Anyone have insight as to how LHR-PDX has been performing, and why they shifted to using the 787 this summer over the 772 as was used Summer 2023? The 772 las summer might have been to accommodate for the 787 retrofit. The 787-8 is probably a better fit for the route, hence why it's back this summe...
Jump to postThis will really impact India to Europe/USA Not really. India to Europe/USA doesn’t use Iranian airspace. They transit the ‘Stans, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey. All those airspaces are still open. Northern and eastern Iranian airspace is still open as well. This isn’t all doom and gloom. At least...
Jump to postLooks like the A320 series is hanging around at AC for much longer; AC is committing to a major avionics upgrade to the type, adding a HUD, and EEIS2 systems to make the cockpit similar to the upcoming A321LR's: https://aircraft.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2024-04-a-significant-a320-famil...
Jump to postLooking at Aeromexico fares, May and June seem to show one flight to each Canadian destination drastically more expensive than the other, I suspect these are planned cancellations in light of the new visa requirements for Mexican citizens entering Canada. Checked for late April and May, and I'm see...
Jump to postI’m a bit fuzzy on the specifics, but I’ve got it in my head that CargoJet 767s (and maybe even 757s) and YVP don’t easily mix… something to do with part of the runway not being able to support the weight (without limitations, etc). 737 freighters are the norm for YVP. Dont know about weight limita...
Jump to postHowever, in this case, it wouldn't even surprise me if Air Transat might consolidate around the A321neo only, so no widebodies anymore. TS won't be able to compete effectively against AC with only A321s in its fleet. It needs the A330s for the busier trunk routes to Europe, and the busier sun route...
Jump to postI thought Japan/Canada bilateral agreement was open skies? What are the restrictions? It’s open skies for any destination served outside of Tokyo. Tokyo airports are capacity controlled. https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2009/04/canada-japan-expand-bilateral-air-transport-agreement.html This ex...
Jump to postIn the summer they are at about ten flights a day and need two gates. That's correct. This summer, AC ops out of BOS will be: 4x daily E175 to YUL 5x daily E175/A220/Max 8 to YYZ 1x daily Q400 to YHZ No YVR or YOW anymore, so the third gate isn't really needed, but will come in handy during IROPS.
Jump to postWhat about Bermuda? Should be fine on YYZ-BDA, right? They would need ETOPS for that. You don't need ETOPS to fly to BDA. Heck, you don't even need life rafts to fly to BDA, just life preservers, since you're never further than 400nm from a suitable airport. All of the caibbean is fine without ETOP...
Jump to postWell, the B789 beats out the A339 in virtually every metric. It's lighter Can carry more payload Has more range Flies faster Can presumably fit in the TS hangar And considering the number of used B789s available, this order should be Boeing's to lose. This being said, I wonder if TS is going for the...
Jump to postHaha… well I would have been normally up for it, but the connections came with a lot of transit time that I would lose one day in Cairo. I almost gave up but then decided to call back again one last time - and after some back and forth about ‘reasonable routing’ and strong insistence, they finally ...
Jump to postAC launches YUL-ICN AC67 YUL-ICN 789 D1246 1235-1625+1 18JUN24-24OCT24 AC68 ICN-YUL 789 D2357 1800-1830 19JUN24-25OCT24 There’s the plane from CAI And i got moved to a double connect :( I'd call AC and push for a 1 stop. Either via YYZ with MS or via FRA/MUC/ZRH/VIE/BRU. Don't settle for the 2 stop.
Jump to postAt or near capacity meaning gate capacity or runway capacity? The YYZ-BCN route was changed from the 400-seat model to the 450, a route that began in 2023 with the B777. In YUL-BCN 450 seats daily. Let's see what the next step is in Barcelona, double daily some days to both places or a route to V...
Jump to postThe YYZ-BCN route was changed from the 400-seat model to the 450, a route that began in 2023 with the B777. In YUL-BCN 450 seats daily. Let's see what the next step is in Barcelona, double daily some days to both places or a route to Vancouver. AC is clearly favoring adding more frequency/gauge f...
Jump to postI've flown on Rouge over a dozen times throughout the years. I honestly have nothing bad to say about them.
