Atlantic Canada airport thread - Page 20

mylesmalley · #**381** Posted **May 24, 2013, 1:24 AM**

I know they've been around for ages, but I'm still impressed by the size of the 747.

MonctonRad · #**382** Posted **May 24, 2013, 2:25 AM**

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Originally Posted by mylesmalley

I know they've been around for ages, but I'm still impressed by the size of the 747.

I hope to see a few 747 air freighters around the GMIA when the 06/24 runway is lengthened to 10,000 feet this fall.....

mylesmalley · #**383** Posted **May 24, 2013, 4:15 AM**

I hope so. My office window looks out toward the runway

Sunnybrae · #**384** Posted **Jun 6, 2013, 6:46 PM**

An Atlas Air 747-400F landed in Halifax to pick up VLT's made in Moncton. Can't wait for our runway to be upgraded. Would have been a sight to see here in Moncton.

MonctonRad · #**385** Posted **Jun 6, 2013, 6:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by Sunnybrae

An Atlas Air 747-400F landed in Halifax to pick up VLT's made in Moncton. Can't wait for our runway to be upgraded. Would have been a sight to see here in Moncton.

It'll be ready by this fall won't it?

I agree, The odd cargo B747 and Airbus freighters will be really great to see....

Also, it was in the T&T today that they just officially opened a new general aviation hangar at the GMIA which is large enough to house up to 12 small private aircraft. Good stuff.....

macgregor · #**386** Posted **Jun 6, 2013, 11:31 PM**

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Originally Posted by MonctonRad

Also, it was in the T&T today that they just officially opened a new general aviation hangar at the GMIA which is large enough to house up to 12 small private aircraft. Good stuff.....

Some photos here: https://sites.google.com/site/monctonaeroclub/

MonctonRad · #**387** Posted **Jun 19, 2013, 3:15 AM**

This is a neat site. It's better in some ways than Flight Aware for displaying real time flight paths. For example, it will overlay flight path data in real time directly over Google Earth.

http://planefinder.net

Enjoy!

halifaxboyns · #**388** Posted **Jun 19, 2013, 4:43 PM**

I have a question - do YQM, YSJ or YFC have customs preclearance for US flights? Or are they all treated as international arrivals when they land in the US? If that's the case, YHZ is the only airport in the maritimes with such a facility?

MonctonRad · #**389** Posted **Jun 19, 2013, 4:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by halifaxboyns

I have a question - do YQM, YSJ or YFC have customs preclearance for US flights? Or are they all treated as international arrivals when they land in the US? If that's the case, YHZ is the only airport in the maritimes with such a facility?

The GMIA (YQM) offers NEXUS, but we do not have preclearance. We only have one flight per day (seasonally two flights a day) to the US, so I guess it wouldn't make much sense to offer preclearance here yet.

You are correct. Halifax Stanfield is the only Maritime airport with US preclearance.....

halifaxboyns · #**390** Posted **Jun 19, 2013, 6:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by MonctonRad

The GMIA (YQM) offers NEXUS, but we do not have preclearance. We only have one flight per day (seasonally two flights a day) to the US, so I guess it wouldn't make much sense to offer preclearance here yet.

You are correct. Halifax Stanfield is the only Maritime airport with US preclearance.....

It will be interesting to see what happens with YSJ should the city start really growing with the east/west pipeline, new refinery and other related natural resource support sectors. I always thought it could eventually become the Fort McMurray of the east (only with an ocean access instead of land locked).

nwalbert · #**391** Posted **Jun 19, 2013, 6:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by halifaxboyns

It will be interesting to see what happens with YSJ should the city start really growing with the east/west pipeline, new refinery and other related natural resource support sectors. I always thought it could eventually become the Fort McMurray of the east (only with an ocean access instead of land locked).

Yes, it is looking more and more likely that the pipeline will be coming to SJ every day. It is also looking more and more likely that a second refinery will be constructed as a result.

This should have a significant impact on the Saint John airport and we could start to see some new direct flights.

halifaxboyns · #**392** Posted **Jun 19, 2013, 8:04 PM**

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Yes, it is looking more and more likely that the pipeline will be coming to SJ every day. It is also looking more and more likely that a second refinery will be constructed as a result.

This should have a significant impact on the Saint John airport and we could start to see some new direct flights.

Well I was reading that the refinery would likely create 5,000 construction jobs and then 1,000 permanent jobs. I think it's reasonable to assume the same # for construction (I'd guess that 1,250 would be in NB? 25%?) for the pipeline. If there is a lot of LNG going on, there may also be a need for another LNG facility or expansion of the one under construction...

So if you do the population growth estimates (assume 1 FTE creates 2-3 FTE spin off jobs in the service sector and that each FTE is between 1.5-3 population growth (families, singles, or couples)) - that's huge! The 1,000 refinery jobs would lead to 2-3,000 service sector jobs, which means 4,500 to 12,000 from a refinery alone. That's a good chunk of growth (without any other economic growth factored in).

I'd love to see YSJ grow to have a 2 storey airport facility with a couple air bridges and a much better taxiway system. I think there is potential there...

homebody · #**393** Posted **Jul 17, 2013, 8:58 PM**

Quite impressive numbers in terms of passinger traffic at YSJ. Saint John Airport Authority reports a 10% increase for the first half of the year.

theshark · #**394** Posted **Jul 26, 2013, 8:26 PM**

Big push at the Bathurst Airport for the runway extension and enlargment of the terminal. All the studies are done, I have a feeling we could see something moving next year!

Monctonguy19 · #**395** Posted **Jul 27, 2013, 1:57 PM**

I noticed on the GMIA site that Lufthansa was offering flight to MTL twice a day. Is this new or I just never noticed this before?

MonctonRad · #**396** Posted **Jul 27, 2013, 3:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by Monctonguy19

I noticed on the GMIA site that Lufthansa was offering flight to MTL twice a day. Is this new or I just never noticed this before?

I'm sure that's just a code share with Air Canada.......

Josh73 · #**397** Posted **Jul 27, 2013, 3:09 PM**

That must be new, great news though! Although they aren't mentioned on the "Airlines at GMIA" section of the website yet... Strange.

q12 · #**398** Posted **Jul 27, 2013, 3:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by MonctonRad

I'm sure that's just a code share with Air Canada.......

He's right, this is nothing new. Just look at the flight it is the exact same time as the Air Canada Express Montreal flight.

Many Air Canada / Air Canada Express flights in Canada are code shared with other star alliance member airlines. This way if you were to fly from Germany to Toronto or Montreal you could buy a ticket all the way through to Moncton using Lufthansa's website. Lufthansa is not allowed to fly domestic routes in Canada.

nwalbert · #**399** Posted **Jul 30, 2013, 2:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by homebody

Quite impressive numbers in terms of passinger traffic at YSJ. Saint John Airport Authority reports a 10% increase for the first half of the year.

This is a direct result of the airports efforts to keep folks form driving to Bangor for flights. I hear more and more about people who make the drive to save some money and end up saving a very small amount when everything is said and done, not to mention the inconvenience. Removing competition from BGR would result in a massive increase in passenger numbers.

For instance if you look at Package deals that are very cost effective and SJ airport does very well.

"The Saint John Airport has Sunwing Vacations’ largest program in Atlantic Canada, outside of Halifax. This can be attributed to local demand and the longstanding partnership between the airport and Sunwing Vacations."

theshark · #**400** Posted **Aug 17, 2013, 12:38 PM**

Well for all of you looking for something to do next week end, there is the Miramichi air show august 24th and 25th, nice list of planes to be present, you can check it out here

http://www.airshowatlantic.ca/