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Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (YTZ) Transfers
Private chauffeur transfers at Billy Bishop, Toronto.
Billy Bishop sits on the Toronto Islands, across a channel from the foot of Bathurst Street, which puts it closer to a downtown core than any other runway airport we serve. Two commercial carriers fly from it: Porter Airlines, and Air Canada operating as Air Canada Express through its regional partner Jazz Aviation LP.
The airport and its terminal are run by different organisations, which is unusual enough to be worth saying. The Toronto Port Authority, a federally regulated agency, owns and operates the airport. The passenger terminal is owned and operated by Nieuport Aviation Infrastructure Partners. Around the scheduled flights, the field is also home to Ontario's air ambulance service, based here since 1977 and operated today by Ornge, a fixed base operator called Stolport serving private aircraft, and several flight training and charter businesses.
Meet & Greet
Your chauffeur meets you at the arrivals curb with a name sign. Meeting inside the terminal is available on request, at an extra charge.
60 minutes of waiting
Complimentary on every airport pickup, measured from when your aircraft lands.
Flight number on file
Our dispatch team checks your flight's arrival time and adjusts your pickup.
Door-to-door
Direct to your destination, with no stops you did not ask for.
How pickup works at Billy Bishop
Pickups here are meet and greet, and this is the one airport on our list where it is worth knowing the meeting point before you land. The airport is on the Toronto Islands. Passengers cross to the mainland through the pedestrian tunnel, which the airport says takes less than six minutes from curb to check-in and comes out inside the mainland pavilion, or on the ferry across the Western Gap. Your chauffeur meets you on the mainland side, at the pavilion at 2 Eireann Quay, once you come through the tunnel.
That is set by the airport's own pick-up rules rather than by us. The curb outside the terminal, the mainland pavilion and the ferry terminal is a designated no-parking area, and the complimentary spots inside the turning circle are limited to a five-minute wait, for vehicles ready to collect a passenger already confirmed as arriving. So your chauffeur waits in airport parking - which the airport provides for exactly this - and comes to the pavilion when you land, rather than circling or being moved on.
A car can take the ferry across and collect you at the island terminal instead. The airport allows it, and it costs the ferry fee plus any parking fees, so we arrange it when you ask for it rather than by default.
Give us your flight number when you book and dispatch checks the arrival time and adjusts the pickup. Sixty minutes of complimentary waiting from landing applies here as it does anywhere else, which at a terminal this small is usually far more than anyone needs.
The included waiting period and the per-minute rate after it are set out in clause 4 of our Terms.
Billy Bishop in brief
- Airlines
- Porter Airlines and Air Canada, the latter as Air Canada Express operated by Jazz Aviation LP.
- Airport operator
- Toronto Port Authority, a federally regulated agency.
- Terminal operator
- Nieuport Aviation Infrastructure Partners.
- Also based here
- Ontario's air ambulance service since 1977 (operated today by Ornge), the Stolport fixed base operator, and flight training including HeliTours, Island Air and Alec Myers Flight Training.
- Address
- 2 Eireann Quay, Toronto, at the foot of Bathurst Street.
- Picking up by car
- The curb outside the terminal, the mainland pavilion and the ferry terminal is a designated no-parking area. The complimentary spots inside the turning circle are limited to a five-minute wait, for a vehicle ready to collect an arriving passenger; parking is available for a driver who is early or whose passenger is delayed.
- Crossing to the island
- A pedestrian tunnel entered from inside the mainland pavilion, less than six minutes from curb to check-in; or the ferry from the foot of Bathurst Street, about 90 seconds, every 15 minutes. A car may take the ferry, subject to the ferry fee and any applicable parking fees.
- Distance
- About 3 km by road from downtown Toronto (Union Station), typically 5 minutes, traffic permitting.
Questions about Billy Bishop
Where exactly will my chauffeur meet me?
At the mainland pavilion at 2 Eireann Quay, once you come through the pedestrian tunnel from the island terminal. Your chauffeur waits in airport parking until you land, because the curb there is a designated no-parking area and the turning-circle spots are held to a five-minute wait. If you would rather be met at the island terminal, tell us and we will take the car across on the ferry - that adds the ferry fee and any parking fee to the trip.
How close is it to downtown compared with Pearson?
About 3 km by road from the city centre (Union Station), against about 27 km for Pearson. The difference in distance is why so much same-day business travel uses this airport.
Do you cover both Porter and Air Canada arrivals?
Yes. Those are the two commercial carriers operating from Billy Bishop, and a pickup is arranged the same way for either. It is the flight number rather than the airline that matters to dispatch.
Is it bookable online?
Yes, as with any Ontario pickup. You will see the fare in Canadian dollars, fixed before you confirm, with HST shown as its own line.
Chauffeur service in Toronto
Billy Bishop serves Toronto, Ontario. The city page covers everything we run there, not only the airport work.
Chauffeur service in Toronto →Other airports we serve in Toronto
- Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) — commercial, about 27 km by road from downtown Toronto
- Oshawa Executive Airport (YOO) — private and business aviation, about 50 km from downtown Toronto in a straight line
- Markham Airport (CNU8) — private and business aviation, about 35 km from downtown Toronto in a straight line
- Brampton-Caledon Airport (CNC3) — private and business aviation, about 40 km from downtown Toronto in a straight line
- Burlington Executive Airport (CZBA) — private and business aviation, about 20 km from downtown Hamilton in a straight line