And to mention, not even FCO anymore seeing as AZ has 2 weeks left.

As of now I can't find anything that mentions if ITA will be part of an alliance.

WS didn’t really have much of a relationship with AZ to begin with. I don’t think they were after onwards connections at FCO.

The first minute of this video of Vancouver from 1985 has come retro shots of aircraft at YVR starting with an Expo '86 CP 747 landing. Also just past the 13 minute mark there's a bit of Abbotsford Airshow coverage.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=25...ideo&ref=notif

That's pretty neat; thanks for sharing.

FCO, like LHR/LGW, can work on O&D alone as well, albeit seasonally.

DHL Express on September 28 officially opened the doors to its new facility in Hamilton, Ontario, located at the John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport. The company invested $100 million to build the new facility, four times the size of the original building also located at Hamilton International Airport, in order to meet significant increase in shipping volumes.

Hamilton Airport officials see nothing but yellow sunshine with DHL's $100-million expansion

First casualty of the FAA slot waiver for winter 2021-2022.

DL has zeroed out all YUL-LGA flights until April. Will be interesting to see if other Canada-US flights get cut because of this.

(This only affects flights to JFK, DCA, LGA, LAX, SFO, ORD and EWR, which are all the slot controlled or schedule facilitated airports in the US)

https://paxex.aero/us-airport-slot-w...international/

Given the FAA will base exemptions on the winter 2019-20 IATA season, will be interesting to see if they allow DL to still retain unused slots that were formerly used for flights to YOW and YHZ, two airports DL have stated are “suspended indefinitely”?

Unfortunately on the domestic slots it’ll lead to environmentally unfriendly slot squatting.

AC has increased YYZ-DEL to 10x weekly starting in November and loaded until March.

AC48 YYZ 09:00 - 09:25+1 DEL 789 246
AC49 DEL 11:35 - 16:10 YYZ 789 357

Hmm... seems like AC now update their schedule on Saturday night/Sunday morning? I just checked mid-day Saturday and they didn't have this change...

YYZ-BOM, on the other hand, had been removed for the winter.

Before: 7x 77W DEL, 4x 77L BOM
After: 10x 789 DEL

Update was done earlier this week, on Wednesday

https://westjet.mediaroom.com/2021-1...nto-and-Dublin

WS adding YYZ-DUB next summer, bringing its total TATL offering from YYZ to 5. Flights up to 1x daily on a 7M8.

Still no word on what's planned with the additional 787s coming in.

It's been a year now that B787 deliveries have been halted. There is a backlog of over 100 undelivered B787s. An Aug 2nd FAA inspection didn't pass muster. New tentative date of resolution is late October. Let's see if it will pan out.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/boeings...er-11630783728

Westjet probably still doesn't have a firm date of when it will receive it's frames. The lack of announcement of new routes on the dreamliner most certainly reflects that. Boeing really needs to get its shit together !

WS may just announce the 787 routes in November then. They'll probably still get the frames by May to start new routes anyways.

I'd imagine they'd at least get 1-2 by June to start at least one new route. Although they may be working to get slots to keep AMS instead.

Today marks the restoration of PD's full year-round network with the return of YFC, YSJ, YQG, YTS and YAM...but still at far fewer frequencies vs pre-pandemic.

Swoop Airlines ✈️ planning to resume seasonal international flights at Hamilton YHM again in November 2021 .

http://globalnews.ca/news/8247060/sw...ghts-hamilton/

Delta Airlines ✈️ next week Tuesday October, 12 is resuming Calgary-Salt Lake City,US flights & it’s operating 1x daily on the Embraer 175.

This was reported pre-pandemic as well, so glad to see Ethiopian's plans to launch YUL are still in the works.

https://www.routesonline.com/news/29...erican-routes/

Traveling in Canada by plane ✈️ or train, proof of vaccination required starting Oct.30 2021. https://www.usatoday.com/story/trave...30/6022048001/

This, along with a whole host of other stuff, banks on the government allowing international flights at the final batch of airports that are still barred.

AC announced YOW-YTZ 4x daily starting October 31st and increasing to 8x daily sometime next summer: https://www.newswire.ca/news-release...809428921.html

I wonder if AC have at last decided to split their 15 YTZ slots between YUL and YOW or whether Porter have relinquished some YTZ slots?

YOW-YTZ is 4x daily in November and YUL-YTZ is 5x daily but in December it goes back to 15x daily. Maybe they haven't updated schedules yet?

Didn't see it when I checked the schedule last week. Maybe I just missed it, or AC now update booking site before schedule?

The new YTZ-YOW route haven't show up in schedule it..

Domestic AC is a dummy schedule...beyond the new YTZ-YOW route. For example the YYZ Rapidair routes almost double in capacity between Nov. 30th and Dec. 1st. That's not going to happen.

AC had not really updated schedule beyond Nov 30th for most of the route that was not suspended. But schedule on or before Nov 30th are mostly set, save for some last minute reductions and cancellations...

Looks like COVID has shifted the chairs on who is flying where. YVR has been picking up new airlines with new routes while some of the old ones stay suspended.

The latest addition is Singapore Airlines.

Swissport Executive jumping the gun a bit:
https://www.linkedin.com/search/resu...EFAULT%2Cfalse

Interesting & not too surprising. Post covid Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal & Calgary Airports in Canada will gain more/new routes as it’s where most passengers demand is✅!

Interesting. Ryan Yang is mentioned. He's a cargo manager for Swissport. So still unclear if this is a passenger flight or a cargo run. Although I'm suspecting the former.

