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Based on the loads I could see from AC, my guess is between 40-80 pax per flight. |
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The flights from China to Canada are quite empty. |
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Air Canada now has 2 of the ex TAP fins (939 & 940) operating as cargo planes. All but 6 seats were removed.
One did TLV-YUL last night and the other did YMX-YUL-TLV late last night. |
N.B. airports will lose millions this year
Normal traffic won’t be back before 2022, caution some industry experts Rachel Cave · CBC News · Posted: Apr 30, 2020 2:00 PM AT | Last Updated: 5 minutes ago https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-b...id19-1.5550667 In brief, traffic volumes are down by: - 94% at the Greater Moncton Romeo LeBlanc International Airport - 70% at the Fredericton International Airport - 100% at the Saint John Airport :eek: There is only a single Air Canada flight to Freddy daily (from Montreal), a single WestJet flight daily to Moncton (from Toronto) and no passenger service to Saint John......... |
A standard 747 didn't just come off the line and have a space shuttle set on it's back. As I said, modified. If there was ever a need, a 380 likely could as well. As for the A380 freighter, they had the plans to offer it, and UPS, FEDEX ordered them, prior to the 380 finally entering service. They all got FED UP when the program kept getting delayed and went and bought other aircraft that they could get in the air earlier. Airbus then shelved the freighter plans with no immediate demand for it. Courier freight isn't heavy and they would have had no issue utilizing the space on most routes with that demand.
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Traffic at YQM (Moncton) normally amounts to about 22-24 flights per day, so going down to a single flight makes a 94% drop in PAX plausible. YFC is a lot less busy than YQM (by about half), so with two remaining flights to the provincial capital, their percentage drop in PAX would be a lot less, but to be down by only 70% is surprising, but this is what was reported in the accompanying CBC article. |
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Having said that, I can’t see YFC handling more than 70 pax a day at the moment = a 90% drop, given other much larger airports like YQB are reporting 40-50 pax a day on average. |
AC have updated May and have now cut most May additions, including some routes that operated in April including:
YYC-YWG YEG-YZF...meaning AC are adding YZF to the suspended cities list. YVR-YXS...also suspended They’re also cutting May vs April frequencies on some routes they’re still keeping including: YYZ-YSB YYZ-YTS YOW-YUL |
WS also further reduced it's domestic schedule in May.
YHZ-YUL is suspended May 5-June 4. YYC-YQL Reduced to 3x weekly YYC-YXH Reduced to 3x weekly YYC-YXC Reduced to 3x weekly YWG-YXE Reduced to 2x weekly YWG-YQT Reduced to 2x weekly https://blog.westjet.com/westjet-mak...hrough-june-4/ Also WS has saved 1000 pilots from layoffs. Originally 1700 were to be laid off either May 1 or June 1. https://blog.westjet.com/westjet-sav...pa-agreements/ |
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Since YAM has no AC or PD right now, their only remaining trickle of service is Bearskin. Listen to this:
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On a separate note, this article has a lot of cool pics about airlines converting pax aircraft to temporary freighters, including AC: https://thepointsguy.com/news/how-ar...rted-to-cargo/ |
The Antonov 225 landing in Mirabel as we speak. Nolinor, an Aircraft rental service company from Mirabel, chartered the plane and prepared everything from start to finish.
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There must have been several thousand cars packed with ppl that came to see the Antonov. I was expecting a crowd, but not the whole city!
Anyways, video of the landing and pictures of the aircraft on the ground during unloading of cargo from TVA nouvelles. Scroll down to see the thousands of cars and people as well. https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2020/05/...endu-a-mirabel |
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Air Canada looks ahead. It strikes me that new cleaning procedures are going to torpedo the quick turnaround times airlines like WS prided themselves on:
Air Canada anticipates return of worldwide air travel by Christmas An Air Canada vice president suggests that by the time winter holidays roll around again, Canadians will be able to board his company's planes and fly almost anywhere in the world. But Tim Strauss said he knows that one of the biggest tasks involved in bringing air travel back to life after pandemic restrictions lift will be convincing the public it's safe to fly. "I think by Christmas you will see a significant amount of flying again," said Strauss, vice president of cargo at Air Canada. "We'll be flying to most places around the world and certainly domestically.".. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/air...wide-1.5551402 |
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