YVR Airport & Sea Island Developments Discussion

[Hot Rod]

and other cities in Asia not currently served:

Osaka
Nagoya? or Fukuoka (love FUK )
Kaohsiung
Busan
Saigon
Bangkok
Singapore
KL
Jakarta
Melbourne

CHINA
Chongqing - definitely the next major grab from China since it is the only first tier city not served by YVR (after PEK, PVG, CAN)
Xiamen
Huangzhou
Kunming
Wuhan?
Nanning maybe?
Xian maybe?

I think after that it starts to get limited for 2nd tier cities that could support Int'l nonstop.

[twoNeurons]

Originally Posted by Hot Rod

and other cities in Asia not currently served:

Osaka
Nagoya? or Fukuoka (love FUK )
Kaohsiung
Busan
Saigon
Bangkok
Singapore
KL
Jakarta
Melbourne

CHINA
Chongqing - definitely the next major grab from China since it is the only first tier city not served by YVR (after PEK, PVG, CAN)
Xiamen
Huangzhou
Kunming
Wuhan?
Nanning maybe?
Xian maybe?

I think after that it starts to get limited for 2nd tier cities that could support Int'l nonstop.

How about a direct seasonal flight to Naha, Saipan or Guam?

[zahav]

No problem, i'm glad i could share, I will have more as well, just have to get to taking more. Actually regarding gate renumbering, the plan is to classify all of the Encore ground loading positions as 'A' gates, and all of the jet bridge gates (including the current gates A2,A3,A4 as well as the B gates) will now all be branded 'B' gates, so the A and B piers will now essentially be treated as one space, and no longer separate piers

[Gordon]

Does it how many Encore positions there will be when the expansion is complete?

Will they be using the glass walled bridges as the have on the most recent additions to the international terminal?

[zahav]

I will have to check on if the bridges are glsss or not, but yes it accounts for Encore expansion by dedicating all "A" gates to it, so its endless (A1,A2,A3 etc all for Encore; all jet bridges star at "B")

[YYCspotter]

rumour over on airliners.net that ANA will start HND-YVR on March 30 with the 767-300. Will be a joint venture with AC.

[Denscity]

Originally Posted by YYCspotter

rumour over on airliners.net that ANA will start HND-YVR on March 30 with the 767-300. Will be a joint venture with AC.

Oh nice. Is this a new flight for YVR or has this one come back from a hiatus?

[Johnny Aussie]

Originally Posted by Denscity

Oh nice. Is this a new flight for YVR or has this one come back from a hiatus?

This answers the question of the Canada awarded slots to All Nippon doesn't it?

This is all in line with what I posted a few weeks back.

AC will do YYZ-NRT and YYZ-HND (actually unsure if HND to replace NRT).
AC will do YVR-NRT and NH will do YVR-HND. Remember a couple of years back AC was going to start YVR-HND as an addition to YVR-NRT.

I would expect AC to downgauge YVR-NRT to at least a 333 or 763 for the summer, 763 for winter as it normally would be.

So if (when) this becomes official, this will be YVR's 20th foreign carrier (excluding US carriers of course).

Now just waiting on Asiana!

[deasine]

The YVR-HND NH flights were also (briefly) discussed earlier in this thread a couple pages back. NH received one slot to operate to Canada from HND after the recent slot-releases at the airport, and it would be in NHs interest to operate to a Canadian destination not duplicating AC services in order to secure its slot from being released to JL (who wasn't very happy in the last HND slot-release).

I received the following email of interest. I believe this eGate is the first in Canada.

CATSA eGate at Vancouver International Airport

NEXUS members travelling through Vancouver International Airport’s domestic north checkpoint may notice a new procedure for validating NEXUS cards. CATSA is piloting an eGate that will verify your membership card and boarding pass electronically.

The eGate is positioned at the front of the Trusted Traveller screening line. It uses a touch screen that will prompt you to scan your boarding pass and NEXUS card to gain access to the screening area.

Source: NEXUS

[Johnny Aussie]

Originally Posted by deasine

..... being released to JL (who wasn't very happy in the last HND slot-release).

