Yes. Equipment decisions are taken on a variety of factors, including up front acquisition costs, long term running costs, specific performance targets and such. Icelandair have decided that the best choice for their requirement was P&W. Was it cost alone? Probably not. Was it a factor? The comp...
Jump to postTail 597/FKCN has left Canada and has popped up in Georgia. Another -700 is entering service next week (705/FHCN) which should see another -300 park up and presumably makes it way to Georgia fairly soon (597 was only out of service about three weeks before it left the country). 705/FHCN has entered...
Jump to postHow is Buffalo Airways doing with their 737-300F...C-FBAE Recently been doing three YZF-YEG-YZF runs a week, that’s about it. They’ve used it to do a few special missions here and there, IIRC it has been equipped with bladder tanks to move bulk fuel… may have been involved in getting some fuel to Y...
Jump to postYep. Apparently those 4 along with one that is already retired will find a new home in Georgia. https://www.instagram.com/p/C5SMdpBsgZU/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Tail 597/FKCN has left Canada and has popped up in Georgia. Another -700 is entering service next week (705/...
Jump to postJetlballs is mulling NYSE listing? https://aviationsourcenews.com/airline/canada-jetlines-eyes-nyse-listing-growth-ahead/ And in other news , COO Brad Warren departs. Article reads as though the author is a shareholder: “Canada Jetlines, the bright red budget airline taking the skies by storm , is ...
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 postSo does YUL-YVP now get a daily 73G for pax and the 734 freighter? Is YVP-YFB still 3x weekly on the ATR for YUL connections to YFB without the need for an AC hop over to YOW to get to YFB and points north? When the 737-400F is available, that’ll usually do five a week. At the minute it’s in heavy ...
Jump to postCanadian North’s latest 737-700 C-FHNF (tail 706) entered service last night, operating a quick trip from YEG to Fort McKay and back. This brings the active 737-700 fleet up to six, mostly operating industrial charter work from Alberta, with a solitary aircraft based at YUL for the YVP route. 737-3...
Jump to postCanadian North’s latest 737-700 C-FHNF (tail 706) entered service last night, operating a quick trip from YEG to Fort McKay and back. This brings the active 737-700 fleet up to six, mostly operating industrial charter work from Alberta, with a solitary aircraft based at YUL for the YVP route. 737-30...
Jump to postCRJ's used to have it at YEG as I recall, it was a nightmare... but nothing was worse than the Skywest E175. If there was a drop of water left in those overnight it was game over. Porter had a solid record of busting potable water systems by leaving water in them overnight across the Q operation la...
Jump to postYJT is a great little airport and I hope they get some services. Once upon a time Porter did move quite a lot of passengers in and out, a mix of YHZ/YOW/YTZ traffic. Yields on the YTZ traffic were probably a bit rubbish, but they weren’t bargain basement fares in general so probably made a reasonabl...
Jump to postClassic lovers rejoice. Nolinor have un-retired a 732C! https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/nolinor-ramps-up-capacity-for-rising-northern-demand-832715291.html Marco Prud'Homme, President of Nolinor Aviation, commented, "The consensus among aviation experts is clear - the 737-200 remains the...
Jump to postCanada Jetlines Forges Partnership with European Carrier. TORONTO, ON, March 4, 2024 – Canada Jetlines Operations Ltd. (Cboe CA: CJET) (“Canada Jetlines” or the “Company”) announced a strategic wet lease agreement with a prominent European carrier . The agreement underscores the surging global dema...
Jump to postThe last five to leave the fleet are all in Canadian North colours scattered around North America. One is in service (ex SE-RJX, now C-FHNP), with the other four being prepared variously at YOW (2) and MZJ (2). LN-RPJ I believe is slated to continue in operations for another couple of years (I vague...
Jump to postClassic lovers rejoice. Nolinor have un-retired a 732C! https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/nolinor-ramps-up-capacity-for-rising-northern-demand-832715291.html Marco Prud'Homme, President of Nolinor Aviation, commented, "The consensus among aviation experts is clear - the 737-200 remains the...
Jump to post4N/Air North are going NG and leasing a 738: https://canadianaviationnews.ca/aviation-capital-group-announces-delivery-of-one-b737-800-to-air-north-yukons-airline/ C-FNYA - MSN 37960 - a 2011 build, formerly of Jet Airways and Vistara. This one’s been knocking about since late last year but not in ...
