Thats nice, but not gonna happen. The article says they still aren’t allowed daily to one point in Canada. What are they at in YYZ - are they still stuck in Transport Canada’s 1970s “three weekly” policy, or have they progressed to a 1980s “four weekly”. Maybe by 2030, they’ll make it to YYZ daily ...
Jump to postThe thing is, I find it very difficult to believe that "fiduciary duties" dictate reviewing proposals for the A220. The business judgement rule gives very wide latitude to directors. I think it is more about keeping abreast of the market and constantly reviewing assumptions to see if they...
Jump to postYou’re all too quick to judge. The A220-300 size advantage & superior casm over the E2 is a far better fit as a 700 replacement. My bet is on the 220-300a in southwest colours. The MAX 7 is the 700 replacement. Southwest is looking at the A220 so they can understand the economics of the plane t...
Jump to postYou’re all too quick to judge. The A220-300 size advantage & superior casm over the E2 is a far better fit as a 700 replacement. My bet is on the 220-300a in southwest colours.
Jump to postGross miscalculation!
Jump to postYYT’s biggest asset was their geography in terms of attracting transatlantic flights. As narrowbodies begin stretching their range, unfortunately the need for YYT dwindles. And it doesn’t help that Newfoundland’s economy is in the hole and tourism has dropped super low. There probably isn’t enough ...
Jump to postAC's domestic market share is around 45%. Westjet's is around 25%. As a comparison, the Lufthansa group's domestic market share in Germany is 87%. Comparing the domestic markets of Canada and Germany is probably the stupidest thing I have ever heard. Lufthansa's main competitor on domestic routes i...
Jump to postFrankly, anything else would be a major embarrassment considering Air Canada is basically operating a monopoly the way the government protects the air routes. This guy ...... Back in this neat space called reality, WS are deferring MAX8s bc they can't deploy them profitably. US3 are slashing USA<>C...
Jump to postThe 319’s economics, even in all Y config, aren’t even remotely close to newer 737-800’s when it is all said and done. Fuel burn, maintenance cost, daily utilization, seat capacity, amongst other things, conspire against that airframe, even with a zero capital cost. It don’t work... You really thin...
Jump to postThe 319’s economics, even in all Y config, aren’t even remotely close to newer 737-800’s when it is all said and done. Fuel burn, maintenance cost, daily utilization, seat capacity, amongst other things, conspire against that airframe, even with a zero capital cost. It don’t work... You really thin...
Jump to postChecking US DoT data in 2017 loads on YUL-FLL were as follows: Rouge: 85.8% Sunwing: 82.2% Transat: 83.3% WestJet: 82.5% WestJet's overall trans border loads averaged 84.8% in 2017, compared to 84.5% at Rouge, 79.1% at Transat and 74.9% at Sunwing. You can imagine just how poor the yields are on YU...
Jump to postI don't recall seeing an announcement of this rather significant strategic cancellation, but Air Canada has quietly withdrawn from Gatwick. Routings from Canada to Gatwick are mostly via DUB and are not remotely price competitive with even their LHR n/s service. It would appear Air Canada was unabl...
Jump to postWhere’s jumbo in this discussion? Everything was all ok & safe according to him.
Jump to postLAX772LR wrote:Wow, and they were the ones I thought would be the most immune to government pressure to buy these. Interesting.
Doesn’t Air Transat serve ADZ from YUL in the winter?
Jump to postAny suggestions as to where they will be deployed?
Jump to postWhile the 787 is fantastic for them, it isn't the perfect solution. It's cost of acquisition in today's market makes things like the A333 much more competitive, and significantly lower risk. They will eventually have to replace the A330s and likely continue to add a few widebodies per year for grow...
Jump to postWhy doesn’t EK focus on hiring local Emeraties, rather than depending on foreign pilots and scouring the planet for flying talent? How difficult would it be for EK to set up a massive local training center capable of training hundreds of pilots on an annual basis? Not nearly enough! Locals are bein...
Jump to postAnd there you have it, Westjet has grown to be a full airline folks ... it now has to deal with big boy issues. I was surprised to hear that they were looking to hire WS pilots to fly for SWOOP, by offering them leaves of absence. Shoddy practices that would not make their existing They never were ...
Jump to postAnd there you have it, Westjet has grown to be a full airline folks ... it now has to deal with big boy issues. I was surprised to hear that they were looking to hire WS pilots to fly for SWOOP, by offering them leaves of absence. Shoddy practices that would not make their existing employees happy....
Jump to postJAL could try seasonal YUL? Star has the dominant market share.
Jump to postFrom what I have heard, the focus will be Toronto, and initial routes will be to Asia (countries were India, China and Japan). I’m sure Vancouver will see some action, but to what extent I do not have the answer. Also, where are you seeing ANZ going to 10x weekly, max I see is daily during peak sea...
Jump to postFrom what I have heard, the focus will be Toronto, and initial routes will be to Asia (countries were India, China and Japan). I’m sure Vancouver will see some action, but to what extent I do not have the answer. Interesting, I’ve heard 3/4 YYZ and 1/4 YVR, at least initially. From their investor d...
Jump to postBut that is not actually the case. New CEO Ed Sims, whose background includes running Air New Zealand’s long-haul operations, views WestJet’s coming long-haul offering as more akin to Air New Zealand’s—and Air Canada’s—long-haul offering than Norwegian’s. With Ed Sims now in the mix at WestJet - th...
