Re: Air Canada News and Discussion - 2024

It’s interesting that AC is dropping frequency for AC3 YVR-NRT. That flight is almost always full as it is; even when it was on the triple this last December. I’m guessing they’re banking on the additional KIX capacity to take some of that traffic and the incoming ZIP air competition. AC will opera...

Re: Lynx Fleet and Network - 2024 (Lynx to cease operations as of February 26)

They have Y9130 YYZ-YYC landing at 11:59 and Y9136 YYZ-YEG landing at 00:01. The latter is supposed to be the last one hence the 00:01 timestamp for end of ops. The race is on to see who finishes last. :checkeredflag: Seems to be neither of the two. As of 1:15 MST, the current estimate arrival are:...

Re: Air Canada News and Discussion - 2024

A few more "tweaks" for peak summer 2024... AC908 YYZ-MAN frequency has been reduced from 6x/weekly (788) to 3x/weekly (789). AC846 YUL-FRA frequency has been reduced from 5x/weekly (333) to 4x/weekly (333). AC844 is still daily on 789. A lot of changes recently and more to come I'm sure....

Re: Singapore Airlines Group News and Discussion - 2024

I wonder if SQ would be willing to explore SIN-NRT-YYZ like how they do with LAX. Isn't SQ moving away from tags? Aren't they very expensive to operate? Why bother doing anything other than non-stop, when you have *A already able to provide one-stop options? I’m sure they are expensive but it’s jus...

Re: Air Canada News and Discussion - 2024

Thomaas wrote:

JohnWellington wrote:

Air Canada to launch YYZ-KIX (3x week) on the B787-8 starting June 17th to October 25th

Interesting that they didn’t increase YVR to daily instead of linking it to YYZ. I wonder if this also means that we’ll see a year-round YVR-KIX.

Re: British Airways News and Discussion - 2023

Does anyone think there is a chance BA could be tempted to try Gatwick to Calgary now that WestJet have pulled the route. Maybe something like a 4 weekly summer seasonal complemented by a 3 weekly Gatwick to Toronto summer seasonal. Just a thought. I believe numbers on the daily service for WestJet...

Re: Air Canada reduces YYC flying due to “pilot shortage”

:checkmark: Its the lowest-producing flying that logically gets the chop. I know one of YYC routes dropped is LAX effective November per the latest schedule load. Correct. I remember it was 2-3 daily in the past They pulled out of YYC-IAH also which was twice daily and a carve out of the UA AC deal...

Re: Air Canada News and Discussion - 2023

For as confusing of a brand as it is, I did think it was too bad to see Rouge pull out of YVR and western Canada. Seemed to coincide with the B767 retirements, but that might have just been a coincidence. When Rouge was in YVR, the routes offered were: DUB, KIX, NGO, LAX, SFO, LAS, MCO, KOA, PVR, S...

Re: Air Canada News and Discussion - 2023

Interesting to note is the use of AC9XX numbers on transatlantic flights, never seen that before. Just another indication of AC's expanding European network. There are quite a few of them. In fact, anything less than 920 is almost full already. Already flying for S23 AC900 YUL-AMS AC904 YUL-FCO AC9...

Re: Air Canada News and Discussion - 2023

Interesting to note is the use of AC9XX numbers on transatlantic flights, never seen that before. Just another indication of AC's expanding European network. There are quite a few of them. In fact, anything less than 920 is almost full already. Already flying for S23 AC900 YUL-AMS AC904 YUL-FCO AC9...

Re: Air Canada News and Discussion - 2023

I see it staying but I don't think AUS is a huge market from western Canada in general. WS did YYC-AUS pre covid and it's only coming back this summer as well at 2x weekly. Although YVR-AUS is still bookable next winter. Indeed both on the AUS market not being huge from western Canada...and being b...

Re: Air Canada News and Discussion - 2023

I see after June 22nd thru Labour Day the 789 is pulled off YVR-YOW. Given the Y fares on the now 7M8 are no lower than $375 to north of $700 6-12 weeks out, that the replacement aircraft is more a case of a lack of long haul capacity during the summer peak vs actual route demand? Is there a delive...

Re: YVR Transborder arrivals at domestic terminal

I'm not sure about B18... but I know the following domestic gates can receive international arrivals:
B14, B15, B16, B17
C48, C49

Of those, B14 and C49 can receive widebody. WS used to use B14 for most international to domestic turns for their 787 arrivals from LGW and PVR.

Re: WestJet News and Discussion - 2023

YYC's big hub operation needs transborders to leave at ~10 am, so that's why they all leave at 10 am. Our preclearance also closes at ~19:30, so a YYC-ATL redeye wouldn't have that luxury just like YVR-ATL won't either. YVR pre-clearance hours now extended to 23:30, so the ATL flight will pre-clear...

Re: Air Canada News and Discussion - 2023

Could they not do domestic departures out of E gates as a temporary stopgap? There is really no difference in terms of passenger segregation and security protocols from Domestic and International. If a 77W is coming in from DXB and going to YVR leave the plane where it is. Or put it in an F swing g...

