Originally Posted by SpongeG (Post 7717374)

i don't know if it was air canada or not but on a Istanbul - Toronto flight the other day they found someone wrote something like Bomb to Toronto on the bathroom wall and they had to fly back to istanbul.

Originally Posted by ghYHZ (Post 7717487)

I see that Westjet will be back again this summer with those short hops across the pond on the Transatlantic ‘737s. With a strong tailwind....the St. John’s-Dublin flight can do it in just under 4 hrs.

YYT-DUB
YYT-LGW
YHZ-LGA

(Halifax will also Has a ‘737 flight to Dublin and Paris on ASL French Airlines)

Originally Posted by wave46 (Post 7717532)

Ahem....I think you mean YHZ-GLA.

Originally Posted by thenoflyzone (Post 7717197)

I heard it might be temporary on flyertalk as well. But it doesn't make sense.

AC810/811 has been removed from the online schedule and booking system completely. Seems like a permanent route closure to me. Why would they do that if they plan on reinstating the route? Closing sales, even for a short while, will only hurt the flight, not promote it.

They had already suspended the flight til March 1, and it was to be resumed on a 3x to 5x weekly basis after that for the summer season. When this was announced a few weeks ago, it seemed like the start of the end for this flight anyways.

Originally Posted by ACT7 (Post 7717767)

Although, a colleague of mine flew to Pakistan via Istanbul a few weeks ago on TK and he said the flight was full in both directions. TK's product isn't better than AC's IMO, so if it's full, I'm surprised AC can't make a go of it anymore.

Originally Posted by SFUVancouver (Post 7719497)

I found something kind of interesting: on Boeing's website you can search its orders and deliveries database by country. For Canada, it provides the breakdown of every aircraft directly ordered by and delivered to Canadian carriers, including defunct airlines like Wardair and CP, and includes aircraft types manufactured by Douglas and later McDonnel Douglas that have since been acquired by Boeing.

Search by country and choose Canada.



Edit: Well it looks like the formatting went to hell on that summary table. Let me try something... That did it.

Originally Posted by SFUVancouver (Post 7719497)

I found something kind of interesting: on Boeing's website you can search its orders and deliveries database by country. For Canada, it provides the breakdown of every aircraft directly ordered by and delivered to Canadian carriers, including defunct airlines like Wardair and CP, and includes aircraft types manufactured by Douglas and later McDonnell Douglas that have since been acquired by Boeing.

Search by country and choose Canada.



Edit: Well it looks like the formatting went to hell on that summary table. Let me try something... That did it.

It looks like Canada was pretty solidly a Douglas country in the early years. The 707 was trounced by the DC8, and 5 of the 7 707s were bought by the Canadian Forces. Interesting to see, too, that there are about one-third as many ordered Boeing aircraft currently awaiting delivery as have previously been delivered by Boeing and Douglas/McDonnell Douglas in all of Canada's history.

Originally Posted by Cage (Post 7718396)

Here is the link to the press release:
http://westjet2.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=1215

Originally Posted by SaskOttaLoo (Post 7720336)

That's cool. What's the main advantage of flying into Abbotsford? Do people ever substitute that airport for Vancouver? I was surprised at how few flights go out of that airport - less than Prince George!

Originally Posted by thenoflyzone (Post 7717197)

I heard it might be temporary on flyertalk as well. But it doesn't make sense.

Originally Posted by thenoflyzone (Post 7719505)

This being said, I find it hard to believe TK makes money on their flights to YYZ/YUL.

Originally Posted by G.S MTL (Post 7723017)

YUL

Total for 2016 is 16,583,625 (revised amount)

January 2017

Total
1,348,890 +6.9%

Domestic 468,974 +10.1%

International 580,212 +8.2%

Transborder 299,074 0%

Originally Posted by Cage (Post 7709974)

Back one year ago, WS signed a long term commercial agreement with GTAA that was on similar terms to the AC LTA. The AC LTA gave rebates for exceptional pax growth at YYZ and gave fixed cost fee environment so long as reasonable growth targets were met.

Fast forward to today and WS is rapidly expanding in YUL and not deploying new aircraft to YYZ. Why the change in focus?

I find it hard to believe that WS has run out of profitable flying from YYZ. My thinking is that WS has run out of room at YYZ. With AB economy in the tank and YYZ out of room at commercially profitable times, WS has no where else to go but to YUL.

Originally Posted by thenoflyzone (Post 7723394)

There is one more reason why WS is expanding service at YUL. I don't want to post it online though. PM me if you want to hear it.

Originally Posted by thenoflyzone (Post 7723386)

2017 will be another great year for YUL ! With the revised 2016 numbers though, we will need a 9% increase in order to reach 18 million.

Originally Posted by thenoflyzone (Post 7723394)

There is one more reason why WS is expanding service at YUL. I don't want to post it online though. PM me if you want to hear it.