Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW/CYOW)

[RomanR27]

AC888/889 premium loads for the week

Monday: AC889 - 24/31 J, 20/24 PY; AC888 - full Y/PY, 29/31 J
Wednesday (789, only checked 888) - 30/30 J, 19/21 PY
Thursday: AC889 - 23/31 J, 21/24 PY; AC888 - full Y/PY, 30/31 J
Today (789): AC889 - full Y, 22/30 J, 20/21 PY; AC888 - full Y, 28/30 J and 20/21 PY.

They've also loaded the rest of the winter schedule. The YVR 223 turn goes back to a 321 on 01MAR, with the daily 789 on AC342/345. If that holds, March/April will be a slight capacity increase year-over-year.

[Dominion301]

Good to see loads on AC 888/889 generally north of 90% this past week.

Today’s departure count: 82

Today's cancellation count (so far): 3 - 2 of 3 are AC to YTZ & the other is a 2250 departure to YUL that was probably empty anyway. At that hour, only connections at YOW to YUL work.

[Dominion301]

Today’s departure count: 93

Today's cancellation count (so far): 1 - an AC to YTZ

[Dominion301]

If there's no more than 1 cancellation, today will set the new post-March 2020 record.

Today’s departure count: 97

Today's cancellation count (so far): 0

Today on a 320 at 0615 and on Thursday on a 223 at 1115, there's a mainline AC bird to YUL as AC 476.

AF 327 on gate 17, AC 345 on 28 & AC 888 on 15.

[Dominion301]

Heads-up for spotters, the first scheduled appearance of the WS Blue Jays bird at YOW is on Canada Day. If you want to see it though, it'll be arriving just after sunrise as WS 618 from YYC at 0535 and turning right back to YYC at 0720 as the YOW area code flight aka WS 613.

[RomanR27]

Yesterday I believe saw the final day of a second YYT flight. Thus it's also the final day with the late evening YDF departure as that reduces to 4x weekly.

It was also the first day with a fourth WS YYC flight - by Thursday it will be up to 5x on weekdays.

Today is the final day without a WS YWG flight until after Labour Day.

[Dominion301]

Originally Posted by RomanR27

Yesterday I believe saw the final day of a second YYT flight. Thus it's also the final day with the late evening YDF departure as that reduces to 4x weekly.

It was also the first day with a fourth WS YYC flight - by Thursday it will be up to 5x on weekdays.

Today is the final day without a WS YWG flight until after Labour Day.

So Monday ended with zero cancellations, so 97 is the new post-March 2020 record.

Today’s departure count: 86

Today's cancellation count (so far): 3

[rocketphish]

Originally Posted by Dominion301

So Monday ended with zero cancellations, so 97 is the new post-March 2020 record.

[Dominion301]

Today’s departure count: 88 - including AC 478 at 1440 on a 320 & AC 498 at 2130 on a 223 to YUL - also interestingly the first YUL departure today isn’t until 0905 yet later there are YUL departures 30 minutes apart at 1440 & 1510

Today's cancellation count (so far): 2 - including AC 888

[RomanR27]

Interesting that crew scheduling is the reason on the AC app - the 789 slated to do 889/888 today actually made it to LHR.

AC478 will be running about half of the days in July on a mix of the entire mainline 7M8 fleet.

Also looks like two daily turns from mid-September to mid-October are on the 320 (AC476/478)

[RomanR27]

YOW is basically closed due to the storm, nothing has left nor arrived since I believe before 1400.

Inbound:
- AC 7M8 from YYZ went back
- AC 321/789 from YYC/YVR went to YYZ
- AC CR9 from YWG went to YUL
- PD DH4s from YHZ/YFC went to YHU
- Another PD DH4 from YHZ went to YQB
- AF went to YQB - it's a 77W today
- WS 73G from YYC went to YYZ

[Dominion301]

Originally Posted by RomanR27

YOW is basically closed due to the storm, nothing has left nor arrived since I believe before 1400.

Inbound:
- AC 7M8 from YYZ went back
- AC 321/789 from YYC/YVR went to YYZ
- AC CR9 from YWG went to YUL
- PD DH4s from YHZ/YFC went to YHU
- Another PD DH4 from YHZ went to YQB
- AF went to YQB - it's a 77W today
- WS 73G from YYC went to YYZ

Amazingly AF departed only 50 minutes late according to the FIDS. Cancellation count is up to 19. A further 19 are showing as delayed, with the majority being multi-hour.

[RomanR27]

Originally Posted by Dominion301

Amazingly AF departed only 50 minutes late according to the FIDS. Cancellation count is up to 19. A further 19 are showing as delayed, with the majority being multi-hour.

The FIDs are wrong, it's still in YQB, YOW was in a ground stop until 1830 local. PD282 from YEG just landed on runway 14, the first aircraft in or out. PD276 from YYC is going to YQT.

[YOWhopeful]

AF327 is cancelled

[Dominion301]

Originally Posted by RomanR27

The FIDs are wrong, it's still in YQB, YOW was in a ground stop until 1830 local. PD282 from YEG just landed on runway 14, the first aircraft in or out. PD276 from YYC is going to YQT.

FIDS got updated about an hour later to show AF 327 cancelled. Cancellation count is up to 25 with six flights still showing as scheduled but delayed to after 2300.

[rocketphish]

New agreement gives British Airways customers access to Porter flights, including to YOW

By Mia Jensen, OBJ
June 30, 2026

European travellers will have greater access to the Canadian market thanks to a new codeshare agreement between Porter Airlines and British Airways.

