YVR Airport & Sea Island Developments Discussion - Page 172

trofirhen · #**3421** Posted **Jan 28, 2011, 3:25 AM**

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Originally Posted by Johnny Aussie

WS is increasing summer 2011 transborder flying out of YVR by quite a few flights (so will be up to 8 daily).

NEW daily flight to Orange County (SNA)
HNL and OGG both increasing to daily
LAS going to double daily

Overall YVR flying will be up about 2 flights per day compared to summer 2010.

Please, which airport is OGG ?

Yume-sama · #**3422** Posted **Jan 28, 2011, 3:47 AM**

Kahului Airport~

Bigtime · #**3423** Posted **Jan 28, 2011, 1:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by Yume-sama

Kahului Airport~

Otherwise known as the main Maui airport.

Yume-sama · #**3424** Posted **Jan 28, 2011, 6:06 PM**

If you refuse to speak Hawaiian maybe

lol

Bigtime · #**3425** Posted **Jan 28, 2011, 6:08 PM**

Humuhumunukunukuapua'a

mezzanine · #**3426** Posted **Jan 28, 2011, 10:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by DKaz

Flying to Haneda would be awesome, especially for cheap@$$es like me who doesn't want to spend more than 1,000 yen on a train fare, Haneda to Shinjuku takes half the time as Narita to Shinjuku on the regular trains... but the last train out of Haneda leaves at just after midnight and doesn't run again until after 5am. The flight would either have to arrive at Haneda by 10pm or after 3am, it wouldn't make sense if the trains arrived between those hours.

I prefer JAL anyway...

I wasn't greatly enthralled with my recent flight, mainly because of the 3/3/3 seating configuration in economy. unless you are a party of 3, you always have a 3rd wheel in your row.

and although i haven't use't ac recently, USB power would have been handy.

Yet the JAL route is CRITICALLY IMPORTANT for competition - when i booked it, it was ~ $200 cheaper than AC.

PS, the JAL stewardesses weren't pretty this time! a harbringer of trouble?

deasine · #**3427** Posted **Jan 28, 2011, 10:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by mezzanine

I wasn't greatly enthralled with my recent flight, mainly because of the 3/3/3 seating configuration in economy. unless you are a party of 3, you always have a 3rd wheel in your row.

and although i haven't use't ac recently, USB power would have been handy.

Yet the JAL route is CRITICALLY IMPORTANT for competition - when i booked it, it was ~ $200 cheaper than AC.

PS, the JAL stewardesses weren't pretty this time! a harbringer of trouble?

Yeah, the 3/3/3 configuration isn't great.

One thing I have to say is AC's cabin products are exactly the same, whereas many airlines, including JL's have very inconsistent cabin products. There is hardly an airplane that AC uses now without the new Project XM product! JL's product, especially for the YVR-NRT, is a bit old if you ask me, especially for the J and F class.

twoNeurons · #**3428** Posted **Jan 29, 2011, 2:46 AM**

Looks like we got our notifications that we're rerouted to NAR today. But, it's strange... apparently, we're on an Airbus... not a 777, with a 2+4+2 config.

Anyone flown on Air Canada A330s to Japan?

Yume-sama · #**3429** Posted **Jan 29, 2011, 3:06 AM**

Only before Project XM. It made me boycott them for several years

twoNeurons · #**3430** Posted **Jan 29, 2011, 5:51 AM**

The only negative of our upcoming trip is that we lost our bulkhead seat with the bassinette position. We had booked early so we GOT the bassinette... now that it's closer to the flight those positions are filled.

Argh! Wonder if I can make a case to Air Canada to give us priority for that seat (assuming other babies aren't there already)

Johnny Aussie · #**3431** Posted **Jan 30, 2011, 4:54 AM**

Maple Fun Tours has postponed its intention to commence flights from Osaka and Nagoya to Vancouver until 2012. Apparently there were "snags" to secure aircraft for this summer's planned flights.

More here...

http://www.globeadvisor.com/servlet/ArticleNews/story/gam/20110129/RBTICKERAATL_1

vanlaw · #**3432** Posted **Feb 2, 2011, 10:11 PM**

I know this isn’t directly related to YVR, but this seems to have turned into the aviation thread....

Interesting news - Qatar Airways just announced three weekly flights to Doha out of Montreal. This will provide a nice option for Canadians who want to stop off for a few days in the ME on their way to India etc., without having to pay the ridiculous UAE Tourist Visa fees that came in Jan 1.

It also gives Canada direct flight to Qatar just in time for the 2022 FIFA World Cup

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on...o-begin-montreal-service/article1891841/

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The Montreal route flows out of an agreement signed last October between Canada and Qatar that permits three passenger and three cargo flights per week into Canada.

