YVR showed an overall 3% increase in passengers in Jan 2011 compared to Jan 2010.
All sectors showed positive growth led by significant 14.6% growth in "Miscellaneous International" and an impressive 11.5% increase in Asia Pacific.
Although not a major contributor to overall numbers, the South Terminal showed a 20.7% increase compared to the prior year. I would suggest that would have to do with the prior year's restrictions due to the Olympics? I am pretty sure the restrictions went from mid Jan til well after the Paralympics?
China Southern Airlines starts direct YVR-Guangzhou flight
as seen on Airline Route: Guangzhou – Vancouver eff 15JUN11 NEW 3 weekly Boeing 777-200ER NONSTOP service
...and on a related note we still don't have a direct flight to CDG, hard to believe the most visited city on the planet has less demand than Guangzhou!
something we all suspected:
Passengers flying out of Vancouver International Airport saw both the most expensive airfares and the biggest increase in ticket prices among Canada's 10 largest air hubs, the latest Statistics Canada data shows
as seen on Airline Route: Guangzhou – Vancouver eff 15JUN11 NEW 3 weekly Boeing 777-200ER NONSTOP service
...and on a related note we still don't have a direct flight to CDG, hard to believe the most visited city on the planet has less demand than Guangzhou!
"yew tryin' to rile me up boy??" (That's OK. I'll have to be content with changing planes in Amsterdam or Frankfurt. I'm boycotting Toronto)!!
Air Canada order for Boeing 787s delayed, again...
Globe and Mail reports that there is an additional delay of 5 to 7 months for the first five 787 dreamliners for Air Canada. Now, the first five are scheduled for delivery in Q4 2013 and H1 2014. That is a whopping delay of FOUR years. The initial delivery was scheduled for Nov. 2009. Also the other 32 firm orders of Air Canada 787s even don’t have a delivery schedule yet!
This is not good news for Air Canada’s potential route expansion out of YVR.
as seen on Airline Route: Guangzhou – Vancouver eff 15JUN11 NEW 3 weekly Boeing 777-200ER NONSTOP service
...and on a related note we still don't have a direct flight to CDG, hard to believe the most visited city on the planet has less demand than Guangzhou!
This is YVR, best mid-size airport in North America, In Vancouver, Number One City for quality of life - sleek, modern, forward thinking, and still the biggest hicktown in North America.
This is YVR, best mid-size airport in North America, In Vancouver, Number One City for quality of life - sleek, modern, forward thinking, and still the biggest hicktown in North America.
the hyperbole. nope, hicktown it definitely is not, i mean, travel the rest of north america. shudder at the thought.
the hyperbole. nope, hicktown it definitely is not, i mean, travel the rest of north america. shudder at the thought.
Just provoking a reaction; no worries. But really, until not so long ago, Vancouver really WAS a large hicktown in the form of a city. That's all changing fast, as we know.
as seen on Airline Route: Guangzhou – Vancouver eff 15JUN11 NEW 3 weekly Boeing 777-200ER NONSTOP service
...and on a related note we still don't have a direct flight to CDG, hard to believe the most visited city on the planet has less demand than Guangzhou!
you don't go to where the puck is, you go to where it's going to be...
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anyhoo, this is an interesting article from the WSJ. they are talking about the idea of an "aerotropolis" where (at least while we still have oil) a major airport with connections is key to stay connected with the world network.
Quote:
These fast-growing air-based cities are already shaking things up. Emirates' rise in Dubai has set off alarms in London, Paris and Frankfurt, where the chief executives of flagship air carriers worry that they are being cut out of new trade flows. Canada even triggered a nasty diplomatic spat with the United Arab Emirates over its refusal to let Emirates fly to Calgary and Vancouver.
The aerotropolis is tailor-made for today's world, in which no nation reliably dominates and every nation must fight for its place in the global economy. It is at once a new model of urbanism and the newest weapon in the widening competition for wealth and security.
Surprisingly none of the cut routes are from YVR; the routes include Ottawa to Thunder Bay, Ottawa to Washington Dulles, Montreal to Washington Dulles, Calgary to Chicago, Calgary to San Francisco, and Calgary to London, Ont. It seems Calgary suffured the most.
^ Why are you surprised YVR didn't have any routes cut? What routes do you think would be cut?
As for YYC, it has only lost the equivalent of 2 daily E90s and 1 daily CR7. The loss to ORD was offset by the addition of one daily UA flight, so net loss is nil. So I wouldn't say the YYC losses are significant.
as seen on Airline Route: Guangzhou – Vancouver eff 15JUN11 NEW 3 weekly Boeing 777-200ER NONSTOP service
...and on a related note we still don't have a direct flight to CDG, hard to believe the most visited city on the planet has less demand than Guangzhou!
Hub, hub, hub. Vancouver is Canada's main hub for Asia. YYZ and YUL are for Europe and the Middle East. Airport size and activity are not accurate reflections of city size and activity.
I’m surprised because I believe Air Canada’s history has a pattern of discrimination against YVR in favor of YYZ and YUL. I think they’ve cut so much out of YVR since the Canadian Airlines acquisition that is not much left to cut. 14 years ago YVR had more flights to FRA than today, considering the growth of Vancouver in the last 14 years makes that very hard to comprehend.
I’m surprised because I believe Air Canada’s history has a pattern of discrimination against YVR in favor of YYZ and YUL. I think they’ve cut so much out of YVR since the Canadian Airlines acquisition that is not much left to cut. 14 years ago YVR had more flights to FRA than today, considering the growth of Vancouver in the last 14 years makes that very hard to comprehend.
It infuriates me. Air Canada has a huge fortress hub in Toronto, and makes people hub through YYZ as much as they can. I think this is largely to help pay for the huge, new, and VERRRRRRRRRY expensive-to-land-at Toronto Airport, as well as the typical Eastern Canadian attitude of saying "screw you" to the less voter-populated West.
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I hear you, but in fact this summer, AC is adding capacity to YVR. Overall, there will be about 7 more daily flights compared to last year. Add to that a bit of capacity boost to Asia as well. Vancouver's location on the West Coast of North America is why you are seeing a lot of increases to Asia compared to Europe. Almost every carrier serving Asia from Vancouver is boosting capacity across the Pacific (except JAL). In the near future, I would expect this trend to continue especially to China and India. As for Europe, I wouldn't expect much to be added in terms of new carriers, routes or capacity. We will probably see some, but not the amount everyone is hoping for.
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