Hopefully this proves to be fruitful and Porter doesn't go under, or this will turn into yet another Montreal airport white elephant. YHU's new terminal (100% privately funded) is a very modest project (compared to Mirabel) and is much closer to Montréal. And I know many south shore residents who w...
Jump to postPorter's YHU terminal progress. Pic taken March 27th
https://forum.agoramtl.com/t/nouvelle-a ... 9/65?u=yul
Saint-Hubert (YHU) Porter's terminal construction progress.
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(Published 6 hours ago by Daniel Buies on the FB group "Les Ailes Québécoises")
PD's E195E2 can make YUL - California? Good to know.
Jump to postYUL busiest year ever. Official 2023 numbers: 21,145,714 (+32.3% versus 2022) Domestic: 6,591,175 (+21.8%) International: 9,829,216 (+38.4%) Transborder: 4,725,323 (+36.3%) Pretty impressive international numbers (14.55 million international + transborborder travellers). https://www.admtl.com/site...
Jump to postCan't upload the picture here it seems.
Anyways the YHU construction progresses well.
Recent noise management plan:
https://aviationsourcenews.com/airport/ ... ExSWBHoNUU
Your original argument was that Air Transat had to comply with the language laws. They never had to and they still elected to operate in french. Bill 101 (since 1977) applied to businesses with 50 and over employees. Now Bill 96 (Aug 2022?) applies to businesses with 25 and over employees. They have...
Jump to postNo, from day 1 Air Transat was a federally regulated company and was therefore not subject to the language law. They could have operated in english if they wanted - but opted to operate in french. Anyways it was logic for Air Transat to operate in french as the great majority of its employees were f...
Jump to postNo assumption it is a fact, it most certainly did have in some way something to do with Quebec's language laws. Again if you read my earlier comment, I wrote that Quebecair was already operating in french well before any language laws. (they operated in french since... 1953!!). Many ex Quebecair em...
Jump to post...with the added bonus of one company that conducts business in French due to their provinces language laws. I think Porter is better off staying Joint Ventured with Transat FWIW Transat was formed from lots of Quebecair (RIP) employees/ pilots / cadre (they were already operating in french - well...
Jump to postAs a folliow-up to my prior post maybe YOW HQ would be a better choice for a Transat/Porter hook-up? I don't see many employees moving to Ottawa from either Toronto or Montreal. And it would not be very efficient to move those 2 headquarters into Ottawa. Ottawa has great expertise in Gvt and high t...
Jump to postTrying to happily merge the corporate culture of Transat with anyone would be no easy feat. I know what you mean (I'm an Anglo YULer)... I'm curious to know more here. In observing Transat's operation in Toronto by example, any clues that would indicate it would not be an easy feat? (referring to t...
Jump to postAirbus needs to be careful with the A223 (about cannibalizing possible A320neo sales?) I have great confidence in Airbus sale department. I'm sure they know when/how to market the A220 while not compromising possible A319/A320neos sales. For LH, it was between the E2 (which had enough range for int...
Jump to postSeems to me they (ADM) will have no choice but to build another terminal building with its own road network to address that issue. Would ADM consider moving (beside Porter) some other carriers (Westjet/Sunwing by exemple - with proper financial incentives) to YHU? That could be a cheaper / more eff...
Jump to postThe difference was that I often travelled outside of work hours and was not paid extra. I doubt this is true of Federal employees. In my 38 years military + federal public service, we were never paid for travel - when outside duty hours. We therefore traveled during duty hours more often than not ;)
Jump to postThe new Mirabel pre-assembly plant will enable Airbus to reduce its assembly costs and boost the A220 program's competitiveness. This news confirms the strategic positioning of the aerospace industry in Quebec. Furthermore, this Pre-FAL will ensure tight quality control of parts/systems before poss...
Jump to postPretty cool. On part 2 (at around 8:05) we see an old CAF Chinooks flying few feet above ground (his way of taxying) toward the military terminal / hangar. (Upland, or CFB Ottawa South as it was called back then) FWIW, we sold all our Chinooks back then - just to be forced to buy new ones again for ...
Jump to postClydenairways wrote:Its interesting to see how the E195-E2 continues to loose out as these sales get announced, and this was with the advantage of being an existing E Jet operator too.
For a minute, I thought there were A220s for Qatars Airways...
Jump to postPassengers do not like to fly props. An article some years ago said when an RJ replaces a prop, loads go up by 20% Bizarre, we don't have that phobia in Canada. On shorter regional routes, we have all sorts of Q100/300/400 around. But yes as those are getting older (w/o new replacements) smaller de...
Jump to postNewfoundland lost whole communities this way in WW1.
Jump to postOn the other end, SAS has to make some profits eventually. All stakeholders have to pitch in somehow.
Otherwise there's no points, better liquidate what can't be operated profitably.
Or maybe the unions can buy the assets and run the show?
I read somewhere that those two are part of the STTC. So four more to go.
