YVR Airport & Sea Island Developments Discussion

[Hot Rod]

Originally Posted by SpongeG

found a vancouver mention...



full article/source: http://travel.nytimes.com/2010/10/24/travel/24prac.html

hm, interesting - I would think it should work.

[SpongeG]

in case u want to see that big airport conference from a while back

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[Gordon]

It looks like Air Canada has discontinued its YvR HKg service for the Winter. hong Kong Trafic now goes through Tokyo.

[LeftCoaster]

?? I'm flying HK Vancouver next month...

[Gordon]

It looks like AC is reverting back to last winter's schedule, which was 3 or 4 times \ week

[deasine]

^More like 4 to 5

[Johnny Aussie]

Originally Posted by deasine

^More like 4 to 5

They are by no means dropping YVRHKG.

The reduced frequency to 5 per week is only from now until mid-December. They revert back to daily mid December. This is their normal schedule for November/December.

[Denscity]

Just saw a YVR south terminal shuttle parked in front of the airport here in Castlegar?! Say what? Flights from here land at the main terminal at YVR so there's not even a connection there.

[Johnny Aussie]

Originally Posted by Denscity

Just saw a YVR south terminal shuttle parked in front of the airport here in Castlegar?! Say what? Flights from here land at the main terminal at YVR so there's not even a connection there.

Maybe it is being used in the movie shoot "The Tall Man" being filmed in the Kootenays. Mainly around Nelson. Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake just flew in to YCG today... maybe they rented the van from YVR for the movie shoot? Just a stab in the dark!

[SpongeG]

Air Canada to add new Vancouver-Tokyo flight

BRENT JANG — TRANSPORTATION REPORTER
From Friday's Globe and Mail

Air Canada (AC.B-T3.880.041.04%) is taking advantage of the expansion of Tokyo’s Haneda Airport, preparing to add a daily non-stop flight from Vancouver to Japan’s capital, part of the carrier’s Asia-Pacific growth strategy to plump up profit.

The new Vancouver-Haneda route will begin Jan. 29, complementing Air Canada’s current daily service between Vancouver and Tokyo’s Narita International Airport. Connections to partner airlines are available to fly to places such as Bangkok and Singapore.

Air Canada has been heartened by its existing transpacific routes, which helped the carrier’s third-quarter operating profit jump nearly five-fold to $327-million, with a boost in leisure and business-class travellers. Revenue climbed 13.3 per cent during the hectic July-to-September travel period, aided by the smarter deployment of planes.

UBS Securities Canada Inc. analyst Tasneem Azim said the airline is showing improvements in revenue per available seat mile, or RASM, a key industry measure of unit revenue.

Overall traffic increased 9.7 per cent in the third quarter, and the momentum carried into October. Traffic on the carrier’s routes between Canada and the Asia-Pacific region surged 25.1 per cent last month to 838 million revenue passenger miles, compared with the same period in 2009.

Total October traffic rose an average of 9.3 per cent to 4.2 billion revenue passenger miles, as consumers returned to the skies after last year’s recession. Air Canada’s load factor, or the proportion of seats filled by paying customers, climbed last month to 80.3 per cent from 79.6 per cent.

In Tokyo on Thursday, B.C. Transportation Minister Shirley Bond said Air Canada’s Vancouver-Haneda route will raise the profile of Vancouver International Airport. She set an ambitious target to boost total traffic going through the Vancouver airport to 28.4 million passengers in 2020, or a 75-per-cent surge from 2009.

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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-inv...w-vancouver-tokyo-flight/article1785216/

[Hot Rod]

good news, but I thought we already knew this was coming. I suppose this is the official or media announcement.

there is a key message in that last sentence, that Shirley Bond wants to expand YVR to 28.4 million pax by 2020. sounds like they are going to get much more active in recruiting international flights. ... Very good news!

[twoNeurons]

Now... about that Osaka flight...

[vanlaw]

Originally Posted by twoNeurons

Now... about that Osaka flight...

.....and at least a couple more direct flights to Europe. Paris, obviously, and maybe Munich, Copenhagen and Madrid........

[trofirhen]

Originally Posted by vanlaw

.....and at least a couple more direct flights to Europe. Paris, obviously, and maybe Munich, Copenhagen and Madrid........

Thank you VANLAW !! Finally someone is speaking my language here on the YVR destintions thread. (although, frankly, I think Madrid is unlikely).

