Robert Archer Toronto Airport Collection
Toronto International Airport circa 1980 Trucks are the final link with airfreight like all other intermodal moves. The following are some of the trucks that served Toronto International Airtport (now Pearson International). Most of these carriers are "Fallen Flags." |
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| Air Cargo Building "D", one of 5 sufferance warehouse buildings where air freight was held for Customs clearance. 81000 CANADA Ltd. ran a road feeder service between the two airports in Montreal and Toronto International Airport. | These two Macks were available for rent by Golden Truck Rental which was a division of Aldridge Cargo Services. Aldridge held the rights to deliver to the Oakville, Ontario area from Toronto International Airport. Mack had an assembly plant there. | The Ford tractor trailer unit was owned by Tugham Express. Tugham had rights to go between Guelph, Cambridge and Kitchener and Toronto International Airport. Dominion Consolidated had authority as TRUCK AIR LTD. to deliver to any point in Ontario from Toronto International Airport. |
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| TRO-AIR was the airfreight division of Trojan Freight Lines, the full load diviision of TNT Overland. Trojan started hauling airfreight to New York City from Toronto for PAN AM WORLD AIRWAYS about 1980. created Tro-Air expanded the scope to include Chicago and other airlines as customers.Tro-Air is a ROADFAST company today. The picture was taken in December 2000. | This Freightliner is leased to EGL Eagle Global Logistics. The "YYZ" on the trailer number indicates it is Toronto based. | This Volvo is from Atlantis Transportation, a large airfreight hauler based at Toronto's Pearson International Airport. |
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| Here is a Volvo daycab from Airoute Groupe. They have offices in Montreal, Toronto and New Jersey. | Here is a city unit from FedEx Express | Tughan Express equipment in October 2004. They have been in business for over a quarter century. |
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| Here is a Freightliner straight truck from FedEx Express - Mississauga June 2006 | Volvo sleeper unit from Air Route Cargo based in Montreal. MIssissauga ON - August 2006 | BAX Global is a freight forwarder with an office at the Toronto Airport. This Hino was making deliveries around Mississauga - January 2007 |
| ATLANTIS TRANSPORTATION is a large air freight hauler based near Pearson International Airport in Mississauga. It was started in Oshawa ON the early 1970's to run rush parts loads for General Motors. It aquired Charterways Transportation who hauled air cargo between Toronto and Montreal. It expanded operations to haul to New York, Detroit and Chicago. Atlantis pioneered the use of special trailers with roller beds embedded in the floor to facilitate the quick loading of the "igloo" containers used by the airlines to load cargo on the planes. | ||
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| These Peterbilt daycabs are company-owned city tractors | Here is an owner-operators Peterbilt parked at YYZ | |
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| This is a view of VISTA Cargo Terminal; the replacement on airport cargo site for Buildings B,D and E where I worked in the 1970's and 1980's. | his Kenworth day cab from Air Time Trucking was shuttling between cargo terminals | Here is a view of a truck parking lot with some tractors from Air Time Trucking. |
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| A trailer from Transforce's McGill Air was seen in the drop lot | CARA is the longtime operator of the Airport Food Commisary service. This Ford was on its way to stock an airplane - May 2007 | FedEx Express straight truck - Toronto July 2008 |
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