(Will provide the source a little later)
Those are 2015 built, and will be modified by Airbus.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/rcaf-t ... -1.6520777
Also TS has been extra prudent in its back to service process, prioritizing the full use of its A321LR fleet first (and hiring and training accordingly)
Jump to posthz747300 wrote:I was waiting exactly for that one! Jump to postTo Bombardier or Mitsubishi?
Indeed. "On May 18, 2021, FTV-5 (C-GLBG) repeatedly achieved supersonic speed in shallow dives, reaching Mach 1.015 . The flight was conducted from Santa Maria in California with a NASA F/A-18 Hornet fighter acting as a chase plane. The supersonic trial was undertaken as part of a campaign to v...
Jump to postThe Global 8000 jet will be of the same size as the 19-seater Global 7500, will come equipped with more optimised General Electric's Passport Engines. It will become the world's fastest business jet with an ultra-long range of 8,000 nautical miles (9,206 miles) and a top speed of Mach 0.94 (721 mile...
Jump to postAbout that Ukrainian offensive:
https://thetimeshub.in/map-of-the-situa ... /1746/amp/
william wrote:That also means the closet was not sufficiently supplied to start with... Jump to postThe closet is bare': Aid to Ukraine depletes US weapons supply
Hawaiian could test the waters by adding a few "turboprops" ( my correction ) now to see if people on the island and tourists vote with their feet. Add in the benefit of HA's Frequent Flier program, corporate accounts, etc... Exactly Add-in a couple of turboprops during lower demand hours...
Jump to postEChid wrote:Must be!YUL is crawling with A220s
As of now, both passing by Sable Island, Nova Scotia. (On each side of it)
Jump to postWhere do you get "cashflow positive after 2030"? Airbus still aims to have the program profitable on/after 2025. ---------------------------------------------------- Quebec may instruct Airbus to buy their shares as early as 2028. Otherwise, Airbus may buy Investissement Quebec in 2030. (O...
Jump to postAirbus has shown no sign they are interested in producing the A220 series. Really? If so, it would have been WAY cheaper to not bother selling anymore A220s (or only at steep prices), not bother to invest in a pre-FAL or even bother to build a second FAL in Mobile. Mirabel alone could have fullfill...
Jump to postJetport wrote:Many here on Anet are optimistic on the profitability prospects for the A220 program, I am not.
If Airbus is investing $900M in the program, then it's pretty obvious they are convinced to recoup that money and then some - in a timely manner.
Jump to postgeomap:
That's like getting Leonardo in the same corruption boat due to its partnership with Airbus (in ATR)...
I'm also having difficulty perceiving the link with this corruption event that happened years before Airbus Canada.
If the actual value of the program is nil, why would Airbus alone is investing $900M?
Let's say they are confident enough that the program will eventually repay that $900M and then some.
I also read (some weeks ago) that Airbus might look into redesigning some parts in order to lower manufacturing costs.
I also see it as a way to bypass some overpriced supplier's contracts...
Moderators:
Maybe this require a new thread - or at least to modify this thread title to reflect the $1.2B investment and the four extra years of Quebec partial ownership.
Airbus and Quebec are set to announce an investment deal ($1.2B?) that would allow the Canadian province to remain in the loss-making A220 jet program four more years - until the venture is likely to turn profitable https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/airbus-quebec-reach-investment...
Jump to postIndeed, and the big reason was the loss of the french domestic monopoly - that Air Inter enjoyed until 1995. (Still amazing they could previously fill A300s strickly on shorter range domestic flights.) ------------------------------------------- On a totally different note, Air Inter was also the ea...
Jump to postJust out!!
A proper "charter" was found to take the whole group.
https://images.app.goo.gl/Ve2XhKGrrQngUKAt6
Just overheard on the radio (Radio-Canada 95.1 in Montréal) that Air Canada is not allowing this group on its flights either.
Jump to postIt's not a 1 A220-500 replace 1 A320NEO scenario. It could be a MAX8 vs A220 scenario where A320NEO has no chance. It could be an A220-300 vs A220-500 scenario where the bigger model will be more profitable. It could be a scenario of A320NEO + small number of A321NEO vs A220-500 and a large number ...
Jump to postFrom the article: Withnessed by Kathleen Scherf, a professor at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, B.C. was also on the flight: “Two Russian coaches were in business class across from me. I noticed right away it was tough for the flight attendants because they had to be told to sit down, not to...
Jump to postAny potential launch would be in advance of first delivery by at least 3-4 years. If there is a launch announcement with signed orders, it would not need to wait until pre-FAL is running. What you say makes total sense. But what I meant to say is that Airbus is basically just waiting to see if the ...
Jump to postInterresting, one of the conditions could be indeed the launch of the A220-500... But in reality, any launch (if ever) would not be before the YMX "pre-FAL" is up and running as intended. By the end of 2022 maybe? This pre-FAL should ensure an eventual smouth production of up to 14 A220s/m...
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