Trudeau
To my mind, the most ironic story of all involves Montreal’s Pierre Elliot Trudeau international airport. As you probably all know, Trudeau was prime minister of Canada during the 70s and was originally from Montreal. One of his big projects while he was in power was to build a second Montreal airport at Mirabel, 45 minutes north of the city.
The whole thing was a disaster from day 1: low traffic, bad design, no links to city etc. So years later, the decision was taken to close down Mirabel (except for cargo) and put all the international flights back to what was then called dorval. In fact, Trudeau wanted to close Dorval and make Mirabel the one and only airport serving Montreal.
So what happens after Trudeau dies? They rename Dorval Airport P. E. Trudeau International. To my knowledge, the only airport in the world that is named after a man who wanted to shut it down!
Last edited by bigjames; 3rd Sep 2009 at 13:46.