With summer literally just around the corner, there’s no shortages of cottage-goers making their way up north of the city; every long weekend Highway 400 gets jam packed with those wishing to escape the city for just a couple of days. With drives lasting hours though, one can hardly call this a vacation. With the stress of having to drive there competing with everyone else, dodging traffic, and escaping collisions, you’re literally exhausted just from the drive.
You can kiss all of that goodbye, however, now that FlyGTA Airlines makes its way to Muskoka in less time than it takes you to reach the 400 from downtown. Beaming with pride, the FlyGTA Airlines CEO, Chris Nowrouzi (below, welcoming me to his aircraft), joined us for the media tour ride to Muskoka.
Inside the plane, Nowrouzi goes on to explain that these sickness bags are not your plain-old white bags you see on every other airline. These ones on FlyGTA Airlines have colourful illustrations on them, making them almost too good to use. Below, Nowrouzi explains to us the concept behind creating these unique bags.
In the photo below, you can see Z103.5’s Hammer pumped for his flight to Muskoka.
The flight from Toronto’s Billy Bishop Airport to Muskoka’s Air Terminal only took 33min. from takeoff to landing, and it was absolutely stress-free—not to mention you can enjoy the view while not having to care about dodging traffic. Thirty-three minutes is a pretty short flight, but I couldn’t stop admiring the scenery below. With beautiful coastlines, so much lush greenery, and islands dotting the lakes, we truly do live in a gem of a province!
Peering down through the window, I caught a glimpse of this unique view. It was a swimming pool out in the middle of a forest. I didn’t see any homes anywhere near this pool, so I’m not sure what that was all about.
Another great view as seen from my window.
Looking down the plane, I see the two pilots flying with care, as they try and keep this flight as smooth as possible.
Jazz, always on the lookout for great views, takes to his phone and records a video of the flight.
After touching down in Muskoka, this is where you have the option to continue your trip via a rental car (there’s an agency located inside the Muskoka Air Terminal), taxi, or in the future, possibly a shuttle to your Muskoka resort! Now that’s a stress-free vacation if you ask me.
The two pilots get out to chat with everyone.
The Muskoka Air Terminal is located just about 10 min. north of Gravenhurst and 10min. south of Bracebridge, making it a very convenient location to continue your journey to various parts of Northern Ontario.
The FlyGTA Airlines plane sitting outside the Muskoka Air Terminal.
After refuelling, it was time to head back in the plane for our trip back to Toronto.
The 10-seater (including pilots) airplane seats comfortably even when I had my camera bag in the footwell. With quite a bit of storage space under the cabin and behind the seats inside, I’m sure you’ll have no problems getting all of your summer needs inside the plane.
The plane can get a little bumpy depending on the weather, but that’s just par for the course for small aircrafts—if you ask me, it just makes the ride that much more fun. Just look at all those fluffy clouds and you’ll forget all about the bumps!
It’s clear that this new route to Muskoka will be very convenient for many people. Whether you need to get to Muskoka for business, a family vacation, or to the cottage, you can’t go wrong with spending just a little more to get there stress-free in only 33 minutes.
And on your way back from Muskoka? You’ll get to enjoy this great view of the Toronto skyline.
FlyGTA was kind enough to shuttle our group back to the underground tunnel, which further made this one truly stress-free trip to Muskoka.
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