Montreal Metropolitan Airport gets $90-million investment for new domestic passenger terminal
Posted February 6, 2024 11:26 am.
Last Updated February 6, 2024 12:18 pm.
The MET – Montreal Metropolitan Airport (YHU), formerly known as the Saint-Hubert Airport, received a $90-million investment for a new passenger terminal from the Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB).
In a news release on Tuesday, the CIB said that the investment enables the development of a new domestic airport terminal to enhance mobility options for Canadians travelling to and from the Montreal area, while supporting economic opportunities in the Greater Montreal region.
“By supporting the Montreal Metropolitan Airport,” said Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Transport and Quebec Lieutenant. “We are offering Quebecers competitive choices and services to find affordable flights to their favorite destinations from a convenient location in Longueuil.”
“With investments like this,” he added in the news release. “We’re taking concrete action to meet Quebecers’ needs and provide them with transportation infrastructures that meet their expectations.”
“The growth of the Montreal Metropolitan Airport represents excellent news for the economic development of Quebec,” added Geneviève Guilbault, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility.
“Future public and private investments will undoubtedly support an improvement in regional air service,” she said in the news release. “For the benefit of Quebecers.”
Located 15 kilometres from Montreal, the MET project includes construction of the new standalone two-storey domestic terminal with nine gates associated taxiways, and landside facilities such as parking lots with barrier-free parking spaces, EV charging stations, and shuttle bus pick-up and drop-off points.
The 21,000 square-metre building is expected to handle more than four million passengers a year.
The new terminal is scheduled to open in 2025.
