and ensure their municipal taxes. Its mission ment fees. Commercial authorities and the business airports. Québec political operation and growth. The is to provide quality airport revenue from parking, shops community to ensure impar- and economic leaders official handover took place services, contribute to and restaurants has also tiality and good corporate established SOPRAM (Société on August 1, 1992, under economic development and increased substantially in governance. A Community de promotion des aéroports the terms of a 60-year lease coexist in harmony with the recent years. Any surplus is Advisory Committee, created de Montréal) as the advisory from Transport Canada. surrounding area, particu- fully reinvested in airport in 2002 and composed of group interested in the The federal government larly where environmental infrastructure. From time to representatives from various takeover and development retains ownership of airport protection is concerned. time, ADM issues debt and sectors, also provides the of Montréal-Trudeau (then infrastructures, ensures lease arranges credit facilities corporation with an effective called Montréal-Dorval) and compliance, and continues to to continue to finance its sounding board on important Montréal-Mirabel airports. act as the industry regulator. development. issues and projects. International Charm…à la Montréal A warm welcome, active kindness, attentive service, airport improvements, access to wireless technology...thank you, Aéroports de Montréal, for taking good care of world travelers, who have landed upon the soil of Montréal for 70 years. Your good deeds and invaluable contribution are at the heart of the reasons that make Montréal an appealing universal destination always capable of enchanting visitors, from their arrival to their departure.