JeffLAS From United States of America, joined Nov 2004, 161 posts, RR: 0 Posted (8 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 22 hours ago) and read 4826 times:
The CBC Radio is reporting this hour that Air Canada has received permission to start flying to Vietnam from YVR. Service to begin in the spring of 2005.
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JeffLAS
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Cx flyboy From Hong Kong, joined Dec 1999, 6341 posts, RR: 56 Reply 1, posted (8 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 4632 times:
Would this be via HKG or Japan somewhere? Can't imagine it woulod be direct!...unless they want to do a direct flight to HAN or SGN then onwards to India.
JeffLAS From United States of America, joined Nov 2004, 161 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (8 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 4389 times:
Hi Airliners.net Junkies!
I assume it would be with a stop in Hong Kong.
JeffLAS
" Jazz A-380, you have 2,100 feet from the intersection......Cleared for Take-off"
Airliner777 From United States of America, joined May 2000, 493 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (8 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 4379 times:
Kdonohue From Canada, joined Sep 2001, 365 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (8 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 4291 times:
I'm with FLYYUL on this. There are other Asian destinations that I could see AC serving before Vietnam. Securing the rights for a route and actually flying it are two different things.
Jayce From Canada, joined Nov 1999, 520 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (8 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 4193 times:
Does this have anything to do with Harmony's intentions to operate the route? Maybe trying to stop the competition before it starts. Though I have my doubts that this route will actually start up. I remember reading here about AC operating YVR-LIM quite a few months ago, and that never materialized.
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Trvlr From United States of America, joined Feb 2000, 4430 posts, RR: 24 Reply 10, posted (8 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 4159 times:
I believe it's actually the CBC that's taking a leap of faith. It's interesting that they had information regarding a start date, although they could very well have been confused with the date on which AC is allowed to start service to Vietnam.
Nevertheless, I see YVR-Vietnam as not a particularly bad idea, at least if United thinks it can make so much money at SGN.
Jayce From Canada, joined Nov 1999, 520 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (8 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 4162 times:
According to the great circle mapper, YVR-LIM is 4397 nm. The range of the A321 is around 2300 nm and the A319/A320 is 2760 nm. They could do it with one stop, maybe MEX?
Personally, I think GRU would work well from YVR. A 762 would be a nice fit for this market.
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Bicoastal From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 12, posted (8 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 4048 times:
Good for Air Canada. United's upcoming service is already heavily, heavily booked with cargo and passengers. It's going to be a huge money maker for them. Let's hope the best for Air Canada, too.
JoFMO From Germany, joined Jul 2004, 2211 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (8 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 3902 times:
UA has a sort of y mini-hub in HKG where flights from ORD and SFO feed its flights to SGN and SIN.
AC's flight from VCR could also be timewise be considered as part of this hub. I don't know if they codeshare onward with UA, but AC could fly onward to Hanoi and they could feed each other very well.
Only the flight from YYZ is so far not timed to fit into an possible HKG hub. But I think it's a nice idea of a mini-hub in HKG with AC and UA.
JoFMO From Germany, joined Jul 2004, 2211 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (8 years 5 months 3 weeks 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 3784 times:
But so far their A343 from YVR is standing around in HKG from 19:00 to 13:45. So maybe it is saves you the expensive parking fees to extend the flight from HKG and you don't need to base additional narrow bodies.
FLYACYYZ From Canada, joined Jan 2004, 1914 posts, RR: 12 Reply 17, posted (8 years 5 months 3 weeks 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 2261 times:
AC would never position a narrow body aircraft at HKG to facilitate a single route to VietNam. Issues of cost, crewing, etc.
Agreed that if AC is to exercise 5th freedoms, there are a whole list of cities well ahead of points in Vietnam that would come first. BKK would probably top the list, which would ressurect a dormant CP route.
When the press release indicated service to Vietnam, could it be in cooperation with a Star partner. Commercially speaking, AC serves VIE, WAW, SVO, just to name a few.
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