No they weren't. To the point of pursuing potential legal action over it.

This will no doubt upset JAL.

[Johnny Aussie]

Perhaps an ANA announcement will coincide with the BC Premier's trade mission to Asia.

China, Korea and Japan on the itinerary.

http://www.biv.com/article/20131121/BIV0...parts-for-jobs-and-trade-mission-in-asia

[Denscity]

Originally Posted by Johnny Aussie

This answers the question of the Canada awarded slots to All Nippon doesn't it?

This is all in line with what I posted a few weeks back.

AC will do YYZ-NRT and YYZ-HND (actually unsure if HND to replace NRT).
AC will do YVR-NRT and NH will do YVR-HND. Remember a couple of years back AC was going to start YVR-HND as an addition to YVR-NRT.

I would expect AC to downgauge YVR-NRT to at least a 333 or 763 for the summer, 763 for winter as it normally would be.

So if (when) this becomes official, this will be YVR's 20th foreign carrier (excluding US carriers of course).

Now just waiting on Asiana!

That is awesome!!

[trofirhen]

Originally Posted by Johnny Aussie

So if (when) this becomes official, this will be YVR's 20th foreign carrier (excluding US carriers of course).

Now just waiting on Asiana!

Are all 20 foreign carriers year-round scheduled, or are some seasonal?
And may I ask what all these carriers are?
Some are obvious, others less so. (From over here, at any rate!)
Thank you.

[SpongeG]

air china
air new zealand
All Nippon Airways
british airways
cathay pacific
china airlines
china eastern airlines
china southern airlines
EVA Air
Japan Airlines
KLM
Korean Air
Lufthansa
Philippine Airlines
Scandinavian Airlines SAS (seasonal??)
Sichuan Airlines

condor (seasonal)
Edelweiss Air (seasonal)
Icelandair (seasonal)
Virgin Atlantic (seasonal)

http://yvr.ca/en/flight-information/destinations.aspx

cool pic


pic.twitter.com/V4S7550OZy

[SpongeG]

video of larry berg flight park at link

http://yvr.ca/en/blog/posts/Larry_Berg_F..._Becoming_Community_Gathering_Place.aspx

http://vimeo.com/79996286


pic.twitter.com/g56b01tlMN

[SpongeG]

Originally Posted by SFUVancouver

It's apropos of nothing, but I'm taking the biggest flight of my life later this week:

YVR-LHR-JNB

33,294km/20,688 miles round trip. I'm taking BA 744s for both legs.

is that vancouver - london - johannesburg?

when i was a kid we did that flight a couple times - I don't remember the exact routes but we had a number of stops on the way

we flew vancouver - london and also vancouver - frankfurt - we stopped in lisbon and kenya on one of those trips i can't remember

the last time i flew i flew via the states and then to london - johannesburg direct - landing in joburg is so amazing flying over africa was awesome too - it was weird leaving london in the cold and arriving in the heat

[Johnny Aussie]

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Great list... However remove SAS from that list. Don't know why it's on there as SAS does not fly to Copenhagen from YVR... Unless of course... something in the works? Doubtful at best.

Anyway, I just realised ANA would be #19 not #20. Whoops... I have lost all credibility

I guess I was pre-empting Asiana being #20 if that actually happens as well, instead of, or in case neither actually happen. I always like to add the proviso - until anything is official just have to wait and see!

Another reason I don't think AC will drop YVR-NRT in relation to the YVR-HND on ANA is ANA are allegedly going to be using a 763. In the summer months, that would be way too little capacity.

Like I said a few posts above, perhaps the BC Premier's visit to China, (South) Korea and Japan will coincide with an announcement or two?

[trofirhen]

With the advent of the 787, might we ever get Singapore back?

[Johnny Aussie]

Originally Posted by trofirhen

With the advent of the 787, might we ever get Singapore back?

Same as my comment for SAS - unlikely at best.

[SpongeG]

SAS is listed on YVR's own website - lol

that is where i copied the list from...