I think they just removed the post a second ago !

With the lack of YVR-Asia/Australia passenger flights at the moment, SQ might be trying to capitalize on all the VFR demand from Canada to SE Asia/Australia, etc.

Let's see what happens.

Looks to be passenger flight with a tag-on to Seattle. Hope they sell tickets on the YVR-SEA run as well.

Here is the press release.....
https://www.singaporeair.com/en_UK/s.../ne2121-211011

And details on flight times.....
https://www.singaporeair.com/saar5/p...AUSANNEXEA.pdf

Has anyone flown through the USA en route to another country of late?

I am YYC-DFW-MEX in 3 weeks and found some of the information inconsistent.

As I read it, it is a negative viral/rapid test 72hrs because I am passing through the US but nothing for Mexico there.

Return is a PCR to get back to Canada which the US will accept as well?


Last updated October 4, 2021 at 11:25am EDT.
All airline passengers to the United States ages two years and older must provide a negative COVID-19 viral test taken within three calendar days of travel. Alternatively, travelers to the U.S. may provide documentation from a licensed health care provider of having recovered from COVID-19 in the 90 days preceding travel.
https://ca.usembassy.gov/covid-19-information-canada-3/

The same week WS added this route, AC upguaged YYZ-DUB to a 77W and YUL-DUB to a 333.

That is a lot of added capacity to Dublin.

Singapore Airlines cannot sell tickets to transport passengers between Vancouver & Seattle as they will need government approvals for that✅!

Singapore Airlines can carry passengers to their final destinations in Vancouver, Seattle or to Singapore.

They have not made the details of the treaty public. I would not be surprised if it allow onward traffic rights. That is quite common. However until they make more details public we will not know.

https://otc-cta.gc.ca/eng/transport-agreement/singapore

An extremely seasonal flight. 2.5 months of operation. Very unlike SQ, and proof they are going after VFR demand to Singapore and the rest of S and SE Asia for the winter holiday season.

Will be interesting to see the SEA/ YVR origin split of the passengers. I wouldn’t be surprised if there is no 5th freedom rights - or that they chose not to exercise it, similar to the situation of RJ from YUL to DTW - , considering the nature of the flight.

Yeah, I don't see the hassle of serving SEA - YVR traffic even worth the bother of the fifth-freedom flight given the distance involved.

It's about 250km by road. There are any number of better options for travellers (road/rail) and enough existing air competition to make it extremely marginal from a business case point of view.

Maybe this is SQ's attempt to save the SEA route, similar to AC's YYZ-MXP...

Could be. The tag to SEA is surprising, to say the least. But it might indicate that operating to both non stop at the moment is not feasible.

I have talked to family members that have travelled to the US in recent weeks. All of them told me you do not need the more expensive PCR to enter. Get the antigen test at Shopper's Drug Mart for $40. You can also get it at the airport before you board but you might want to go a day or two ahead just in case. If you do opt for the PCR test it will also be accepted.

To come back you need the PCR test done no more than 72 hrs before. Not sure about Mexico City but PVR has a testing site at the airport open 24/7 no appointment needed. Cost is about $100 CDN. Results come back in less than 48 hrs.

Considering 2 of the 4x weekly flights will be reserved for SIN O&D alone (from what I understand), this might explain the YVR/SEA combo. Neither have enough demand to SIN proper to justify a non stop. Both of them together, however, might work.

Lets hope Singapore Airlines comes to their senses and understands the benefits of serving YVR year round even if they have to use a tag-on to make it work. In addition to Seattle they could easily do tag-on flights to Chicago, Dallas or Houston. This is just a start to what should ultimately become a daily year round service.

I believe if you meet the VTL requirement, you can take those flights for transit as well. Given that vaccination is already mandatory for boarding the flight from Canada, you'll just need a PCR test in order to book those flights.

:tup::cheers:

the USA is changing their requirements in November, they will not accept mixed vaccines once these new regulations come in.

I've heard people have missed connecting flights because their test prior was two hours different to what was accepted, basically, it seems like if their flight was 11 am but the test limit expired at 9 am and they were denied boarding. So you gotta get the test timed right, have also heard resorts/hotels in Mexico will help arrange the testing for heading home, they help arrange when you check-in.

I think this "Canadian" PCR test requirement is a killer for the Canadian airline industry. I have a Mexico trip booked in late January. While we're not flying via the US this time we still need that damned PCR test on the way back. Mexico doesn't require any test and i think we're fine getting on the plane down since the adults are vaccinated.

My resort is charging $100 USD per PCR test. We will cancel the trip if this rule is still in place. It's not worth me paying a $650 premium to take my family down there. Yeah we miss traveling but that is too hefty of a premium. Canada should adopt the viral rapid test that the US is accepting. A $150 premium is one thing but a $650 premium for a test, forget it.

The second trip is to Orlando in late March and all i can find so far is the PCR test at CVS for $139 USD per person so it is even worse at $870 premium.

I mean what percentage of Canadians or the Americans or "insert country name here" will need to be vaccinated in order to remove these PCR test requirements? This virus isn't going away anytime soon. The whole system is set up to be counter productive to traveling outside of Canada. Until Dollarama comes up with reasonably priced PCR test or the Canadian government changes it's requirement, the airline industry will continue to suffer.

As i write the above this is very encouraging.

Now will Canada do the same and remove the need for the expensive PCR test?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/us-ca...open-1.6208838

^ about time!

Yes, that would be ideal.

Better yet, remove testing requirements for fully vaccinated individuals entirely.