Jump to post4N/Air North are going NG and leasing a 738: https://canadianaviationnews.ca/aviation-capital-group-announces-delivery-of-one-b737-800-to-air-north-yukons-airline/ C-FNYA - MSN 37960 - a 2011 build, formerly of Jet Airways and Vistara. This one’s been knocking about since late last year but not in ...
Jump to postWhile not summer 2024, here's another new one. WS are ending YOW-YYZ at the end of April but it's loaded daily again with the winter 2024-25 schedule and the following note now appears on the homepage when selecting YOW-YYZ, which wasn't there beforehand: Service to Toronto ends on Sat Apr 27 2024 ...
Jump to postDo you know if any 733s have been retired as a result of the 73G additions? 733 fleet remains at 9… for now. Reductions are anticipated once the extra 700s are up to speed - four more inbound (two at YOW). That is quite the ramp-up to the fleet. Do you know if 5T have a bunch of new charter flying ...
Jump to postCanadian North’s latest 737-700 C-FHNP (tail 708) entered service this evening in Alberta. This brings the active 737-700 fleet to five. Do you know if any 733s have been retired as a result of the 73G additions? 733 fleet remains at 9… for now. Reductions are anticipated once the extra 700s are up...
Jump to postCanadian North’s latest 737-700 C-FHNP (tail 708) entered service this evening in Alberta.
This brings the active 737-700 fleet to five.
The current problem du jour is Boeing asking FAA for an exemption to a certification requirement regarding the safe operation of anti-ice heaters in the composite nacelles of the MAX 7: https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/safety-ops-regulation/faa-faces-tough-choice-latest-737-7-exemption-reques...
Jump to postPD's summer 2024 DH4 schedule requires 23 of their 29 FINs and even within the 23, there's room for a bit more. Assuming 1.5 operational spares and 1 in heavy maintenance at any given time, that would allow for the addition of 3.5 lines of additional DH4 flying + a few extra sections of the 23 acti...
Jump to postSomeone found an intact iPhone belonging to one of the passengers. NTSB investigator said this is the second phone they have found so far. https://twitter.com/SeanSafyre/status/1744138937239822685 Call me cynical if you wish, but I am finding it spectacularly difficult to believe a phone would be f...
Jump to post“What an overreaction by the FAA” - some people in the AS1282 thread, probably. A campaign to inspect similar aircraft is a prudent first step, even without knowing yet what the precise cause was, at least looking into the area that was clearly implicated is wise. With any luck, these initial inspec...
Jump to postSplitting the business is not itself a terrible idea, who knows, it might create some shareholder value allowing each bit of the business to focus on what it needs to… but the thought of it being sold to Airbus, their only rival, is bonkers in the extreme. Imagine Samsung’s mobile phone division bei...
Jump to postOh my...if this is from the incident flight, it looks like an entire window section blew out. Unconfirmed tweets on X of people injured. https://twitter.com/whateverculture/status/1743452253703565417 https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/ASA1282 If I didn’t know any better, I’d say that was a plu...
Jump to postReports elsewhere online that AS1282 operating PDX-ONT has experienced a decompression event and returned to PDX shortly after departure. There are pictures, but so far these haven’t been confirmed as from the flight in question. Looking at FlightRadar24 , the flight in question does appear to have ...
Jump to postDo you why they did this? Sorry I haven't been following this thread so I don't know if this was already asked/answered. Nobody knows for sure, but many people believe it's to protect assets if the Embraer operation doesn't work out. Isn't it the same reason that Encore has a different AOC? Aren't ...
Jump to postSomething that didn’t appear in the 2023 thread and I don’t recall seeing elsewhere in the forum:
Air Tindi DHC6 forced landing near Diavik on December 27th. Eight passengers and two crew, minor injuries only.
Canadian North’s latest 737-700 arrived in Canada earlier this month, there are now three on the Canadian registry awaiting entry into service: 737-783 C-FHCN, tail number 705 currently at YOW. 737-705 C-FHNF, tail number 706 currently at YOW. 737-76N C-FHNP, tail number 708 currently at YEG. Canad...
Jump to postCanadian North’s latest 737-700 arrived in Canada earlier this month, there are now three on the Canadian registry awaiting entry into service: 737-783 C-FHCN, tail number 705 currently at YOW. 737-705 C-FHNF, tail number 706 currently at YOW. 737-76N C-FHNP, tail number 708 currently at YEG. Canadi...