Jump to postKind of a useless thread without a pic. https://farm1.staticflickr.com/908/41808523582_0ed6d52976_c.jpg Don’t like the horseshoe/ leg design. Not efficient & vulnerable to delay pushing back! Couldn’t they just create an infield terminal like Zurich where 10-28 is? I have a hard time seeming ho...
Jump to postI've always had trouble coming to terms with unionized pilots, some of whom earn in excess of 200k per year. They want to be the "manager" of their aircraft but benefit from union tactics at the same time. If pilots aren't prototypical "management" who is? I hope they give up an...
Jump to postbriguychau wrote:Until AC starts YYZ-VIE, I don't see YVR-VIE even having the possibility of happening.
I think what people are referring to is when factoring acquisition cost, 330NEO maybe be more cost effective. 787 will still have an edge on variable costs. Probably the case over the Atlantic but doubtful for long haul routes. https://leehamnews.com/2018/02/08/airbus-boeing-square-off-a330neo-787-a...
Jump to postThenoflyzone wrote:These 4 A333s were built in 2009. The highest MTOW option available that year was 233t. So better than AC's 230t birds, but a far cry from the 242t frames rolling out of Toulouse today.
Also, I really don't see much more Rouge long haul expansion, just reviewing AC's numbers last year, J class ridership was up over 7 percent, with revenues from J increasing even more. They just appointed a new manager of airport experience, opened a brand new exclusive J lounge at YYZ that sits ab...
Jump to postteriyaki wrote:Nor should anyone want to be on that product for that amount of time. Flew Rouge 763 long-haul to Japan, vowed never again. Would pay the difference for a proper carrier across the pacific.
This is Airbus order to lose. They can offer the best package deal - from the A (CS)-100 up to the A321... Actually, Embraer should have been the front runner. Even at similar pricings, chosing Embrear would allow crew trg savings and a favorable conversion of the 20 undelivered E190s. Embraer can'...
Jump to postJomar777 wrote: Stick to facts - the E-Series sold much more than the C-Series can actually dream in selling right now. Yes, the E2 has less orders but the whole E Program is a different fact. 767333ER: His sentence made perfect sense. I completely understood what he was saying. You’re manipulating...
Jump to postJomar777 wrote: Stick to facts - the E-Series sold much more than the C-Series can actually dream in selling right now. Yes, the E2 has less orders but the whole E Program is a different fact. 767333ER: His sentence made perfect sense. I completely understood what he was saying. You’re manipulating...
Jump to postI was really hoping Rouge would have been a failed experiment but unfortunately, it looks like Rouge is here to stay. If I may ask, why is that? What is wrong with Rouge? The main issue is the uncomfortable seats. Reduced seat pitch is expected on a low cost carrier but why does the seat itself hav...
Jump to postI don't know why BBD doesn't move the Q-400 production to the old CRJ facility at Trudeau (YUL). It's a huge building and looks more or less dead every time I take off on the runway beside it. They build Challengers there now. Not quite at the same clip as CRJs back in the heyday, but still more th...
Jump to postpar13del wrote:...were they that negligent investing in other nations airlines or just hood winked into thinking that such investments would buy them good will?
Keep telling urself that. Spare yourself Yuri. The very existence of Embraer is nothing but a subsidy. Embraer didin’t get so far ahead based on it’s technologically expertise. It was a state owned company for 30 years, so yeah, if you wanna embare urself and call that subisidy, go ahead. No embarr...
Jump to postAnd all the while Boeing manages to loose an almost guaranteed multi billion dollar super hornet deal! Flabbergasted!
Jump to postWow! Absolutely fantastic news. My faith in fair competition based on products and performance is greatly restored when reading this. Subsidy, selling the planes for a fraction of the price, selling ur soul because of incompetence. Are you really serious about the fair competition or ur just anti-B...
Jump to postThe addition of the ex-Niki A321 is interesting as the speculation recently was that all the A321's might be moving back to mainline. Things change frequently in the industry and it may be a case of AC preparing to use Rouge domestically to battle it out with new players in the soon to be ULCC mark...
Jump to postThe title is very misleading. Why the authorities? Rather.....What is the industry going to do about it?
Time to pay up or risk having planes grounded.
agreed. Delta has limited space at SEA and I just can't see YYZ being a big need for them. SEA-YYZ has to fly almost right over MSP and DTW is only slightly out o the way. Definitely think places like DFW, IAH, more western cities(i.e. ABQ, OAK, BUR etc) and maybe even places like PHL/TPA would be ...
Jump to postExMilitaryEng wrote:
BBD has said repeatedly it's losing $ with every Q400 sold. Something has to give.
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“Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three times, shame on both of us.” At this point, SFO is just as guilty of not doing anything to prevent this problem, even if the pilots are the ones who messed up. This is third time we've had a runway related miss at SFO in less th...
Jump to postalan3 wrote:Given the heavy demand, why did AF drop the A380 on the route? In summer wouldn't they be able to sustain it?
LAXdude1023 wrote:If I recall correctly YUL-CDG is about 700 PDEW. Plenty of pieces of that pie for AC and AF.
ikolkyo wrote:Like I said above, AC may only do it on the Rouge fleet and the A321s. Newer A320s are already fitted with this vortex generator.
Good. This means full production of CSeries in Mobile. Boeing will only lose in the long run. I believe that you may be wrong, because tariffs apply to partially assembled aircraft coming in to the US. As the fuselage and other parts are partially assembled parts of the plane that are manufactured ...
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