Slawko From Canada, joined May 1999, 3799 posts, RR: 10 Reply 4, posted (11 years 1 week 1 hour ago) and read 1789 times:
Talked to a buddy who flies at WJ he saw it today, its got a westjet tail and westjet titles but it has delta paint scheme engines and bare metal fuselage.
"Clive Beddoe says he favours competition, but his actions do not support that idea." Robert Milton - CEO Air Canada
TheHangarCat From Canada, joined Apr 2002, 87 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (11 years 1 week 1 hour ago) and read 1758 times:
I'll be in YYZ on tuesday to get to know the place and I hope to be there when the first plane arrives later that week, deep into the enemy's territory...
DeltaSFO From United States of America, joined Nov 2000, 2488 posts, RR: 24 Reply 10, posted (11 years 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 1734 times:
Registration numbers should be N3739P and N3740C. Ships 3739 and 3740, and the reason they're so roomy is that they are in the Delta Shuttle configuration... all coach at 36 inch pitch.
Hope you guys enjoy flying on them this summer..... make sure you take your camera to the airport tomorrow, Fallingeese. I'm interested to see what these birds look like.
It's a new day. Every moment matters. Now, more than ever.
BO__einG From Canada, joined Apr 2000, 2759 posts, RR: 20 Reply 13, posted (11 years 6 days 8 hours ago) and read 1652 times:
Damm to think I was going to the airport today to see em.
Ack Ill go tomorrow. I would'a went today if the weather wasnt to damm dull.
But its good to see the 800s here. I too heard that it shall start operations on the 23rd.
So I guess the second one is yet to arrive within the next few days.
Anybody know what time it came in today?
I will kick myself in the butt if it came in at 10-11pm area cuz I was at piano lessons
Whooppee doo!!
Another nice addition to YYC.
Expanding my global domination one spotter at a time..
Fallingeese From Canada, joined Apr 2001, 2097 posts, RR: 20 Reply 15, posted (11 years 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 1576 times:
Damn I didn't get out today, I won't be able to tomorrow either....have to work 9 hours. Hopefully Monday but we'll see. Hey Bo, catch a picture of it for me....
BO__einG From Canada, joined Apr 2000, 2759 posts, RR: 20 Reply 17, posted (11 years 5 days 23 hours ago) and read 1547 times:
eh well its a pretty nice question you asked TNNH,.
I guess one of the reason is that its a fellow carrier based in North America so its easier to get the planes rather than lease them from like Qantas which is 16000km away.
And I think the leasing price may of been cheaper thus enabling westjet to snag the two off of Delta Shuttle without much problem.
They will be used for only 7 months its just to fill the most heavily used routes until more -700s arrive. Looks like their -700 orders are way down the list of all the others that needs to be built and delivered.
Oh Mark: Ya sure if it is sitting outside tomorrow I'll snag a couple shots of it provided the sun is good. Glad I dont have to work tomorrow I worked today and just got back at 1130pm.
The second one will probably come like tomorrow or monday.. I just hope so! fingers are crossed!!!!
oh ya, Martin Air starts flying in on Mondays AMS-YEG-YYC-AMS route.
Also a hottie to snag.
YYC is starting to look like a true canadian Airport.
Expanding my global domination one spotter at a time..
BO__einG From Canada, joined Apr 2000, 2759 posts, RR: 20 Reply 18, posted (11 years 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 1515 times:
Hmm, the weather here is bad, in fact its worse than yesterday.
Shucks, I wont be going to YYC today because it is going to rain all day.
Also to top it off it looks like Rwy 16 is in use so It will be hard for me to spot and shoot picts of planes landing on 16 if say the other 800 arrives.
I hope tomorrow will be better.
Expanding my global domination one spotter at a time..
Slawko From Canada, joined May 1999, 3799 posts, RR: 10 Reply 19, posted (11 years 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 1507 times:
The reason that they are getting delta airplanes is because Delta is the only other carrier in NA that has the exact same options for its 737NG's as WJ. All of the systems and features are the same, and as such very little extra training was required. the 737-800 is not certified to fly in Canada hence the us registration, and all pilots signed an FAA waver permitting them to fly the airplane.