Jump to postHi All, Does anyone have any insight regarding YYZs pax count ? Curious to see the numbers - thanks! Still haven’t posted Q4 2023, but based on Q3 and YTD results (average of 32% increase over 2022 numbers), they should finish the year with around 46-47 million passengers. Still below 2019, which s...
Jump to postYYC can function with a single runway if Gatwick can do the same at much higher volume. Given how airlines already pad their schedules, I am sure they will pursue that approach to make things work. The major difference being, LGW is a level 3 slot controlled airport. YYC isn't. LGW is a level 3 bec...
Jump to postSome official NavCan literature.
https://www.navcanada.ca/en/09sup2024en.pdf
Emirates will launching a seasonal seventh daily flight to LHR from 31MAR to 26 OCT. The flights will be operated by the B77W. Source: EK website. EDITED: According to a friend at EK, the airline has leased slots from Virgin Atlantic. https://www.acl-uk.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/LHR-S24-VS-EK-...
Jump to post^ Precisely. It's the scenario that makes the most sense.
Jump to postI read on another forum that ADL will be resumed on the 77L at the end of October. That's correct. They did mention previously not having the aircraft to operate the route and ADL would have been one of the first 350 routes, interesting to see where they're pulling the 777L from to operate. EK obvi...
Jump to postAdmittedly, European summer vacations did not cross my mind. That said - population wise ADL is no MEL or SYD. 2024 ADL metro population - 1.379 million (source - https://www.macrotrends.net/cities/206171/adelaide/population#:~:text=The%20current%20metro%20area%20population,a%200.82%25%20increase%2...
Jump to postJuju2004 wrote:Anybody knows why YUL removed its last PAPI on 24R recently?
In a slot and gate restricted airports such as YYZ/YUL a 196 seat 321 is more useful than a 169 seat 737MAX on high volume markets such as TCON, California, even major UA hub flying etc. :checkmark: This fact alone makes the switch worthwhile ! Of course, if AC had ordered the A320/321neos instead ...
Jump to postRSD808 VKO-JFK operated by an IL-96-300 reg. RA-96023 on January 21.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airc ... 3#33b32e50
The plane flew to IAD soon after, and it's still there I believe.
YXE unofficial 2023 numbers.
1,277,863 +34.2%
https://yxe.ca/stats-figures/
YLW surpassed their 2019 number in 2023 (by 605 passengers). Their pre-pandemic peak was in 2018, however, and they still haven't caught up to that yet. 2,032,624 +18.3% https://ylw.kelowna.ca/business/facts-statistics YYJ posted full year 2023 as well. They still have a ways to go to reach their 20...
Jump to postWhat was the "problem"? No real issue. Just my personal interest on how and why can a plane on ground be deviated so easily from the standard route and why this is not considered as a potential threat considering the hundreds of incoming and outcoming flights to and from that airport. Jus...
Jump to post^ slots usually have a use it or lose it condition attached to it, so EK can’t simply pay and keep an unused slot.
This being said, GLA isn’t a level 3 slot coordinated airport, simply a level 2 facility, so things might be a bit different.
IIRC YYZ is the 3rd busiest port of entry into the US by air. Only JFK and MIA beat it. LAX, EWR and SFO as well, at least in terms of overall international passengers in/out of the US. Port of entry numbers should be roughly half of these, so the ranking should be similar with one way inbound traf...
Jump to postBlerg wrote:Btw anyone know why OS went for 10 B789 without any 788s? This will be quite a capacity jump as I think the 789 is much larger than the 763.
STT757 wrote:Thenoflyzone wrote:Showing UA mainline at YUL as of August 1. First time ever I believe. Summer seasonal from both ORD and EWR. Double daily A319 each.
Continental regularly flew scheduled 737-300s and 737-500s EWR-YUL.
Showing UA mainline at YUL as of August 1. First time ever I believe. Summer seasonal from both ORD and EWR. Double daily A319 each.
Jump to postSome more annoying bulk loaded birds (and starboard side fuel) for the boys downstairs. The bulk loading clearly doesn't bother AC management, since they bought the Max. I thought fueling on the starboard side was standard, whether bulk loading or ULD loading. After consulting the A320 ACAP documen...
Jump to postI got an alert i was now on AF4083 leaving at 1920 (AF137 was due to leave at 1720) AF137 departs at 17h30 lcl, which is 2330UTC. A mere 30 minute delay pushes it to the next day (in terms of UTC time). So you have to look at it in that context. You can't have two AF flights with a scheduled depart...