The flights come as the United Arab Emirates wages a public battle with Canada over its effort to increase the number of flights for Emirates airline.

Ottawa's refusal to give more slots prompted the UAE to kick the Canadian military out of Camp Mirage, a key base in Dubai used to support the war in Afghanistan.

Unlike the UAE, Qatar does not require that Canadian citizens have travel visas.

The operator of Montreal's Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport confirmed it was in discussion with Qatar Airways.

vanlaw · #**3433** Posted **Feb 7, 2011, 7:38 PM**

Westjet signed an interline agreement with Delta. This is in additon to the one they signed with BA a few months back.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/westjet-partners-up-with-delta/article1897168/

trofirhen · #**3434** Posted **Feb 7, 2011, 8:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by vanlaw

Westjet signed an interline agreement with Delta. This is in additon to the one they signed with BA a few months back.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/westjet-partners-up-with-delta/article1897168/

It is clear that Westjet is determined to go places (no pun intended) and is like a carnivore on the prowl at the moment. Good for them!! It's time another airline filled the gap that was left when Air Canada took over Canadian Airlines (formerly CP Air), posing a serious challenge to hegemonic Air Canada.
And the interline agreement with giant Delta, plus the agreement with BA only underscores their ambitions. Go, Westjet, go!! Yay!!!!

vanlaw · #**3435** Posted **Feb 7, 2011, 10:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by trofirhen

It is clear that Westjet is determined to go places (no pun intended) and is like a carnivore on the prowl at the moment. Good for them!! It's time another airline filled the gap that was left when Air Canada took over Canadian Airlines (formerly CP Air), posing a serious challenge to hegemonic Air Canada.
And the interline agreement with giant Delta, plus the agreement with BA only underscores their ambitions. Go, Westjet, go!! Yay!!!!

I also missed the other one with AA

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/westjet-partners-up-with-delta/article1897168/

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“WestJet has an existing interline agreement with American Airlines so the addition of Delta gives it two strong sources of inbound U.S. travellers,” the analyst wrote in a note to clients.

“Both American and Delta have extensive U.S. networks (along with large international networks) with a strong presence in key business markets, which are not well served by WestJet currently.”

On the international front, WestJet has an interline deal with British Airways, and code-share deals with Air France-KLM and Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific.

It looks like rather than commit itself to one alliance, WJ is happy to work with all parties (Oneworld and Skyteam partners) to shuttle passengers wherever, whenever. How unsually (not for westjet, just generally) pragmatic

Bigtime · #**3436** Posted **Feb 7, 2011, 10:32 PM**

Westjet is quickly becoming like Alaska in the US, they have interlines with a whole whack of carriers. I guess it should come as no surprise as I believe Saretsky was with Alaskan for a while before coming over to WS.

vanlaw · #**3437** Posted **Feb 9, 2011, 8:58 PM**

This was in the Gobe a few days ago but missed it, only too see it in Gulf News (UAE) today.

Air Canada has renewed for 3 years its codeshare with Jet Airways on Mumbai routing via LHR to protect against Emirates while AC waits for their 787's

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on...-to-protect-mumbai-route/article1894550/

http://gulfnews.com/business/aviation/air-canada-ties-up-with-jet-airways-1.758967

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The heavy Canada-India sector via Dubai has proved to be lucrative for Emirates which started its Dubai-Toronto flights in 2007. It introduced the double-decker Airbus A380 in mid-2009 to consolidate its hold on the traffic.

Gordon · #**3438** Posted **Feb 9, 2011, 9:54 PM**

All Air Canada is oing is protecting it's YYZ India Market. There is a significant YVR India market wnich some airline should start whether it be AC or an Indian Carrier

twoNeurons · #**3439** Posted **Feb 9, 2011, 11:09 PM**

I really feel that Air Canada is being fiscally responsible by waiting for the new point to point 787s, but those planes aren't cheap and they want some kind of hedge to protect the investment.

Once those planes come into service I think we'll see a LOT more flights to second-tier cities (and some 1st tier cities).

They're small enough to serve 2nd tier markets (Which MOST Canadian cities are) but efficient enough to compete with larger jets.

Whether you're a Boeing Boy or an Airbus Afficiando... new generation 787-type planes are great news for Vancouver.

SpongeG · #**3440** Posted **Feb 10, 2011, 6:04 AM**

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Originally Posted by Gordon

All Air Canada is oing is protecting it's YYZ India Market. There is a significant YVR India market wnich some airline should start whether it be AC or an Indian Carrier

a few years ago gordon campbell made a big announcement about a connection but nothing has come of it yet - kingfisher airlines said it was going to serve the route but still nothing