Canadian Airport Thread II

[Djeffery]

Originally Posted by jc_yyc_ca

AC828 Toronto (YYZ) Copenhagen (CPH) 21:15 10:15 (+1) Tue, Thu, Sat Oct. 27, 2026
AC829 Copenhagen (CPH) Toronto (YYZ) 11:45 14:45 Wed, Fri, Sun Oct. 28, 2026

On a A321XLR. Hopefully reverts back to a 787 for summer 2027.

[thenoflyzone]

Originally Posted by Djeffery

On a A321XLR. Hopefully reverts back to a 787 for summer 2027.

Perhaps, but remember, with SAS no longer in star alliance, and no longer providing onward feel like they used to, the XLR might now be the best fit for Canada-CPH, even in summer.

The fact it's only 3x weekly XLR service in winter definitely means a daily XLR from both YYZ and YUL in summer is within the realm of possibilities, and probably the ideal capacity to Denmark proper.

[thenoflyzone]

Don't know if this is the first time Air Canada calls YUL a global hub, but either way, nice to see YUL join the ranks of YYZ and YYC ! It took some time and effort, but we finally managed to equal the - 7 dreamliner strong - global hub of Calgary.....

Air Canada’s flights to Quito have been designed to connect at both its Toronto and Montreal global hubs to facilitate convenient, easy travel to and from North America and Europe.

[Alexcaban]

AC's YUL-BER is also being increased from 3 to 4 weekly for the summer.

[Alexcaban]

Originally Posted by thenoflyzone

Don't know if this is the first time Air Canada calls YUL a global hub, but either way, nice to see YUL join the ranks of YYZ and YYC (lol)...

Just missing PVG and PEK back to really emphasize that

[thenoflyzone]

Originally Posted by Alexcaban

Just missing PVG and PEK back to really emphasize that

It's ok. The YYC global hub doesn't have PEK or PVG either ! We can breathe a sigh of relief, for now....

[jc_yyc_ca]

Originally Posted by thenoflyzone

Interesting that UIO is 3x weekly from YUL but only 1 weekly from YYZ. They must be seeing stronger demand to Ecuador from Montreal, and/or the European connections to Spain out of YUL make more sense.

Montreal has a larger Spanish speaking population than Toronto. Not sure which countries the speakers are from.

Originally Posted by thenoflyzone

nice to see YUL join the ranks of YYZ and YYC ! It took some time and effort, but we finally managed to equal the - 7 dreamliner strong - global hub of Calgary.....

Welcome to the club

[hehehe]

Originally Posted by thenoflyzone

It's ok. The YYC global hub doesn't have PEK or PVG either ! We can breathe a sigh of relief, for now....

Heyyy, we have LTO though! Even if you've joined the global club I bet you can't beat that!!!

Man Latin America must be booming for demand, even if GRU is sketchy from YYC there must be something in the air, metaphorically and literally...

[nname]

Originally Posted by hehehe

Heyyy, we have LTO though! Even if you've joined the global club I bet you can't beat that!!!

Man Latin America must be booming for demand, even if GRU is sketchy from YYC there must be something in the air, metaphorically and literally...

Or just that AC is trying to find some use for all the widebodies that are now too big for MIA, MCO, FLL, etc. There are only so much widebodies AC is willing to send toward YVR base. They've sent 2 from the east this winter and only getting 1 back for summer. Unless there are some cuts, looks like they will be sending 2 again next winter.

I'm more curious how AC is going to fly the two Mexican route from YYC. Are they going to base a few Rouge crew at YYC? Since the 8:30am flight to CUN is too early for them to fly from YVR, unless they are planning to add a Rouge flight from YVR to YYC at 4:45am...

[Alexcaban]

Originally Posted by nname

Or just that AC is trying to find some use for all the widebodies that are now too big for MIA, MCO, FLL, etc. There are only so much widebodies AC is willing to send toward YVR base. They've sent 2 from the east this winter and only getting 1 back for summer. Unless there are some cuts, looks like they will be sending 2 again next winter.

