![]() Public area: There are two distinct areas in the public part of the airport. ![]() The terminal is divided into four different zones. Montreal-Trudeau airport has one two-storied terminal. ![]() ![]() By the end of 2007, CAD1.5 billion had been spent to upgrade Montréal–Trudeau. Aéroports de Montréal financed all of these improvements itself, with no government grants. This ironically accomplished one of the goals that was to be met with the construction of Mirabel. The International part of the Aeroquay satellite was demolished in 2008, leaving the domestic part for regional carriers.The completion of the CAD716 million expansion gives Montréal–Trudeau the ability to serve 15 million passengers a year. Additionally, sections of the domestic area were renovated and expanded in 2007, accompanied with additional retail space. An 18-gate Transborder Concourse opened in 2003, an 11-gate International Concourse opened in 2004 new customs hall and baggage claim area for non-domestic flights and an expanded parking garage opened in 2005. The expansion program included the construction of several brand-new facilities, including a jetty for flights to the United States, another for other international destinations and a huge international arrivals complex. As the first phase in the transition that would eventually have seen Dorval closed, all international flights (except those to and from the United States) were to be transferred to the new airport in 1975. They decided to construct a new airport in Sainte-Scholastique, which became Montréal–Mirabel International Airport. Despite this, Prime Minister of Canada Pierre Elliott Trudeau (who represented a Montreal riding) predicted that Dorval would be completely saturated by 1985 and also projected that 20 million passengers would be passing through Montreal's airports annually. Eight years later, Montréal–Dorval International Airport underwent a major expansion program. It was the gateway to Canada for all European air traffic and served more than two million passengers per year. At the time of construction, it was the largest terminal in Canada and one of the biggest in the world. On December 15th of that year, the Minister of Transport inaugurated a new $30 million termina. ![]() In November of 1960, the airport was renamed Montreal–Dorval International Airport/Aéroport international Dorval de Montréal. ![]()
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