YVR Airport & Sea Island Developments Discussion

[excel]

^good news thanks.

[Delirium]

good video of the new BCIT aerospace campus being built on yvr lands: http://www.bcit.ca/planning/projects/atc.shtml (middle left where it says "check it out"). nice looking facility!

webcam (though it hasn't been updated in a while):
http://www.camcentral.net/ledcor/bcit/directurl/bcit_directurl.php

[SpongeG]

i've driven past that new BCIT thing for months now - looks nice indeed

like to hang out in the park there sometimes

i don't get the big doors - i guess they are just for show or something as there is now way to just get an airplane there

[mr.x]

Pretty amazing.
















we need to get rid of Burkeville.

[deasine]

Who the hell would want to live near the airport anywayz... and why is it even there... It's in the way of everything

[hollywoodnorth]

i agree......burkeville should be expropriated.

[SpongeG]

i like burkeville - i would love to live there

[SpongeG]

SATELLITE AQUARIUM OPENS IN NEW INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL AT YVR IN VANCOUVER

Vancouver, BC: Vancouver International Airport opened its new international terminal yesterday, which includes two aquatic exhibits operated and maintained by the Vancouver Aquarium.



Located at the end of the stream that runs through the new terminal wing, the 114,000-litre main aquarium houses a rich collection of marine life native to B.C., including several rockfish species, anemones, sea stars, sea cucumbers, greenlings and perch. A smaller, dramatic exhibit features moon jellies that are reared at the Vancouver Aquarium by its resident jelly expert.

Some of the rockfish in the main aquarium were carefully chosen to further the Vancouver Aquarium’s rockfish conservation research. Researchers know very little about reproduction of some very important species of fish, and this exhibit will allow Aquarium scientists to investigate ongoing questions about rockfish reproduction and offspring.

The Vancouver Aquarium rotates its aquarists in maintaining the YVR aquarium on a daily basis. Divers will continue to fine-tune the exhibit over the next several months, carefully placing rocks, kelp and anemones, as well as performing regular cleaning and feeding dives.

YVR estimates that more than one million people a year will pass through the terminal, providing the Aquarium with a wonderful way to help people to connect with B.C. wildlife, even if they don’t have the chance to explore B.C.’s underwater wild coast or even stroll the seawall in Stanley Park.

As a non-profit organization devoted to the conservation of aquatic life, the Aquarium is excited about the opportunity to showcase the brilliance of marine life in B.C. and teach people how important it is to ensure that our natural environment stays pristine for future generations.

http://travelvideo.tv/news/more.php?id=11828_0_1_0_M

[Coldrsx]

how was vancouver's june for comparison?

Edmonton's june 2007

dom-434,105 up 20.2%
trans-54,525 up 15.2%
intl 17,487 up 182.9%
------------------------
total 506,117 up 21.7%

[phesto]

Originally Posted by Coldrsx

how was vancouver's june for comparison?

Edmonton's june 2007

dom-434,105 up 20.2%
trans-54,525 up 15.2%
intl 17,487 up 182.9%
------------------------
total 506,117 up 21.7%

Where do you get YEG's stats? On the YVR website there is usually a 2 month lag in getting traffic stats.

Anyway, YTD growth was 5% as of April. I'd expect June to have been a bit better than 5%, but I doubt it would be anywhere near YEG, or YYC for that matter.

[phesto]

From the Sun today:

Airline biz finds Oasis at party

Malcolm Parry, Vancouver Sun
Published: Thursday, July 12, 2007

OASIS IN THE AIR: B.C. Transportation Minister Kevin Falcon had to raise his voice over the hubbub at a lavish launch party for Oasis Hongkong Airlines at Yaletown's Goldfish restaurant recently. "All you people talking by the window there," he said to no apparent effect, "we're going to draw a business-class ticket to Hong Kong. So, if you don't hear your name, you're going to miss it."

Many have heard their names called since May, when airline chair Rev. Raymond Lee, 55, began scattering biz-class tickets like manna among the city's influential. After all, Oasis has 81 such seats, at $1,399 per, on the 747-400 aircraft it has scheduled for six-days-a-week Vancouver-Hong Kong service. There are 278 more in economy class, with tickets from $299.

The airline began daily Hong Kong-London service in 2006.

"For us to introduce a jumbo jet to Vancouver increases [existing] capacity by 40 per cent," Lee said. A Faith Community Church pastor and graduate of Hong Kong's elite Diocesan Boys School and Harvard University, he claimed Oasis will not need to raid other carriers.

That might occur only if transpacific boardings were to remain static. Lee calls that a red ocean strategy, based on analysts and traditional observers seeing no more than 500,000 passengers annually. "But we believe our blue ocean strategy has identified an untapped market we estimate at 1.5 million in five years," he said, meaning those specifically attracted by lower fares as well as the 380,000 ethnic Chinese living in Greater Vancouver and the 250,000 Canadians in Hong Kong.