"Clive Beddoe says he favours competition, but his actions do not support that idea." Robert Milton - CEO Air Canada
BO__einG From Canada, joined Apr 2000, 2759 posts, RR: 20 Reply 23, posted (11 years 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 1431 times:
Alright, Slawko said it well and it definetly makes sense.
American also has -800s but their configuration is different and it is not what Westjet had preferred. Same with ATA but it would be sweet to see winglet -800s with hybrid liverys.. Drool!
Anybody know what the exact version designation the leased 800s are?
the 700s for instance are all 76N.
Expanding my global domination one spotter at a time..
Dripstick From Canada, joined Dec 2001, 2364 posts, RR: 24 Reply 24, posted (11 years 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 1430 times:
"Anybody know what the exact version designation the leased 800s are?"
N3739P and N3740C are 737-832's.
What's another word for thesaurus?
25 Boeing747-700: So these leased 738 planes are flowen by Westjet crews or Delta?
26 Slawko: Westjet 737-700 crews who have taken the -800 conversion course and signed the FAA documentation fly the -800's at WJ
27 Fallingeese: Bo it's beautiful out dude. It's 21 and I just got back from a 9 hour shift...my feet hurt. I might go out tomorrow if I'm not mountain biking at COP.
28 TheHangarCat: I got some pictures sent to me through the company E-mail of the new paint scheme, courtesy of my dad. I uploaded a pic onto airliners.net but it's aw
30 Screener8: Unfortunately the scan quality is not acceptable for inclusion in the database(along with the fact that the nose is cut-off) but everyone wants to see
31 Fallingeese: That is awesome. It looks incredable, the engines even though they are different still look good on the plane.
32 Dripstick: Doesn't look too shabby. Is that white or "used-to-be-white" white? I like the bare metal belly as well. Thanks for the link Screener8.
33 Slawko: Do you mind if I put that pic on my website http://www.torontoaviation.com
34 BO__einG: Damm, Very tight! Mark I was at the Airport today and I just happen to go by the WEstJet hangar and guess what?!~! Two of its 3 hangar doors/gates wer
35 WJV04: hehe was spotting kinda today, my car ran out of gas on mcall road right in the middle of it so while walking to esso, i managed to spot for about 1 h
36 Dash8King: I was wondering what kind of Binocs you got and how much did they cost? Thanks a lot!
37 BO__einG: WJV04. lol! If I had seen you get out of your car while I was riding on the bus at airport today, I woulda point-and-laughed at you!! but I didnt'.. D
38 TheHangarCat: Yup, that's the pic I sent... I oughta get my website up so that I can put the rest of the pics up.. oh well, at least everyone got a good look at (we
39 BO__einG: Well it is 7am. If the weather is good from now till the rest of the day, I will definetly go to YYC and try abd catch a glimpse of that. I'll try and
40 Slawko: Oh so it was your pic Hangarcat...ok then I'll ask you, do you mind if I post it on my website?
41 Thehangarcat: sure slawko, just credit Dave Belzil as the photographer in YYC, I just submitted that one pic so that everyone could see the plane... there's other p
42 A380: Will those two 738s be used solely on YYC-YYZ and YEG-YYZ runs?
43 Slawko: Thanks Hangarcat I have posted the pics with full credits. http://www.torontoaviation.com Any more pictures would be welcomed, you can e-mail me at to
44 BO__einG: I was at YYC today and it was a dissapointing and a Boring trip. The 738 that was here was hidden behind the hangar doors and the second one never cam
45 Fly_yhm: A380 YHM will see the -800s too on YEG-YHM-YEG
46 Gmonney: Hey hangercat "if it ain't boeing, I ain't going" is a great line for YYZ.....there is sooo much plastic here its becoming like a busy hooker.....just
47 A330CFBUS: Just incase people were wondering the first few flights, and possibly days in YYZ, as it stands right now, looks like it will be operated with the 700
48 TheHangarCat: plastic... hooker... nice one... hahahaha... If you ever get airside onto YYZ you'll notice that our Maint. van has a sticker on the rear window that
49 Fly_yhm: TheHangarCat You work for WJ? I do here in YHM. Do you know anyone here?
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