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That’s why Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal & Calgary usually handle most of the US flights✈️/US passengers passing through Canada airports every year✅! |
For those who like photos of aircraft, Viking has a pin up calendar.
https://www.vikingair.com/2021-calendar Unlike auto makes they are not using models to highlight their aircraft. |
TS seems to have reactivated at least 1 A330 for the winter season. Good to see and hopefully more to come. Haven't seen one of their widebodies on revenue service in a while.
A few proving runs to YQB the last couple of days and then off to PUJ today. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/c-gtsr |
Flair now has 24/7 customer service.
I really wonder how they're paying all their staff with meh loads |
Maybe for them, 24/7 means 24 days a month, 7hrs per day…:haha:
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September 2021 Calgary Airport ✈️ Passengers stats are out.
Domestic : 703,604 (126.4%) YTD 3,433,529 -3.16% Transborder : 68,088 (623.3%) YTD 239,127 -68.25% International : 43,012 (606.7%) YTD 127,377 -73.28% September total - 814,704 (149.7%) YTD -3,800,033 (-20.43%) https://www.yyc.com/Portals/0/br_paxtotal_Oct2021.pdf |
Effective November 30, Transport Canada will again allow international flights at regional airports
https://www.canada.ca/en/transport-c...r-flights.html YYT YHM YKF YQR YXE YXX YLW YYJ |
AC's Q3 2021 results: https://www.newswire.ca/news-release...800113634.html
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Load factor YTD in 2021 is 59.2% vs 65.6% YTD 2020 = -6.5% - but that included Jan/Feb 1/2 half of March 2020 that were in the pre-pandemic norm mid-80s. |
ADM Q3 results: https://www.newswire.ca/news-release...869173264.html
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Also YXY, but international service there is summer seasonal and I don't know if it's loaded for summer 2022 or not. |
I'm a bit surprised that YKF is on the list and not YXU. :shrug:
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They're actually sitting quite pretty these days as much as they can in the post-COVID airline world. They're operating fleets of popular aircraft, so they've plenty of experience and leverage when coming due for replacement. If the 737 MAX fiasco taught airlines something, it is that being dependent on exclusively one type of aircraft can be exceptionally risky. Admittedly, it does bode kind of well for AC that growth has ramped up somewhat more slowly than in the US. Several airlines there have had rather spectacular meltdowns there as they've tried to expand beyond what they could deliver in a short time frame. |
Also in the Q3 earnings call from Air Canada.
The B763 full freighter conversions will number 8. I kept reading 7 in previous press releases. |
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Monday night an Air Tindi DHT flying YZF-YFS ran out of fuel 10km short of the diversion airport Fort Providence. No injuries to the 2 crew and 3 pax but no word on the condition of the aircraft itself.
https://www.wingsmagazine.com/insuff...gency-landing/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north...ding-1.6233619 https://www.therecord.com/ts/news/ca...y-landing.html |
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Since Flair is private, anyone know what the actual ownership structure is? I wonder how long they can sustain losses. |
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On another note, AC has suspended more than 800 employees without pay due to non compliance with their vaccine mandate. Total employee count is 27,000 for them, so a vaccination rate of over 96%. The number of suspensions is 300 out of 7,300 employees for Westjet, and 18 (mostly flight attendants) out of 2000 employees for Transat. https://canadianaviationnews.wordpre...inst-covid-19/ |
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It's an interesting choice of destinations - I was expecting more China/Asia. Maybe the 767 doesn't have the legs for those destinations? |
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Range is only ~6,000-6,400 km at max payload. Compare that to the B77F which has a 9,200 km range at max payload. Mind you it's still tight for a lot of Asia-North America routes. This is why ANC is heavily used as a cargo stop over point for flights between the two continents. This being said, I've seen Cargojet send their 767s to Asia from YVR when the pandemic hit. Probably mostly for PPE and such, so light loads, and nowhere near max payload. |
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DL resuming mainline service to YUL this weekend. 2x daily B717 service from ATL for the winter season.
Same thing for YYZ, only it's 3x daily B717 service to ATL. |
Peak summer 2022, Air France will fly to YUL 4x daily.
3x daily A359 and 1x daily 472-seater B77W. That's 1,444 seats a day on AF alone. Now add AC, TS and SS (the latter now bookable as of next June), and that's quite the number of seats to Paris every day. https://twitter.com/theaeronetwork/s...60714396291079 A few weeks ago AF also loaded 3x daily flights from December 15, 2021 to January 9, 2022. So demand to/from Europe is bouncing back quite nicely. https://twitter.com/theaeronetwork/s...06967858663425 |
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CBC now has a pic: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north...ence-1.6234900 https://i.cbc.ca/1.6236226.163597527...rovidence.jpeg Aircraft went down in a swamp, which they're lucky there was a clearing. Given the ruggedness of a DHT, I wouldn't be surprised if there's minimal damage, the aircraft gets repaired and returned to service in a few months. The pic seems to indicate that. |
WestJet started up the new Calgary Canada- Seattle US flight ✈️ route today November 4 and in the article it mention WestJet 1st flight to had a total of 69 passengers to Seattle on WS3612.
