PEARSON AIRPORT TESTING PICK-UPS USING UBER, LYFT

Passengers landing at Toronto’s Pearson airport are now able to arrange to be picked up using their Uber and Lyft ride-hailing apps. The Greater Toronto Airports Authority says Uber and Lyft customers can request rides at Canada’s largest airport under a pilot program that started Tuesday. The service will give another option for 47 million annual airport passengers and 49,000 airport workers. Until now, ride-hailing services could only drop off passengers at the airport. More than 200 North American airports, including Ottawa, Montreal, Edmonton and Calgary offer full ride-hailing services. The Toronto airport authority says it studied similar operations at other airports and consulted locally to understand benefits and impacts to operators.