YVR Airport & Sea Island Developments Discussion

[Gordon]

That's obviously proven to be a rather successful route for china Southern.

YVR now has 3 red eyes to the U.S. UA to ORD & iAH & DL too JFK

[Johnny Aussie]

More capacity to Asia... doesn't seem to be slowing!

Not only is China Airlines showing daily for the entire winter period (normally it is reduced to 5 or 6 weekly) but now showing daily 744 for about a 6 week period as well.

http://airlineroute.net/2013/06/11/ci-w13update1/

EDIT: Now it appears 744 will ply this route from mid November to the end of February... so a massive capacity boost... yet again...

[Johnny Aussie]

Air China is also showing a significant bump in flights to Beijing.

Increasing from daily (last winter) to 11 per week.

They are adding a 4 x weekly departure @ 0900 in addition to the daily flight at 1250.

[Gordon]

Gate A5 is now one of encore's gates and can only be used to ground load 737s. Has any one seen the set up is there any covered access to the planes?
This only leaves 3 jet gates on pier A

i wonder hen A1 will be back in use?

[Johnny Aussie]

Effective mid December.

Kona to daily from 4 weekly last winter.
Lihue to daily from 3 weekly last winter.
Honolulu and Kahului remain 2 daily each.

So a total of 6 daily from YVR-Hawaii. Wow.

http://westjet2.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=793

[Klazu]

Wow, that is indeed a lot of flights to Hawaii.

I would just love to fly there, but don't have the time to take a vacation there this year.

[Johnny Aussie]

Pretty much a summary of everything we already know. But when looked at altogether quite an impressive read. Flights up 50% compared to last summer.

http://www.biv.com/article/20130625/BIV0...requency-to-china-soars-to-all-time-high

And here is a Global newscast clip summarising the same article.

http://www.biv.com/article/20130625/BIV878/130629959

[Johnny Aussie]

Airlineroute.net reporting EVA will be adding twice weekly 744F flights to TPE each Monday and Friday for the period 8 July - 11 August.

It's a start... getting more Asian cargo flights that is.

http://airlineroute.net/2013/07/05/brc-yvr-jul13/

[Johnny Aussie]

OK I find this hard to believe but just looking at China Eastern forward scheds on their website.

Winter is now showing double daily of their newest A330-200.

Daily departures at 12:20 and 01:30.

It is possible this is an error, but that's what is showing!

That is truly now insane growth to China in such a short period.

[Johnny Aussie]

Originally Posted by Johnny Aussie

OK I find this hard to believe but just looking at China Eastern forward scheds on their website.

Winter is now showing double daily of their newest A330-200.

Daily departures at 12:20 and 01:30.

It is possible this is an error, but that's what is showing!

That is truly now insane growth to China in such a short period.

Edit: airlineroute.net seems to corroborate this...

http://airlineroute.net/2013/07/08/mu-yvr-w13/

[connect2source]

B Pier now fully demolished except for the 'hammer head'. Please excuse the quality of the pic, shot through the filthy windows of the observation area.

photo by me:

[s211]

Goodness. Remember when B used to be domestic flights and C was for international flights. Just a few years ago.

[connect2source]

I hope there is a better and more cohesive design planned for Pier B, Pier C is atrocious from the exterior. The extension doesn't blend, in any way, with the older part of the pier and looks very cheap, almost temporary and is not reflective of a major international gateway more akin to a small regional airport.

[Gordon]

WestJet still uses gates B17 & B18 have these gates been connected to the west end of B pier?

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by connect2source

I hope there is a better and more cohesive design planned for Pier B, Pier C is atrocious from the exterior. The extension doesn't blend, in any way, with the older part of the pier and looks very cheap, almost temporary and is not reflective of a major international gateway more akin to a small regional airport.

Who cares, as long as it works? It's a throughpoint, a means to an end, not an ultimate destination.

[SpongeG]

Originally Posted by connect2source

I hope there is a better and more cohesive design planned for Pier B, Pier C is atrocious from the exterior. The extension doesn't blend, in any way, with the older part of the pier and looks very cheap, almost temporary and is not reflective of a major international gateway more akin to a small regional airport.

have you seen laguardia? its awful outside and even worse inside talk about crappy small town feeling

[trofirhen]

Originally Posted by SpongeG

have you seen laguardia? its awful outside and even worse inside talk about crappy small town feeling

Hey, I just googled LaGuadia, and boy you're right.
Ugly, utilitarian, no design theme at all ... and a control tower that looks like a salt shaker!!!
However, giving credit where it's due, isn't LaGuardia rather old as airports go?

[connect2source]

Originally Posted by whatnext

Who cares, as long as it works? It's a throughpoint, a means to an end, not an ultimate destination.

I does work and looks pretty good on the inside but airports remain testaments to great architecture worldwide and I believe far more effort could have been made here as had been made with most of the terminal improvements at yvr.

[trofirhen]

Originally Posted by connect2source

I does work and looks pretty good on the inside but airports remain testaments to great architecture worldwide and I believe far more effort could have been made here as had been made with most of the terminal improvements at yvr.

Agreed. The look and design of an airport are part of the city "signature."

[Gordon]

i wou;d suspect that Pier B will look much like pier A does now.

It would be nice if there were some renderings available.