"The sky's the limit," said wife and Oasis executive director Priscilla Hwang Lee. She's also a New England Conservatory of Music-trained pianist, whose recitals of Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich concertos doubtless accustomed her to thinking big.

The two reportedly own some 60 per cent of Oasis, which has postponed an initial public offering of HK$10 billion ($1.35 billion Cdn) until 2009 or 2020, when it proposes to operate 15 or more aircraft.

As on the London route, economy passengers get reasonable leg room, TV-seatback entertainment and hot meals. But there's no pie in the sky about the Lees' blue-ocean policy for serving non-traditional customers. They've applied it since 1995 to their Oasis Development Enterprises, which is based in Massachusetts' former Boston Stock Exchange building and owns a portfolio of 30 U.S. properties that includes the Wells Fargo & Co's Las Vegas regional headquarters and is rumoured to be worth close to $1 billion.

For that business, the policy is called the 50, 75 and 25 per-cent rule, said Raymond Lee. "At 50 per-cent occupancy, we plan to break even. At 75 per-cent occupancy, we look to making a 25-per-cent return. So, with the remaining 25 per cent, we have the opportunity to do some good."

That means providing low- or no-cost office space for Habitat for Humanity and other non-profit organizations. It also means an average occupancy of 96 per cent, Lee said.

The firm reports 90 per-cent occupancy for its extensive holdings in once-decaying Lynn, a Massachusetts industrial community, once known as Sin City, that began calling itself City of Firsts a decade ago. ODE's policy, Lee said, is "to catalyse prosperity in regions of despair through strategies of public participation and local empowerment,"

As for getting the less financially empowered aboard his aircraft, Lee said: "I really take pleasure in offering superior service. I find that a spiritual undertaking. If I were in church, people might say, Amen."

[Coldrsx]

Originally Posted by phesto

Where do you get YEG's stats? On the YVR website there is usually a 2 month lag in getting traffic stats.

Anyway, YTD growth was 5% as of April. I'd expect June to have been a bit better than 5%, but I doubt it would be anywhere near YEG, or YYC for that matter.

they email then usually within the 1st 14 days of the next month to people who sign up or they are usually posted about 3-4 weeks later on the site.

[phesto]

^I'll post YVR's stats when they come in, but they won't compare to YEG, truly impressive.

Here are a few pics I found of the expansion at YVR:



A couple of larger ones of the inside -

[deasine]

thanks! these ones are nice and big =D

[SpongeG]

so the new expansion - what part is new? from the rotunda or from the bend?

[westcoast604]

the entire new wing you see....
with the different coloured roof than the rest of the ITB.

[muzhav84]

yah the entire rotunda is new, and of course the wing leading from it. the only thing still to be completed are some of the duty free's... and that is a week old info, so even that may be open now too.

[SpongeG]

ah ok thats what i was thinking - so basically it was like a one wing kind thing and now its two

will they be doing the same to domestic side eventually?

[excel]

^ you can find all the construction plans and proposals here:
http://www.yvr.ca/authority/construction/

But no recent expansion to the domestic wing is planned. The main plan with the terminal is to build a brand new terminal east of the transboarder wing, which would be connected to a canada line station. This terminal would be all transboarder and the existing transboarder would become international. So if you were arriving transboarder and transfering to either domestic or international you would take the canada line to the link building.

[excel]

From YVR's eNewsletter:

July 2007

School's Out, Travel's In


YVR is gearing up for summer, the busiest time of year with close to 70,000 passengers travelling through the terminals on peak days. With a record 17.5 million passengers forecast for the year, this summer promises to be the busiest YVR has seen.

August is the busiest month at YVR with close to 900 take-offs and landings expected each day. Typically, passenger traffic reaches a high in the third week of August from an increase in charter aircraft, student traffic and cruise ship passengers.

Passengers flying through YVR this summer can save time and stress by taking a few minutes to prepare before coming to the airport. With some changes to I.D. requirements and continued restrictions on taking liquids and gels through security, knowing the rules will help save time at YVR.

For the latest info on security, baggage restrictions and I.D. requirements, travellers can visit the Latest Information section on our website, where they can also find real-time flight information, terminal and parking maps, and links to airline websites.

Another time-saving tip is to utilize one of YVR's expedited check-in processes. From Common Use Self-Service kiosks, which allow passengers to access multiple airlines from one machine, to a growing number of kiosks at downtown and Richmond locations, passengers are discovering alternatives to traditional check-in.

Another option is to check in online from your home or office. Links to online check-in for most airlines serving YVR can be accessed online through our website.

To help passengers keep their cool throughout the summer season, the Airport Authority is ramping up its customer service team. Dressed in distinctive red vests, customer service representatives and summer students are easy to identify and are available to answer questions, while YVR's Green Coat volunteers are quick to offer a smile or a helping hand. Speaking a combined 26 languages, up to 85 customer service staff will be on hand every day.

Questions? Comments? Email [email protected].