Improvements coming to PD's VIPorter: https://www.newswire.ca/news-release...837081175.html

Flair drops YQG-YUL in mid February.

Local Windsor media says Flair will be announcing a new route out of YQG in the "coming weeks". I'm guessing YVR-YQG. Hopefully we'll also get a better look at Flairs summer offerings at that time too.

AIR CANADA RESUMES NONSTOP VANCOUVER – SHANGHAI FLIGHTS IN LATE-JAN 2023

Air Canada in late-January 2023 plans to resume nonstop service to Mainland China, which sees the airline operates Vancouver – Shanghai Pu Dong route on nonstop basis. From 31JAN23, AC will operate 4 weekly flights with 400-seater 777-300ER aircraft, including Northern summer 2023 season.

The airline currently operates twice weekly flights via Seoul Incheon.

Following schedule is effective 26MAR23 – 28OCT23.

AC025 YVR1040 – 1405+1PVG 77W x136
AC026 PVG1555 – 1145YVR 77W x247

https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230124-acpvg

AIR CANADA SEP/OCT 2022 MONTREAL – TOKYO CAPACITY INCREASE

Air Canada during the month of September and October 2023 plans to increase capacity on Montreal – Tokyo Narita route, as the airline schedules 450-seater Boeing 777-300ER service from 21SEP23 to 27OCT23, Montreal departure. The 777 will operate on daily basis, replacing 787-9 Dreamliner.

AC005 YUL1335 – 1545+1NRT 77W D
AC006 NRT1730 – 1650YUL 77W D

https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230124-acnrt

Japan sale: Air Canada, WestJet offering cheap Vancouver flights to Tokyo.

Vancouverites looking to travel to Japan's largest city on the cheap may want to book their tickets right now.

Canada's two largest airlines appear to be battling each other to offer the best deal to Tokyo as both of them currently have the destination on sale.

Air Canada is offering reduced base fares on nonstop, direct round-trip flights from Vancouver International Airport (YVR) to Narita International Airport (NRT) for travel from Feb. 1 to Nov. 30, 2023.

For example, a Vancouver flight departing on Sept. 30 and returning on Nov. 12 costs $1,445.66 including all taxes and fees and both flights are direct.

Get even cheaper round-trip Vancouver flights to Tokyo, Japan with WestJet

WestJet is also offering "limited-time discounted fares" to Tokyo, which is the airline's newest destination.

In November 2022, WestJet announced a new codeshare agreement with Japan Airlines (JAL) that allowed its "WS" code to appear on JAL-operated flights between the two airports.

While the direct option is convenient, travellers can expect to pay over $2,000 for return, direct airfare.

For travellers who don't mind making a stop or two, WestJet's sale provides discounts on round-trip service to the popular destination for travel from April 29 to Oct. 28, 2023. Tickets must be booked by Jan. 24 at 10:59 p.m. to take advantage of the offer.

For example, a flight that departs YVR on June 7 and makes stops in Kelowna and Calgary on the outbound journey and then makes one stop on the return in Calgary costs $1,289.62 including all taxes and fees. While there are two stops on the way out, the one in Kelowna is just over an hour and the one in Calgary is under four.

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/t...yo-yvr-6422488

Eh? Economy flights were readily found for less than $1000 pre pandemic. My direct flights in 2017 and 2019 were in the 700 range. I have a business class flight booked for April for not much more than these “deals”.

That’s ancient history. Airfares are higher now.

Government making cargo-related investments at YHM: https://www.newswire.ca/news-release...810093509.html

YVR would be a good addition on a summer seasonal basis. Could also be YQG-YOW. There's a bit of slack in the two YOW-based 7M8s this summer and Windsor likely has higher O&D traffic to YOW than YUL. Also YOW lost DL to DTW thanks to the pandemic, something YUL still has.

YYJ posted 2022 full year numbers.

https://www.victoriaairport.com/pdfs...ctor_Stats.pdf

Total: 1,490,039 +121.2%

https://dailyhive.com/canada/air-tra...loses-yvr-base

Transat closes YVR Base.

Yes only just the Air Transat base is closing at Vancouver YVR✅

Air Transat is not gone from Western Canada, as they’re currently still flying ✈️the YVR to Montreal YUL nonstop daily -year round & also Calgary YYC - YUL, spring/summer (seasonal) .

Tough to sustain a base on one flight a day.

AC Cargo add new more 767F cargo routes to Europe: https://mraircanada.mediaroom.com/Ai...o-Liege,-Basel

Flair has also cancelled the YKF-YUL route "for the time being"
YKF is expecting to handle 600,000 passengers in 2023, 80% of them flying on Flair.

Flair is only cutting YKF-YUL for the winter since demand is minimal. It returns in April at 2x weekly and jumps to up to 4x weekly in the summer.

Also it seems like Flair's summer schedule doesn't include the 2 new aircraft they just received. It will be interesting to see where they place them and what routes they'll fly. I don't think they'll add too much more frequency on existing routes.

I think the Flair announcement indicated that one additional aircraft would be based at YKF this summer, bringing the total to 3.

AC has reduced YVR-LHR to 1x daily for S23 and upguaged the single daily to 77W.

AC swapping their second YVR slot with OS, and retiming their remaining YVR-LHR flight with AA.

https://www.acl-uk.org/wp-content/up...R-AC-to-OS.jpg

https://www.acl-uk.org/wp-content/up...-Time-Swap.jpg

I just noticed this thread is now on page 747.