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Rules and Regulations

The Pearson Standard is our shared path toward achieving a new standard of responsibility, performance, and quality that benefits us all.

New 2025 update to The Pearson Standard: Rules & Regulations.

The GTAA has a vision to put the joy back into travel and make Toronto Pearson the chosen place to fly and work. To deliver on this, we must hold ourselves and our partners accountable to achieve world-class performance, together.

To set operational expectations for the Pearson Standard, we have a set of Rules & Regulations for airport operators.

The Pearson Standard: Rules & Regulations is a comprehensive resource where obligations for operating at Pearson are clearly described. It reflects today’s operating environment and serves as a map to existing obligations in directives, codes and manuals.

The expectations set out in The Pearson Standard are essential for a world-class international airport.

We also publish an Annual Report of the GTAA’s Commitment to The Pearson Standard that outlines the standards of operational excellence for areas within our control.

For questions and clarifications, please contact thepearsonstandard@gtaa.com.

Revisions log

Date
(DD/MM/YY
Type
(New/Revision)
Section(s) Description
05/06/23 New All First publication of the GTAA Rules and Regulations
 24/07/24 Revision  2, 3, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, and Glossary Annual Update to the GTAA Rules and Regulations (2024)
 15/04/26 Revision  2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 Annual Update to the GTAA Rules and Regulations (2025)

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