Costs to land For the second consecutive year, Toronto's Pearson International Airport has ranked second in an annual survey of the highest landing fees at Global Airports.[2] As Canada's main aviation hub, Toronto Pearson the most important lynchpin in the Canadian transportation industry. And a key component of the entire economy.  Government rents, taxes and other cost pressures represent a significant portion of the airport's landing fees.   Unless and until the Government of Canada reverses its punitive rent policy, Toronto Pearson and its customers and passengers will never be able to compete on the world stage for more and better flight options.  With recent reforms to Tokyo Narita Airport's pricing methodology Toronto Pearson airport is at risk of becoming the most expensive airport in the world, a function of the rent payments due to the federal government. Pearson charged $8,203 (U.S.) for a Boeing 747-400 to land in 2004, compared with Tokyo Narita's $8,777 fee, according to the Air Transport Research Society's survey of 116 airports. In 2003, when the survey included 102 airports, Pearson had a $7,965 landing fee, second to Narita's $8,216 charge.[3] In 2004 Boeing 747-400 landing fees at other Canadian airports were sharply lower than at Pearson: Ottawa ($2,395), Montreal ($2,238), Halifax ($2,217), Vancouver ($2,146), Calgary ($2,033) and Edmonton ($1,872).[4] Pearson also had the second-most expensive landing fees in 2004 in the two other aircraft categories surveyed, charging $1,715 for an Airbus 321-100 and $497 for a CRJ200-LR.[5] [1] Air Transport Research Society, The ATRS Global Airport Benchmarking Report as cited in: Jang, Brent. "Pearson second most expensive place to land."  Globe and Mail  5 May 2005, B5 [2] Ibid. [3] Ibid. [4] Ibid. [5] ibid

Ranking of top 12 highest airport landing fees in 2004[1]   Airport Landing fee* ($U.S.) 1 Tokyo Narita $8,777 2 Toronto Pearson 8,203 3 Osaka Kansai 7,643 4 Birmingham, England 7,035 5 Warsaw Chopin 5,954 6 New York LaGuardia 5,731 7 Oslo 5,510 8 Shanghai Hongqiao 5,465 8 Shanghai Pudong 5,465 8 Beijing Capital 5,465 8 Guangzhou Bui Yun 5,465 12 Vienna 5,463