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To save walking at the new Terminal 2 which opens Sunday at Toronto International Airport, Air Canada is experimenting with two electric carts to carr(...)
To save walking at the new Terminal 2 which opens Sunday at Toronto International Airport, Air Canada is experimenting with two electric carts to carr(...)

To save walking at the new Terminal 2 which opens Sunday at Toronto International Airport, Air Canada is experimenting with two electric carts to carr(...)

Date4/26/1973
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Original Toronto Star caption: To save walking at the new Terminal 2 which opens Sunday at Toronto International Airport, Air Canada is experimenting with two electric carts to carry elderly and infirm passengers along corridors to departure gates. Customer sevice agents, Marcia Warwick, the driver, and Barbara Lehmann, right, yesterday gave a group a trial run in one of two carts which seat up to 10 passengers.
GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
GeographyProvince stateOntario
GeographyCountryCanada
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    ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
    CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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    Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
    Object NumberTSPA_0003116F
    Carts for rent: Travellers using Pearson airport's Terminal 3 have to pay to use luggage carts but the $1 fee is refunded when the carts are returned
    Carts for rent: Travellers using Pearson airport's Terminal 3 have to pay to use luggage carts but the $1 fee is refunded when the carts are returned
    Stawicki, Andrew
    12/5/1988
    A box of croc. Jim Harrison, an Air Canada employee, gingerly opens a box containing one of two crocodiles that arrived Toronto International Airport (...)
    A box of croc. Jim Harrison, an Air Canada employee, gingerly opens a box containing one of two crocodiles that arrived Toronto International Airport (...)
    Darrell, Dick
    7/23/1971
    Passenger surreys, towed by electric tractors, patrol the hallway of Terminal 2 at Toronto International Airport
    Passenger surreys, towed by electric tractors, patrol the hallway of Terminal 2 at Toronto International Airport
    Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
    9/23/1975
    Waiting in terminal 2 at Toronto International Airport for their flights to be called last night, air Canada passengers sing carols, accompanied by We(...)
    Waiting in terminal 2 at Toronto International Airport for their flights to be called last night, air Canada passengers sing carols, accompanied by We(...)
    Norris, Dave
    12/23/1974
    $400,000 mobile lounge was unveiled today by Air Canada as part of its program to upgrade facilities at Terminal 2 of Toronto International Airport. O(...)
    $400,000 mobile lounge was unveiled today by Air Canada as part of its program to upgrade facilities at Terminal 2 of Toronto International Airport. O(...)
    Griffin, Doug
    11/21/1973
    Wide open spaces: Pearson International Airport offcials hope the new extension to Terminal 2 will put an end to holiday congestion
    Wide open spaces: Pearson International Airport offcials hope the new extension to Terminal 2 will put an end to holiday congestion
    Spremo, Boris
    12/7/1980
    Air Canada's motorized cart service, introduced to carry people along the corridors of Terminal 2, seems to have defused most of the complaints about (...)
    Air Canada's motorized cart service, introduced to carry people along the corridors of Terminal 2, seems to have defused most of the complaints about (...)
    Erikson, Ray
    7/19/1973
    It was a two-hour delay for some passengers waiting to collect baggage at Toronto International Airport's Terminal 2 last night as baggage handlers be(...)
    It was a two-hour delay for some passengers waiting to collect baggage at Toronto International Airport's Terminal 2 last night as baggage handlers be(...)
    Slaughter, Mike
    7/16/1978
    Grounded by strike of Air Canada baggage handlers, stranded airline passengers pack the ticket area of Terminal 1 at Toronto International Airport las(...)
    Grounded by strike of Air Canada baggage handlers, stranded airline passengers pack the ticket area of Terminal 1 at Toronto International Airport las(...)
    Brazao, Dale
    8/26/1978
    Among the first passengers to arrive at new Terminal 2 of Toronto International Airport-used only for trans-Atlantic charters-are Leila Raisanem (glas(...)
    Among the first passengers to arrive at new Terminal 2 of Toronto International Airport-used only for trans-Atlantic charters-are Leila Raisanem (glas(...)
    Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
    6/15/1972
    Doris Boudreau walks through one of the detectors at Toronto International Airport's new Terminal 2 yesterday
    Doris Boudreau walks through one of the detectors at Toronto International Airport's new Terminal 2 yesterday
    Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
    4/29/1973
    Terminal 2 passengers wait for their luggage yesterday, as they were among the first to use the new $42 million terminal which Air Canada began operat(...)
    Terminal 2 passengers wait for their luggage yesterday, as they were among the first to use the new $42 million terminal which Air Canada began operat(...)
    Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
    4/29/1973