But I'd settle for Paris, Munich and Copenhagen. BTW, in a survey last year, Rome placed high on the list of desirable destinations. I imagine this is largely due to the substantial Italian community here in Vancouver.

[Hot Rod]

I thought YVR had Copenhagen via SAS already.

[vanlaw]

Originally Posted by Hot Rod

I thought YVR had Copenhagen via SAS already.

I don't think YVR has ever had a CPH direct. And correct me if i'm wrong, but i think SAS cut their SEA-CPH direct a year or two ago. CPH would be prime for the pcikin' for YVR, and given its a Star Alliance partner, it wouldn't ruffle any feathers in Ottawa

And I realize Madrid is unlikely, just hoping to spread it around geographically

[trofirhen]

Originally Posted by Hot Rod

I thought YVR had Copenhagen via SAS already.

Originally Posted by vanlaw

I don't think YVR has ever had a CPH direct. And correct me if i'm wrong, but i think SAS cut their SEA-CPH direct a year or two ago. CPH would be prime for the pcikin' for YVR, and given its a Star Alliance partner, it wouldn't ruffle any feathers in Ottawa

And I realize Madrid is unlikely, just hoping to spread it around geographically

If you go to GOOGLE and look up "The Airport Shop" (or "shoppe), you'll notice which airports are looking for which destinations. Copenhagen requested two in Canada: Vancouver and Toronto. True to form, Toronto got a direct route, Vancouver did not. (This was with Air Canada, of course)

Perhaps a European airline will pick up the route to Kastrup Airport in Copenhagen. I think that would bve great. Our flights into Europe are limited -on a year-round scheduled basis - to London LHR, Amsterdam, and Frankfurt.


Not very impressive. Furthermore, I get furious when some smug Ontarian tells me "well, change in Toronto." Yeah, right. Waiting for hours to change planes, changing a 9 - hour flight into a 14 - hour journey.

Imagine adding Manchester, Copenhagen, Paris CDG, and Rome direct from YVR !!!!!!

It's a shame, in a sense, that nearly all the entries on this thread deal with Japan, and HK. Very important destinations, I admit, but Europe is definitely on the "back burner" in the minds of most people in Vancouver, or at least SSP Vancouver.

[vanlaw]

Originally Posted by trofirhen

If you go to GOOGLE and look up "The Airport Shop" (or "shoppe), you'll notice which airports are looking for which destinations. Copenhagen requested two in Canada: Vancouver and Toronto. True to form, Toronto got a direct route, Vancouver did not. (This was with Air Canada, of course)

Perhaps a European airline will pick up the route to Kastrup Airport in Copenhagen. I think that would bve great. Our flights into Europe are limited -on a year-round scheduled basis - to London LHR, Amsterdam, and Frankfurt.


Not very impressive. Furthermore, I get furious when some smug Ontarian tells me "well, change in Toronto." Yeah, right. Waiting for hours to change planes, changing a 9 - hour flight into a 14 - hour journey.

Imagine adding Manchester, Copenhagen, Paris CDG, and Rome direct from YVR !!!!!!

It's a shame, in a sense, that nearly all the entries on this thread deal with Japan, and HK. Very important destinations, I admit, but Europe is definitely on the "back burner" in the minds of most people in Vancouver, or at least SSP Vancouver.

I was coming home from Germany a while ago. My lufthansa flight from hamburg to frankfurt was late so I missed my flight to Vancouver. I routed through Toronto a few hours later.

Not even counting the layover time, flying through Toronto added a bit more than 3 hours of flying. FRA-YVR is approx 10 hours, sometimes a bit less. FRA-YYZ was 8, then YYZ-YVR is 5 for a total of 13 in the air, then add the 3 hour layover at YYZ. That 75 min delay added 6 hours to my trip.I agree, we definitely need more directs. Routing through YYZ or YUL is a huge pain in the ass and a wast of precious time.

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by vanlaw

I don't think YVR has ever had a CPH direct. And correct me if i'm wrong, but i think SAS cut their SEA-CPH direct a year or two ago. CPH would be prime for the pcikin' for YVR, and given its a Star Alliance partner, it wouldn't ruffle any feathers in Ottawa

And I realize Madrid is unlikely, just hoping to spread it around geographically

SAS did indeed abandon SEA after decades of service. There's not a hope in hell YVR would have worked for them.

[Gordon]

What Shirley Bond is sugesting is exponential growth over 10 years. 1 million more pasengers \year would be amazing and it would take a significant change in policy from Ottawa?