I'm more curious how AC is going to fly the two Mexican route from YYC. Are they going to base a few Rouge crew at YYC? Since the 8:30am flight to CUN is too early for them to fly from YVR, unless they are planning to add a Rouge flight from YVR to YYC at 4:45am...

It will most likely be YVR crew that do them, built into a multi day paring.

[Djeffery]

Originally Posted by thenoflyzone

Perhaps, but remember, with SAS no longer in star alliance, and no longer providing onward feel like they used to, the XLR might now be the best fit for Canada-CPH, even in summer.

The fact it's only 3x weekly XLR service in winter definitely means a daily XLR from both YYZ and YUL in summer is within the realm of possibilities, and probably the ideal capacity to Denmark proper.

That would 🞵🞵🞵🞵. No PE on the XLR it looks like. Not shoehorning my 6'5 frame and both our ample keisters into economy for an 8 hour flight lol. In looking at this summer for comparison's sake, SAS charges a good 60% more for PE than Air Canada on the same night. Oh well, it's all hypothetical until the booking window opens this fall anyway.

[thenoflyzone]

Originally Posted by hehehe

Heyyy, we have LTO though! Even if you've joined the global club I bet you can't beat that!!! Man Latin America must be booming for demand, even if GRU is sketchy from YYC there must be something in the air, metaphorically and literally...

Latin America is definitely booming, with no sign of abatement, at least for AC.

I don't know if I said this here or on airliners.net, but I think WS chose correctly to go to a LATAM hub. They just chose the wrong hub. They should have started with LIM instead of GRU. It would have been 1500nm shorter (over 3hr flight time) each way ! Plus LIM is a better connecting hub, especially if your end destination is western or Northern South America. A vast majority of connections from GRU to other South American points involve a backtrack.

Choosing Medellin as their first foray into South America was a bit weird as well. We'll see if their route planning department made the right decisions soon enough.

[RomanR27]

A bunch of new Porter routes being announced for this summer today.

YYZ-BOS
YYZ-YQB (again)
YOW-YQG
YOW-YSB
YOW-YLW
YHM-YYT
YHM-YWG
YUL-BOS
YTZ-BNA

[Coldrsx]

^nice.

I just got the Porter MC and look forward to their Western expansion and love their partnership with Alaska in the meantime.

[Dominion301]

Originally Posted by RomanR27

A bunch of new Porter routes being announced for this summer today.

YYZ-BOS
YYZ-YQB (again)
YOW-YQG
YOW-YSB
YOW-YLW
YHM-YYT
YHM-YWG
YUL-BOS
YTZ-BNA

YSB and YQG to YOW have long been talked about in terms of getting them connected to the rest of the PD network beyond YTZ's offerings. I wonder if Propair will continue to serve YSB-YOW-YUL with no security via the FBOs?

The YQB-YYZ schedule makes no sense without an additional daily E95 going somewhere out of YQB:

YQB-YYZ:
PD 188 1055-1230 X6
PD 190 1715-1850 D

YYZ-YQB:
PD 189 0830-1000 X6
PD 191 2035-2205 D

[hollywoodcory]

Word on the street is Eithad is coming to YYC later this year.

[Zmonkey]

Originally Posted by hollywoodcory

Word on the street is Eithad is coming to YYC later this year.

Calgary Herald reporting it

https://calgaryherald.com/news/calgary-to-get-western-canadas-only-direct-flight-to-uae

[hollywoodcory]

Originally Posted by hollywoodcory

Word on the street is Eithad is coming to YYC later this year.

It’s legit, now bookable:

EY29 AUH 08:45 - 12:20 YYC 789 2457
EY30 YYC 18:05 - 19:00+1 AUH 789 2457

Big year for YYC gaining South America and the Middle East.

[Surrealplaces]

You guys me to it. There were rumors of YYC to the middle east and I was a bit skeptical, but it's legit.

[Zmonkey]

Originally Posted by Surrealplaces

You guys me to it. There were rumors of YYC to the middle east and I was a bit skeptical, but it's legit.

I knew the province wanted it, we have clients in the industry, and I didn't think this was going to happen. I am legit surprised by this.