City Express ( French : Cité Express ), also known as Air Atonabee Ltd. , was an airline based in Ontario , Canada , from 1971 to 1991, which operated passenger services in eastern Canada and the northeastern United States .
6-676: City Express was founded by Joseph Csumrik in 1971 as Otonabee Airways based at Peterborough Airport in Peterborough, Ontario . It began scheduled service in 1975. In 1980 the company was renamed to Air Atonabee Ltd. In 1984, Air Atonabee was acquired by Victor Pappalardo and reorganized into City Express. The airline relocated its base to Toronto Island Airport (now Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport ) (YTZ) where it began STOL service. City Express ceased operations in February 1991. Destinations included: This article relating to
12-456: A Canadian airline is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about transport in Ontario is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Peterborough Airport Peterborough Regional Airport ( IATA : YPQ , ICAO : CYPQ ) is located 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) south-southwest of the city of Peterborough, Ontario , Canada. It includes
18-406: A main 7,000 by 100 ft (2,134 by 30 m) asphalt runway oriented east-west, and a smaller 2,000 by 49 ft (610 by 15 m) paved (2014) runway oriented northwest-southeast. A new terminal building was built in 2011. Aircraft completions company Flying Colours Corp. is the largest tenant at the airport. The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed by
24-511: The Boeing 737 . Seneca College relocated its School of Aviation Technology to Peterborough Regional Airport in January 2014, after their former airport Buttonville was scheduled to close. Seneca had 170 students in classes at its new facility in 2014. The $ 8.6 million contract was awarded to Mortlock Construction Inc. Mortlock significantly expanded an existing building that the city owned at
30-635: The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) on a call-out basis from the Oshawa Executive Airport . CBSA officers at this airport can handle general aviation aircraft only, with no more than 15 passengers. Work has been completed to expand an existing 5,000 ft (1,524 m) asphalt runway to 7,000 ft (2,134 m), making the runway capable of handling larger aircraft such as the Airbus A320 and
36-420: The airport to about 46,000 square feet from 21,000 square feet, and completed the interior of the structure to the college's specifications with offices, rooms for flight simulators, classrooms, a student lounge, washrooms and a kitchen. Seneca's School of Aviation and Flight Technology has 19 aircraft at the airport. Current Former The airport is reached by car from Highway 115 via Airport Road. Parking
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