Codeshare agreements allow customers of one airline to book seats on flights operated by another. In this case, British Airways customers will be able to purchase tickets through the airline for Porter flights to 17 Canadian destinations, including Ottawa.

“It is our pleasure to welcome British Airways customers to the Porter experience,” Edmond Eldebs, senior vice-president and COO at Porter, said in a press release Tuesday.

“This codeshare agreement reflects our shared commitment to making travel seamless and enjoyable. More travellers have the opportunity to discover more of Canada the Porter way, with elevated service and comfort that we’re known for. We look forward to a strong and growing partnership.”

The agreement also allows British Airways Club members to earn Avios points on Porter flights.

Other destinations include Calgary, Charlottetown, Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver and St. John’s.

“We are delighted to launch this codeshare with Porter Airlines, meaning British Airways customers can now book flights on Porter Airlines’ network with convenience and ease,” said Neil Chernoff, chief planning and strategy officer at British Airways. “This agreement makes travel between London and Canada even easier, offering more options and flexibility. We look forward to working closely with Porter Airlines and further strengthening our partnership.”

Porter currently operates more flights through the capital than any other airline, including a variety of sun destination routes introduced in the last year. Earlier this year, Eldebs told OBJ that the city has become a cornerstone of its strategy.

“We’re very optimistic about Ottawa and we’re here for the long term,” Eldebs said at the time. “When you look at the business case, we’ve proven it out, that it’s a success. The fact that the catchment area of Ottawa is a million people and many of those people work across the public sector and, on average, the income is higher — these are people that want to fly. They want to travel and they want to travel from an airport that’s convenient to them.”

https://obj.ca/new-agreement-british-airways-access-porter-flights-yow/

[Dominion301]

Yesterday ended with 25 departures cancelled. 17 departures left after 2200 and the last departure of the day left at 0125.

Today’s departure count: 93

Today's cancellation count (so far): 7 - one is an AC mainline-to-rouge tail swap, so theoretically today could have been 99 it appears.

[RomanR27]

Originally Posted by Dominion301

Yesterday ended with 25 departures cancelled. 17 departures left after 2200 and the last departure of the day left at 0125.

Today’s departure count: 93

Today's cancellation count (so far): 7 - one is an AC mainline-to-rouge tail swap, so theoretically today could have been 99 it appears.

I wonder how many - if any - are extra make-up flights cleaning up yesterday's mess.

Noticed the YYZ-YOW-YVR Porter turn this morning used gate 23, don't often see anything larger than Q400s/CRJs use that gate.

Today marks the first day with five YYC flights.

WS611 0600
WS613 0720
WS615 1320
WS617 1615
WS619 2015

The AF 77W that diverted to YQB is still on the ground there. I wonder if it will ferry back to CDG or will head to YOW first - presumably that crew would be operating AF327 today. It was also one of the aircraft equipped with an F cabin, I don't think we've seen one of those in a while. It's premium heavy - four first class suites, 58 business class, 28 premium economy and 206 economy. The previous three round trips it had done were AF1/AF2 on their flagship CDG-JFK route.

[Dominion301]

Originally Posted by RomanR27

I wonder how many - if any - are extra make-up flights cleaning up yesterday's mess.

Noticed the YYZ-YOW-YVR Porter turn this morning used gate 23, don't often see anything larger than Q400s/CRJs use that gate.

Today marks the first day with five YYC flights.

WS611 0600
WS613 0720
WS615 1320
WS617 1615
WS619 2015

The AF 77W that diverted to YQB is still on the ground there. I wonder if it will ferry back to CDG or will head to YOW first - presumably that crew would be operating AF327 today. It was also one of the aircraft equipped with an F cabin, I don't think we've seen one of those in a while. It's premium heavy - four first class suites, 58 business class, 28 premium economy and 206 economy. The previous three round trips it had done were AF1/AF2 on their flagship CDG-JFK route.

AF 328 is showing inbound from CDG a 1/2 hr early today and is a 772.

I wonder how AF are handling the likely ~275 stranded pax each from yesterday both at YQB and YOW? Hopefully today's AF 327 had 30 or 40 empty seats that could fill some of the gap. Probably some pax were sent to YUL last night and probably again tonight to fill any empty seats on AF. From YQB, the only options would be AF sends pax to YOW both direct and via YUL & YYZ on AC or charter a few buses or Via Rail.

Looking at flightaware the 77W that diverted yesterday to YQB is showing as deadheading to CDG this afternoon: https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/AFR386V/history/20260702/2100Z/CYQB/LFPG.

[golfguy9]

Originally Posted by RomanR27

I wonder how many - if any - are extra make-up flights cleaning up yesterday's mess.

Noticed the YYZ-YOW-YVR Porter turn this morning used gate 23, don't often see anything larger than Q400s/CRJs use that gate.

Today marks the first day with five YYC flights.

WS611 0600
WS613 0720
WS615 1320
WS617 1615
WS619 2015

The AF 77W that diverted to YQB is still on the ground there. I wonder if it will ferry back to CDG or will head to YOW first - presumably that crew would be operating AF327 today. It was also one of the aircraft equipped with an F cabin, I don't think we've seen one of those in a while. It's premium heavy - four first class suites, 58 business class, 28 premium economy and 206 economy. The previous three round trips it had done were AF1/AF2 on their flagship CDG-JFK route.

I wonder if those F seats are bookable to/from YOW. Of note that 77W - registered F-GSQB has not yet been retrofitted with their new cabins which would have been a treat if they were.