YVR Airport & Sea Island Developments Discussion

[WarrenC12]

I used to take a regular 8:30 ORD-YVR flight. That airport was really slowing down by 8pm, and if that flight was delayed, it quickly became a ghost town.

[deasine]

Originally Posted by WarrenC12

I used to take a regular 8:30 ORD-YVR flight. That airport was really slowing down by 8pm, and if that flight was delayed, it quickly became a ghost town.

Is the Transborder Section still open at that time? If so, the US side would be ESPECIALLY quiet.

[Jebby]

Originally Posted by trofirhen

At that time, is the International Terminal busier? Compared with other airports, YVR often seems rather empty.

YVR does seem pretty empty to me most of the time in the departures area (international terminal, I've never flown out of the domestic one that I can recall). The only busy area is the customs/baggage claim hall which at time can also be completely deserted.

[nname]

Originally Posted by deasine

Is the Transborder Section still open at that time? If so, the US side would be ESPECIALLY quiet.

The US side is closed after 8:30pm.

[trofirhen]

Originally Posted by nname

The US side is closed after 8:30pm.

Part of the YVR Master Plan included a new Transborder Terminal. That would hardly seem necessary, given the relatively low volume of traffic, would it not?

[Jebby]

Originally Posted by trofirhen

Part of the YVR Master Plan included a new Transborder Terminal. That would hardly seem necessary, given the relatively low volume of traffic, would it not?

More than half of all international passengers at YVR are transborder. In March 2013 365,000 out of 663,000 were flying to/from the US.

http://www.yvr.ca/Libraries/Aviation_Marketing/March_2013_Traffic_Update.sflb.ashx

[trofirhen]

Originally Posted by Jebby

More than half of all international passengers at YVR are transborder. In March 2013 365,000 out of 663,000 were flying to/from the US.

http://www.yvr.ca/Libraries/Aviation_Marketing/March_2013_Traffic_Update.sflb.ashx

I thought there would have been more night flights, that being the case.

[Jebby]

Originally Posted by trofirhen

I thought there would have been more night flights, that being the case.

There probably are transborder late flights, but they probably just use the regular international terminal due to the cost of having US border agents stationed there and the fact that you need to keep a whole separate terminal facility (even if its in the same building) open. The passengers flying transborder after 8:30pm would just have to go through customs and immigration arriving in the US instead of being pre-cleared.

[cyeg66]

Originally Posted by deasine

While statistically, YVR at its peak (during the summer) has more takeoffs and landings than YYZ, our traffic includes sea planes.

Correct, to the seaplanes part, incorrect to the "busier than YYZ" part. Hardly close at all, even more so when talking about IFR commercial traffic.

[SpongeG]

when US customs is closed down at YVR you just go through and clear customs at the US airport

[nname]

Originally Posted by trofirhen

I thought there would have been more night flights, that being the case.

There is actually only one night flight - the CX to New York, and it is departing in the international gate.

But does it really make sense to have night flights, since we are in a time zone that's behind everyone else in the continent? How many people would take, say a 10pm flight to LAX and arriving there at 1am? What about a 10pm flight to Dallas and arriving there at 3am?

[twoNeurons]

Originally Posted by nname

There is actually only one night flight - the CX to New York, and it is departing in the international gate.

But does it really make sense to have night flights, since we are in a time zone that's behind everyone else in the continent? How many people would take, say a 10pm flight to LAX and arriving there at 1am? What about a 10pm flight to Dallas and arriving there at 3am?

Agreed. Makes more sense to have flights early morning.

[Prometheus]

In case it hasn't already been mentioned:

Lufthansa launches new Vancouver-to-Munich route

By Emma Crawford - Business In Vancouver
Fri May 17, 2013 9:41am PST

Yesterday marked the inaugural flight of Lufthansa's new Vancouver-to-Munich route.

The once-daily long-haul flight is scheduled to take just over 10 hours and is now the second daily Lufthansa flight to Germany (the airline has operated a once-daily flight from Vancouver to Frankfurt since 1983).

"Our new Vancouver-Munich route offers an exciting new choice for British Columbian travellers, but it also provides business and leisure travellers another travel option to the largest city in British Columbia," said Juergen Siebenrock, vice-president, the Americas, Luftansa German Airlines.

"Given the strong performance of our Vancouver-Frankfurt route and the increasing demand by Western Canadians for a new direct passage to Germany, the new route makes a great addition to our services by adding more than 1,500 additional seats to Germany every week."

This new route is the only long-haul addition Lufthansa is making worldwide this year.

http://www.biv.com/article/20130517/BIV0...a-launches-new-vancouver-to-munich-route

[deasine]

I was just going to post a link for the inaugural photos:
http://yvr.ca/en/blog/PhotoGallery.aspx?libraryName=Lufthansa%20Inaugural%20from%20Munich


From YVR

[Johnny Aussie]

^ looks great the two LH planes right beside each other.

I can see the second MUC on flightradar24 landing in YVR right now.

[theKB]

Glad to see the Munich direct flight. So much simpler than connecting in that hell hole of an airport that's permanently under construction in Frankfurt.

[Klazu]

Great news and great photo! I won't likely be using that route, but great to see our options to Europe increase.

[YVR Bruce]

I go thru FRA or MUC often, and will use it for better connection to GDN

[trofirhen]

Is this new route to Munich not seasonal only? It is announced as if it were a year-round scheduled flight, but I read that it was only for summer seasonal. (?)

Great to have it, anyway, whatever the case.

[s211]

Awesome. Let's hope the Munich flight becomes year-round.