Jump to postSo, how come BOG-EZE flights on a route longer by 100nm than BOG-YUL are leaving BOG with a full complement of paxs on the A320neos? Very good question. The 20,000 lb MTOW hit out of BOG is undeniable. However, as BOG-YUL/EZE are nowhere near the max range of the A320neo (3500nm), it's safe to assu...
Jump to postI believe that YUL-DEL is mainly targeted at US connections. Easier transfers from US-Int’l at YUL than YYZ, and I think the flight timings join up to many YUL-US services as well. Did you see those Canada p2p numbers? Demand far outpaces non stop capacity from Canada to India. Therefore, it's pret...
Jump to postI got an alert i was now on AF4083 leaving at 1920 (AF137 was due to leave at 1720) AF137 departs at 17h30 lcl, which is 2330UTC. A mere 30 minute delay pushes it to the next day (in terms of UTC time). So you have to look at it in that context. You can't have two AF flights with a scheduled depart...
Jump to postI see a WN flight (WN1451) from the mainland diverted over to the Honolulu. I guess not as easy to accommodate it on short notice at Hilo or something. ITO doesn't have the gate space to take everyone diverting from KOA, nor is there hotel space in Hilo, nor is there transportation capacity to move...
Jump to postCan an A320neo even make BOG-YUL nonstop given altitude at BOG? I would imagine YYZ/BOS are already pushing the limits. AV flies one of its two BOG-EZE dailies with the A320neo. EZE-BOG is 2,522nm v YUL-BOG 2,439 nm. Must be weight restricted, especially departing BOG. I wonder how much of a penalt...
Jump to postWhy don’t Canadian airlines add extra buffer time to schedules for de-icing? They already do. What makes you think they don't? Flights routinely land 30 minutes early in winter when de-icing isn't required. That's because it's built in the block time, regardless. Precisely, and then the deicing flu...
Jump to postHND has the same length as SJO , so i don't buy the runway narrative especially for a relativly medium route Apart from being factually wrong in claiming HND has the same length as SJO, you are clearly missing a few key concepts about aircraft performance. As BA777FO mentioned, surrounding terrain ...
Jump to postIt´s noteworthy that this flight is being operated with an A320NEO and not an A321 as reported in the first news about the new routes to DXB. This particular machine (D-AENE) operated the first Stuttgart-Dubai flight yesterday and flew from DXB to Berlin yesterday evening. So the first flight from ...
Jump to postTake this with a block of salt, here’s news out of Ethiopia. Of particular interest are those to Nigeria, Ghana, Canada. Ethiopia Enters Air Transport Agreements with 17 Countries The deal, signed at the annual air transport service negotiation conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, encompasses variou...
Jump to postDoha – Yerevan eff 31MAR24 1 daily service operated by various widebody aircraft (A330/350/777/787), instead of A320. This route was originally filed as 10 weekly
QR will be sending only widebodies to EVN next summer.
https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231216-qrns24
Jump to postDoha – Yerevan eff 31MAR24 1 daily service operated by various widebody aircraft (A330/350/777/787), instead of A320. This route was originally filed as 10 weekly
Theoretically they could send the 2-class A380 to YUL; not sure if they have any Crew Bunks in them. EK inquired about the possibility of sending the A380 to YUL. From what I understand, YUL said no. But YUL is a strange market for EK, as it lacks the lucrative Indian/South Asian traffic that YYZ, ...
Jump to postIm not lol. Im just an Avgeek. :D I agree though, he is basking in the non-controversy he created--just like this videos. He got banned from an airline for giving them a bad review, and after the airline tried to bribe him, AND after the airline pushed the crew members on that flight to retroactive...
Jump to postWould be great if they could settle on a 787 fleet network strategy. Certainly played trial and error for a few years now, still feels like they are still trying to find their feet. I think Pacific is an area that they should focus on more. ICN is good. Do a deal with Virgin and hit up a Aussie run...
Jump to postgiven that Toronto (or really any Canadian City) doesn't have much, if any semblance of an aerospace industry left. lol...Do you even read some of the stuff you write? I think you should start doing that before hitting the submit button. https://www.montrealinternational.com/en/keysectors/aerospace...
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