Jump to postPresident Putin says Russia plans to build 1,000 passenger planes by 2030 https://www.aerotime.aero/images/Irkut-MC-21-800x500.jpg Speaking in front of a selected audience and viewers at home, the Russian leader said that the market is currently “overloaded” with planes manufactured by Airbus and B...
Jump to postWhat are the odds that Porter grows out of the Q400 destinations in the US? MDW/IAD to YOW seem possible with the growth happening in Ottawa. Regardless of location, it’d be interesting to do a deep dive to see what kind of utilization PD are employing on the 29 strong Dash 8 fleet at present. Is i...
Jump to postOf note, Porter is one of the few airlines I can think of that doesn't reduce Tues / Weds flying to take into account slow flying days. Most airlines would cut capacity by 10-15% rather than create valueless asm's burning holes through the ozone. Funnily enough, back in the mid 2010s, they determin...
Jump to postThe final few 737-700s are making their way across the Atlantic and continuing their flying careers at Canadian North. LN-RNW and LN-TUM currently at YOW getting prepared for service.
Jump to postLN-RRB currently underway as SK737 operating the final 737 scheduled service for SAS. Flying ARN-OSL but currently pointing towards CPH… presumably a low fly past CPH before continuing to OSL. LN-RNW is currently at YOW, painted in Canadian North colours and if the future C-FHCN (5T’s fifth 737-700...
Jump to postLN-RRB currently underway as SK737 operating the final 737 scheduled service for SAS. Flying ARN-OSL but currently pointing towards CPH… presumably a low fly past CPH before continuing to OSL. LN-RNW is currently at YOW, painted in Canadian North colours and if the future C-FHCN (5T’s fifth 737-700)...
Jump to postThere was a Dilbert comic strip years ago that had a line that was along the lines of “… a doctor with a flashlight will show us where sales projections come from”.
Jump to postAnother ex-SAS 737-700 pitched up at YOW yesterday. LN-TUM. Canadian North’s sixth 737-700.
Jump to postLooks like the big northern airlines are all doing some fleet renewal. Air North received an ex-Vistara 737-800, Air Inuit is set to convert 3 ex-Kulula 737-800’s to combi, and Canadian North is getting some ex-Scandinavian 737-700’s. The first ex-SAS 737-700 is at YOW awaiting entry into service. ...
Jump to postThese people walk among us. That’s the worrying bit. And yes, I concur with others… my first thought was US, probably Florida. After that any other developed western nation. It wouldn’t be newsworthy if it was in a place that didn’t have the same safety and security infrastructure - it’s only newswo...
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Airtours
Airworld
Aloha
bmi
British World Airlines
Continental
flyBE (original, not the tribute act)
Flying Colours
Lotus Air
Thomas Cook (UK)
US Airways
Virgin Little Red
So, turn airports into veritable shopping malls? Dine, shop and recreate, all while enjoying the airport experience? As enthusiasts, this would be grand but without careful implementation, things can get horrible real quick. If in not mistaken, this was basically the idea behind the current termina...
Jump to postBut Porter was struggling to make its schedules work. That left the airline with a backlog of uncertified pilots and a schedule that depended on them being in the cockpit. In the end, Porter slashed its planned flights by up to 20% on some routes between April and June before resuming its frantic r...
Jump to postLooks like the big northern airlines are all doing some fleet renewal. Air North received an ex-Vistara 737-800, Air Inuit is set to convert 3 ex-Kulula 737-800’s to combi, and Canadian North is getting some ex-Scandinavian 737-700’s. The first ex-SAS 737-700 is at YOW awaiting entry into service. ...
Jump to postWould be curious to know the equipment. When this was a Dash 8 it was possible to cross the Atlantic by prop, with Icelandair from Belfast to Keflavik which I think was a Dash 8, Reykjavik to Greenland on something else (F-50?) then this to Canada. Wish I’d done it! Air Greenland announcement says ...
Jump to postC-GKQX, the brand new E295 that was badly maimed by a beltloader at YOW is now at KMCN for repair after a low and slow ferry flight via BNA.
Jump to postI think a large part of Porter's financial sustainability (or not) depends on a) how much of the $600 million+ windfall was used to payoff debt b) how much of it was paid out as a dividend and c) what portion of the E-2 purchases are financed and at what interest rate. The likely ongoing losses cal...
Jump to postHow many E-295's are parked now? 3? It'll be interesting to see what happens to PD when they lose their appeal about the unpaid YTZ terminal fees. The interest charges on the amount owing (plus legal fees?) must be racking up big time. They can't drag it out forever. Does anybody know when the cour...
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