WestJet Announces YVR-YHZ

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Jayce
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WestJet Announces YVR-YHZ

Mon Mar 14, 2016 7:37 pm

Did a search but didn't see this posted yet. WestJet further expanding their Vancouver operations with seasonal, non-stop flights between Vancouver and Halifax. They're the only airline offering non-stop service from YVR to the Maritimes.

Good news for both Vancouver and Halifax!

Press release here
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RE: WestJet Announces YVR-YHZ

Mon Mar 14, 2016 7:44 pm

6 1/2 hours westbound. That's got to be one of the longer scheduled 737 legs for sure. It'll be interesting to see how it does. Hopefully it won't need to make a fuel stop too often.
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RE: WestJet Announces YVR-YHZ

Mon Mar 14, 2016 7:52 pm

Is this Canada's longest flight? Is it longer than some Canada-LON/DUB flights?
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RE: WestJet Announces YVR-YHZ

Mon Mar 14, 2016 8:26 pm

They also announced YWG-YHZ 4x weekly, summer only.
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RE: WestJet Announces YVR-YHZ

Mon Mar 14, 2016 8:50 pm

Quoting SCQ83 (Reply 2):
Is this Canada's longest flight? Is it longer than some Canada-LON/DUB flights?


YVR-YHZ is longer than YHZ-GLA, but not quite as long as YHZ-LHR, although very close.

According to Great Circle Mapper and using flying times (westbound) from WS and AC:

LHR-YHZ (AC) - 2857 mi, 6:35
YHZ-YVR (WS) - 2760 mi, 6:21
GLA-YHZ (WS) - 2631 mi, 6:06


On a related topic, DUB is via YYT (St. John's).
Next flights: YQM-YUL-YVR-YUL-YQM / YQM-YYZ-HKG-DXB-BCN-YUL-YQM
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RE: WestJet Announces YVR-YHZ

Mon Mar 14, 2016 9:53 pm

Quoting toltommy (Reply 1):

6 1/2 hours westbound. That's got to be one of the longer scheduled 737 legs for sure. It'll be interesting to see how it does. Hopefully it won't need to make a fuel stop too often.


Not really,

CUN-YYJ/YLW/YEG are 6.5...
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RE: WestJet Announces YVR-YHZ

Mon Mar 14, 2016 10:40 pm

Instead of crossing the Atlantic in about as much time, passengers on that night flight will have the opportunity to say they flew from one of the country to the other in one leg. Not sure it happened before.
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RE: WestJet Announces YVR-YHZ

Mon Mar 14, 2016 11:14 pm

On a related note, in the summer of 2000, Air Canada (AC) operated the YHZ-YVR route nonstop with the A319. It was later routed YHZ-YYC-YVR.
Next flights: YQM-YUL-YVR-YUL-YQM / YQM-YYZ-HKG-DXB-BCN-YUL-YQM
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RE: WestJet Announces YVR-YHZ

Mon Mar 14, 2016 11:41 pm

Quoting Whiteguy (Reply 5):
Not really,

CUN-YYJ/YLW/YEG are 6.5...

LIR-YEG on WG: 7+ hours... and that's an -800 in 189 seat config.
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RE: WestJet Announces YVR-YHZ

Tue Mar 15, 2016 12:20 am

Quoting toltommy (Reply 1):
That's got to be one of the longer scheduled 737 legs for sure

AS flies ANC- ORD and is almost longer on the leg back to Anchorage on 739
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RE: WestJet Announces YVR-YHZ

Tue Mar 15, 2016 12:36 am

WestJet also operates YVR-MCO which is 5:25 and 6:33 on the return.

I wonder if their expansion in YVR has anything to do with their intent to start service to Asia?
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RE: WestJet Announces YVR-YHZ

Tue Mar 15, 2016 1:21 am

Fares per mile for last minute flights from Vancouver to Asia have regularly been selling for 12 cents or less per mile the last while whereas fares from Vancouver to Europe have been regularly selling for 18 cents a mile.

The distances aren't that different.

Until the yields to Asia improve, I doubt WJ will bother with Asia anytime soon. There's far too much low hanging fruit in Europe.
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RE: WestJet Announces YVR-YHZ

Tue Mar 15, 2016 3:08 am

Quoting Jayce (Reply 10):
I wonder if their expansion in YVR has anything to do with their intent to start service to Asia?

I think it has nothing to do with that, but rather a reallocation of domestic capacity away from Alberta which is exactly what they said they were going to do.

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RE: WestJet Announces YVR-YHZ

Tue Mar 15, 2016 3:40 am

Quoting SCQ83 (Reply 2):
Is this Canada's longest flight?

It's the longest domestic nonstop. Until now the longest has been WestJet's YYC-YYT seasonal nonstop, at 2,695 mi, 65 miles shorter than YVR-YHZ.
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RE: WestJet Announces YVR-YHZ

Tue Mar 15, 2016 6:37 am

Quoting Acey (Reply 8):

Quoting Whiteguy (Reply 5):
Not really,

CUN-YYJ/YLW/YEG are 6.5...

LIR-YEG on WG: 7+ hours... and that's an -800 in 189 seat config.


I'd be surprised if 189 seats are filled, WS uses the 700 with 130 seats and its capped with less seats....
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RE: WestJet Announces YVR-YHZ

Tue Mar 15, 2016 11:23 am

Quoting Acey (Reply 8):

Quoting Whiteguy (Reply 5):
Not really,

CUN-YYJ/YLW/YEG are 6.5...

LIR-YEG on WG: 7+ hours... and that's an -800 in 189 seat config.

Copa flies their 737s PTY EZE, which is 7 hrs 8 mins
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RE: WestJet Announces YVR-YHZ

Tue Mar 15, 2016 4:07 pm

I think Turkish Airlines has to be up there with long B737 operations. They have a subfleet of B738s & B739s with extra fuel tanks that fly from Istanbul to various spots in East and Central Africa, doing close to 3000 nm in each direction.
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RE: WestJet Announces YVR-YHZ

Wed Mar 16, 2016 2:23 pm

Quoting matt (Reply 7):
On a related note, in the summer of 2000, Air Canada (AC) operated the YHZ-YVR route nonstop with the A319. It was later routed YHZ-YYC-YVR.

I remember that. Was around the time of the Air Canada - Canadian merger, when AC had a huge percentage of the domestic market in Canada, and was trying all sorts of different routes.

WS has at least one flight that does a YVR - YYZ - YHZ same-plane service.
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