By: Vanessa Lu
Vijay Kanwar, chair of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority, wants to see Pearson airport become one of the world’s big international hub airports.
For Vijay Kanwar, his arrival from Punjab on his first international flight three decades ago is seared in his memory.
He rhymes off the details. The final leg was a Lufthansa Airlines flight from Frankfurt. It landed at 2:45 p.m. on April 13, 1985, at the old terminal building.
“It was cold that day. My leather jacket didn’t really help,” Kanwar said as he pulls out his old Indian passport to show off the immigration stamp. “I came out and there was nobody there to receive me.”
