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Canada's national airline, Air Canada, offers direct flights daily to Québec City from Toronto and Ottawa. Discount carriers Jazz (an Air Canada subsidiary) and Québecair have, respectively, 15 and 3 daily flights to Québec City from Montréal. Two U.S. carriers also offer direct flights to Québec City: Continental has four from Newark and one from Cleveland; Northwest has two from Detroit.

Jean Lesage International Airport is about 19 km (12 mi) northwest of downtown. Major renovations are underway, so be patient.

If you're driving from the airport into town, take Route 540 (Autoroute Duplessis) to Route 175 (boulevard Laurier), which becomes Grande Allée and leads right to Vieux-Québec. The ride takes about 30 minutes and may be slightly longer (45 minutes or so) during rush hours (7:30-8:30 AM into town and 4-5:30 PM leaving town).

Private limo service is expensive, starting at C$65 for the ride from the airport into Québec City. Taxis are available immediately outside the airport exit near the baggage-claim area. A ride into the city costs about C$30. Two local taxi firms are Taxi Coop de Québec, the largest company in the city, and Taxi Québec.

Information

Jean Lesage International Airport (500 rue Principale, Ste-Foy. 418/640-2600. www.aeroportdequebec.com). Taxi Coop de Québec (av., e, av., e, Limoilou. 418/525-5191). Taxi Québec (av., e, av., e, Limoilou. 418/522-2001).