good thing there were others that could radio the Air Canada pilots to advise them of their impending doom!

Definitely. Apparently the setup of the airport makes this not completely uncommon.

I cannot see a scenario in which the Canadian Government lets the Emirates have more flights into Canada. All around the world we've seen examples of how the ME3's practices hurt local airlines and Canada has long protected it's airlines.

That's what I would have thought, unless something has happened to change Air Canada's opinion.

What could have happened today with Air Canada would have been the Greatest Aviation Disaster In History!
..but people make mistakes (and it was probably the airport's fault):rolleyes:

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/...o-airport.html

I'm legitimately curious what happened in the cockpit. There's two sets of eyes who (to my understanding) should be watching the runway as they approach. What happened there? One of them should have noticed that they were on the wrong approach.

Don't get me wrong, pilot screw ups happen (see: Air France Flight 447), but the absence of other possible factors (weather, most notably) makes it quite concerning.

To my knowledge, similar things have happened to Continental Airlines in Newark (Continental Flight 1883) and Alaska Flight 17 at Sea-Tac.

That's not what I said, but, okay:

http://globalnews.ca/news/3589493/sa...xi-way-runway/

Air Transat to replace A310s with A321neoLR

http://www.newswire.ca/news-releases...633797283.html

My first thought is this could lead to a major shakeup at YYZ T3. WS will be able to get onto the widebody gates at the concourse C hammerhead while TS would take the narrowbody gates currently occupied by WS.

As for the overall T3 gate plan, at some point very soon the infield terminal will need to be reactivated, likely with some significant renovations. I always thought that TS and WG would make good IFT roomates. Today's plan does not change this possibility, but TS no has more opportunities to stay in T3 proper.

Nice to see some 321neos in the Canadian skies. Everyone else is getting 737maxs.

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Didn't Harrison Ford land on the taxiway last year in Orange County or something?

And they did notice something was not right when you listen to the ATC tapes. They questioned their landing clearance because they saw lights on what they thought was the runway and were told the runway was clear. Neither they nor the tower realized they were lined up on the parallel taxiway at that point but the pilots had definitely noticed something was different than what they were expecting to see.

The investigation will tell the tale but an interesting theory out there about how the parallel runways (28 R and 28L) were lit that night. If 28L was not being used and not lit like it normally would be for night operations the visual appearance could look two parallel runways (which is what they were expecting to see) with 28R being on the left and the taxiway being the lit up feature on the right. easy to see how the taxiway could be mistaken for runway based on visual cues only if this turns out to be the case.

I figured that Air Transat would either go with the A321neoLR or the 787-8 to replace their A310s. They are about the best 'middle of market' replacement offered today.

I guess the 787-8 is too expensive for their requirements.

The A321neoLR is probably the best fit for them - it has enough range to do YUL/YYZ/YQB to western European destinations that don't require the capacity for the A330. It can also be used for sun destinations in the winter as well.

I'm not sure how this bodes for AT in western cities though. I can't see them using an A330 for YVR-Manchester or Glasgow. Maybe they'll try using connecting flights via YYZ?

"These brand-new A321neo LRs will allow us to continue offering our customers the service and comfort they are used to, at the best possible price,"


Wait...since when does one associate AirTansat with comfort?

They should be better than 9 across A310s and A330s.
They can have 18" seats vs 16.5" currently.

Also I read somewhere that AT can't stuff too many seats if they want these to fly to Europe. So legroom should be improved too.

Overall an upgrade for passengers even though it is a narrow body.

Let me tell you...Transat is better than sunwing or
Rouge.

It's already A330 for both routes.

I stand corrected. I thought they used an A310.

I don't think the YVR sees the A310 on any routes aside from the odd equipment transfer.

Depending on what the actual range of the 321LR is, it looks like it could do YVR-GLA or MAN though. It's posted range is 7,500KM with both GLA and MAN being about 7,100KM.

Under very optimal circumstances, maybe. I doubt it could make the trip back with prevailing winds. It would also leave very little margin of error for fuel reserve, so I doubt any airline would use it for that.