Schadenfreude Among the Maple Leaves
The Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) is charging a stranded Antonov An-124 cargo aircraft an exorbitant parking fee of nearly one-penny-per-second. The 226-foot-long cargo plane has been stuck at YYZ since Canada closed its airspace to Russian-owned aircraft on 27 February 2022. Finding parking for the mammoth aircraft, one of only 26 left in the world, was a relatively simple matter. Liberating it from Canada has proved anything but.