https://www.google.ca/amp/s/ca.trave...e-pandemic.amp Also same day Alaska Airlines resume its YYC- SEA flights too that have been suspended since late March 2020 due to pandemic. |
In the Global Calgary news article about the Calgary (YYC) - Seattle flights ✈️ starting up & it mentions WestJet will re-evaluate *if* there is demand or need for 737 or 737 Max to operate it eventually at point, like -possibly during Summer 2022. Will see
“The route is currently being served by a 78-seat De Havilland Dash 8-400, but WestJet said it will re-evaluate the route based on demand to find out whether it would be better served by the larger Boeing 737 or 737 MAX”. https://www.google.ca/amp/s/globalne...op-flight/amp/ |
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Less than an hour from now, we'll find out Pivot's flight schedules and fares: https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/pivot-a...uary-1.5654387
I think I'll stay up a bit late tonight to find out. :) |
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Well it's after midnight. So without further Adieu, here is Pivot Airlines (aka the relaunched Air Georgian). At the start, the initial YKF-YOW ops are on 19, 21 & 25FEB22 1x each only & YOW-YKF on 21 & 25FEB22 1X each only (I think a return YOW-YKF is missing on 19FEB22). Evidently staring out really slow to get used to independently branded sked ops. Then here's the 28FEB22-20MAR22 sked (NO OPS 09, 17-19MAR22):
ZX 201 D YKF 0830, A YOW 0935 X7 ZX 202 D YOW 1015, A YKF 1125 X6 (no ops 20MAR22) ZX 203 D YKF 1645, A YOW 1750 X6 ZX 204 D YOW 1830, A YKF 1935 X6 Once YUL starts on 21MAR22 there are triangle flights. Here's the full schedule once YUL gets underway (Days X67 - NO OPS every 2nd Day 3 & 14&15APR22): ZX 301 D YKF 0645, A YOW 0750, D YOW 0820, A YUL 0905, D YUL 0940, A YKF 1110 ZX 203 D YKF 1645, A YOW 1750 ZX 204 D YOW 1830, A YKF 1935 ZX 303 D YKF 1955, A YUL 2040, D YUL 2110, A YOW 2155, D YOW 2230, A YKF 2350 Day 6 - NO OPS DAY 7 ZX 203 D YKF 1645, A YOW 1750 ZX 204 D YOW 1830, A YKF 1935 At this point, they only have flights loaded until 30APR22 and will be operating only a single CR2. |
I wonder what will happen to Ethiopian's YYZ-ADD flights as the situation gets worse and rebels inch closer to the capital.
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The first of PD's seasonal destinations will restart on 17DEC21 to YTM: https://www.newswire.ca/news-release...884476883.html
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In response to Air Canada new flight, Westjet changed their YQB-YYC flight from 4x weekly to daily and will now start in May instead of July. It's now the same starting date as Air Canada. It now appears to be year round since I don't see any ending date
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WS hasn't loaded its schedule beyond October 29th/22 yet, so it's probably TBD on year-round. |
Airbus is conducting a fello'fly test today from TLS to YUL with 2 A350s.
Airbus 1 (AIB1), an A350-900, and Airbus 2 (AIB2), an A350-1000, are the planes in question. The planes are airborne and have an ETA of around 9h40 am local. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/aib1 https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/aib2 The planes will fly in formation, at very close proximity. It is expected to produce a fuel savings of between 5-10% per trip for the trailing plane. The planes will head back to TLS tomorrow. Official Airbus site explaining it all. https://www.airbus.com/en/innovation...micry/fellofly |
Interesting experience doing MEX-DFW-YYC yesterday.
Much paperwork leaving MEX but very simple customs when we landed at DFW... literally 30 seconds, no questions, no proof asked for, no questions. YYC many questions and while I had my CANPASS ready, not requested but I did need to 'show a QR' code as I passed someone en route to the customs official. Lots of process but fairly painless on travel day. |
Airbus press release for today's flight.
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One logistical thing to work out is achieving the balance between who leads and who follows (assuming two different airlines) so that one airline doesn't benefit substantially more than another. |
UA have no timeline for a return to service at YWG: https://winnipegsun.com/news/news-ne...r-now-at-least
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Indeed, there will be challenges implementing this, especially between 2 different carriers. There will need to be cooperation. Some give and take. This being said however, this startegy will most likely be deployed within a carrier, throughout its fleet. That makes more sense. Even then, there will be challenges. Are insurance companies going to hop on board, or will they increase their fees with carriers willing to embark on this fuel savings strategy? Having 2 aircraft 1.5 nm (3 km) apart at the same altitude over the Atlantic, in the middle of the night, increases the risks somewhat. In my opinion, this is mostly a marketing tactic by Airbus. Let's see if airlines will follow suit and implement this in the coming years. I have my doubts. |
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You need a number of long-haul flights to coordinate without any logistical problems when dealing with unpredictable passengers and operations. Maybe if it's a series of long-haul flights all headed to a certain destination at the same time - Air Canada's Australia/NZ flights out of Vancouver are bunched all together, or a bunch of AC European destinations leaving Pearson in the European red-eye window. With TCAS the risk of collision is mitigated, admittedly. |
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Did YUL put the runway rehab on hold due to COVID? Seems like it would have been the golden opportunity to do so, despite the financial challenges. |
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I agree that resurfacing the runway when the pandemic hit would have been the best use of idle time, but cash is king, and ADM didn’t have anymore to spare. Don’t forget, the REM project is still ongoing. |
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