Re: Air Canada News and Discussion - 2023

Beginning May 1, four out of five YVR to SFO flights will be operated by Express CR9s. Covid aside, this must be the first time on this route that most capacity won't be flown by mainline? Must be too much capacity on this route by so many other players? Likely due to AC/UA JV. Combined they'll hav...

Re: Flair Airlines Network Thread - 2022

Parking as many as 5 of 24 tails in the fleet, as alluded to in an earlier post, represents 20% of their capacity. It's an extremely unusual practice for an airline of this size. Or maybe they're just holding back 20% of their fleet and assign to whichever route that need additional frequency for s...

Re: Flair Airlines Network Thread - 2022

Rough estimation on plane requirement based only on early morning departures in the current schedule: Oct-Nov: 16 Dec-Mar: 19 June-Aug: 26 Currently they have 24 in their fleet. So based on that, you'll see some planes parked over the winter until at least next April, unless they can find 5 planes w...

Re: Flair Airlines Network Thread - 2022

Very limited seat sale - only between Alberta and BC and only on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Trying to fill seats in the dead season. Filling seats at a loss does not equate profit. Strategy could be to get people in seats at a smaller loss than empty and build confidence in the brand that they can get...

Re: Flair Airlines Network Thread - 2022

Very limited seat sale - only between Alberta and BC and only on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Trying to fill seats in the dead season. Filling seats at a loss does not equate profit. If you purchase add-on for carry-on or checked bag, then they're not losing money. As good as it sounds, 100% off base fa...

Re: Flair Airlines Network Thread - 2022

sorry.. this is a double post

Re: Flair Airlines Network Thread - 2022

If they did better marketing BUR would have been a goldmine. People in Canada don’t know what Burbank is and people in the LA had no idea who flair is. I have no idea how they’ll make a cent with they’re business model at LAX with its insanely high operating cost (landing fees and passenger facilit...

Re: Flair Airlines Network Thread - 2022

I wonder what the next domestic destination they add back into the fold. Maybe Regina to YYZ and/or YVR/YXX? Judging from the new flight number pattern: a new base at YUL (base "1"), 4th daily YYZ-YVR, maybe another new base somewhere (base "2"), maybe some more YHZ routes or a ...

Re: Flair Airlines Network Thread - 2022

Exactly. There is no rule, just an observation. When I heard there was a press release with a bunch of F8 additions I expected a bolstered YEG sked which may still be yet to come, but it's still slightly disappointing initially for YEG, to see them moving in the direction of YYC being a notably lar...

Re: Flair Airlines Network Thread - 2022

Exactly. There is no rule, just an observation. When I heard there was a press release with a bunch of F8 additions I expected a bolstered YEG sked which may still be yet to come, but it's still slightly disappointing initially for YEG, to see them moving in the direction of YYC being a notably lar...

Re: Air Canada News And Discussion Thread - 2022

I guess it was planned as seasonal only, as flights resume on May 1, 2023. Surprising though, as loads are reasonable right up until the end. About 75% on a 737, but would be very healthy on an A220. But then, there’s a reason I’m not in network planning. ;) There is no A220 based in YVR. All A220 ...

Re: Air Canada News And Discussion Thread - 2022

It's not really posted anywhere; it's just what I've found online (Aeroroutes, e. g.) or in the online schedule. I worked for AC for 35 years and I've noticed how just about all the flight numbers have been getting changed around. Looking at flight radar I used to be able to tell just by flight num...

Re: Air Canada News And Discussion Thread - 2022

Doubt it comes back next year either but it's too early to say whether or not it's permanently dead. Currently AC "replace" the route with YYZ-NRT this winter by using the AC9/10 number. AC is content to route Alberta traffic through YVR to NRT. To me, based on how it appears YVR-NRT is g...

Re: Air Canada News And Discussion Thread - 2022

It was 100% scheduled in 2020, I remember its resumption being delayed a few times, and then removed. Was even briefly scheduled on a 788 in S21. Any word it will come back or is this route essentially dead? Doubt it comes back next year either but it's too early to say whether or not it's permanen...

Re: Aeroméxico News and Discussion Thread

So you see them starting to look toward Central and the northern parts of South America for international growth opportunities. Interjet was the Mexican carrier who really seemed to like adding Canadian destinations before they went out of business. The Canadian airport taxes probably don't make Ca...

Re: Flair Airlines Network Thread - 2022

Why? There’s more to So. Cal than just Palm Springs. LA/Hollywood/Malibu/Disneyland/Universal Studios/Santa Monica/SixFlags/Santa Barbara all within short to reasonably short distance to BUR. The loads are getting better and better and people in Canada and the US are just starting to hear about Fla...

Re: Air Canada News And Discussion Thread - 2022

laca773 wrote:

Is there any talk of AC resuming (or starting) service in YYZ-SJC with the A220-3? Not sure it ever started just prior to COVID-19 shutting everything down.

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