YVR Airport & Sea Island Developments Discussion

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by SFUVancouver

While I haven't had the chance to fly either plane, I do think A340 is magnificent, particularly if they stretch it into the A340-900, but the 748i is simply sublime; the pinnacle of commercial aviation.

? A340 production is over. 4 engines 4 longhaul is no longer necessary. A nice plane but eclipsed by it's more practical sister, the A330.

[deasine]

I didn't have time until now to upload/post this, just for you guys. Click for full res.

[metroXpress]

^Very nice aerial shot of the entire airport terminal buildings. You should put it up on Wikipedia. I'm assuming this was taken in flight?

[Johnny Aussie]

Originally Posted by deasine

I didn't have time until now to upload/post this, just for you guys. Click for full res.

Impressive shot! When was it taken? I see a LH 346 and a JAL 763 so am tipping at least a couple of months old?

Good work!

[Gordon]

Thanks for the aerial of the Airport. The 1st phanse for the Pier A\B connector proect is scheduled to open at the end of May

[deasine]

Originally Posted by Johnny Aussie

Impressive shot! When was it taken? I see a LH 346 and a JAL 763 so am tipping at least a couple of months old?

Good work!

No actually this was taken March 17 so it's not that old!

[SFUVancouver]

^ Fantastic aerial! Thank you. I second the comment that this is worth uploading to Wikipedia.

[cyeg66]

Slick pic. I really enjoy aerial shots of airport terminals.

[metroXpress]

What is this facility for? Looks like a fire dept? This is on Runway 8L.



(Click to enlarge.)

[SFUVancouver]

^ It's YVR's new operations centre and it will, indeed, host the airport's fire department. Incidentally, nice photo of Cathay's B777-300ER: my favourite plane and livery. I was very pleased to take that handsome aircraft to and from Johannesburg recently, via Hong Kong, and I'm very keen in the years ahead to see how the 777X differs and improves on an already outstanding aircraft.

[metroXpress]

Originally Posted by SFUVancouver

It's YVR's new operations centre and it will, indeed, host the airport's fire department. Incidentally, nice photo of Cathay's B777-300ER: my favourite plane and livery.

Gotcha! Those doors indeed look like they can host fire trucks. Cathay in the picture was taxing a long time that day and was holding short for take off. A beautiful bird indeed! We don't get enough 777-300ER service in Vancouver. PAL, AC, CX...that's it?

[excel]

Pretty sure when EVA brings their 777 it's a 300ER. Correct me if I'm wrong though.

[metroXpress]

Originally Posted by excel

Pretty sure when EVA brings their 777 it's a 300ER. Correct me if I'm wrong though.

You are correct. They are phasing out the remaining 747's once they receive their 777-300ER's. All their other North American destinations (YYZ, JFK, LAX, SFO, SEA) are served by 777-300ER.

But on that note, we will lose another beautiful 747 coming in Vancouver. Lufthansa and BA are left as the remaining operators into and out of YVR. (And maybe occasional Korean Air and China Airlines?)

[trofirhen]

I also love the 777, but as for livery, I think Air New Zealand ranks right up there for me

[Denscity]

Originally Posted by metroXpress

You are correct. They are phasing out the remaining 747's once they receive their 777-300ER's. All their other North American destinations (YYZ, JFK, LAX, SFO, SEA) are served by 777-300ER.

But on that note, we will lose another beautiful 747 coming in Vancouver. Lufthansa and BA are left as the remaining operators into and out of YVR. (And maybe occasional Korean Air and China Airlines?)

Yes I believe Korean is adding a 747 to Vancouver's lineup as well.

[trofirhen]

The VC-10, now retired except for a LHR-Manchester commuter run, but a beautiful plane, and one that I wish we had seen here at YVR.

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/3/4/6/1202643.jpg

[Johnny Aussie]

Originally Posted by metroXpress

You are correct. They are phasing out the remaining 747's once they receive their 777-300ER's. All their other North American destinations (YYZ, JFK, LAX, SFO, SEA) are served by 777-300ER.

But on that note, we will lose another beautiful 747 coming in Vancouver. Lufthansa and BA are left as the remaining operators into and out of YVR. (And maybe occasional Korean Air and China Airlines?)

The global phasing out of the 744 will continue so the endgame is inevitable. Very few airlines are getting the 748 so unlikely YVR will see the passenger variant.

EVA Air will continue to use the 744 on the YVR route indefinitely. EVA is phasing the 744 out through 2016 but the YVR scheds still show the 744.

China Airlines seems to be the funny one when it comes to the 744. They use that for the winter scheds but the 343 in the summer scheds. The 343s are being phased out so perhaps this may become an A350 route :-) 744s are back in the scheds for next winter again.

Korean Air flips between the 772 in winter to the 744 in summer. Their 744s are also being phased out so perhaps this will become another 77W route in the future.

YVR will continue to see Cathay Cargo's 744F and 748F as well.

If it makes you feel better... my home airport (MEL) saw its last 744 (UA) service a few weeks ago. Although we do see quite a few daily A380s! smirk

[deasine]

Is BR really bringing the 777s this year? I can tell you from a product experience, the 777s have a much newer product (especially in J). BRs current J product is mediocre at best and they really need to have something that can compete against the likes of its direct competitors, including CX.

Edit: I just saw Johnny's post and I thought that was the case. I know BR is phasing out SEA but SEA has a higher frequency of flights. Bare in mind, the 747 has a higher cargo capacity, so a switch to a 777 will be a decrease in cargo capacity. There needs to be an increase in frequency to allow BR to maintain cargo capacity.

[metroXpress]

^ Yes, with the new agreement signed earlier this year, EVA is boosting both YVR and YYZ service from 3 times a week to 4 times a week starting June 2nd.

The complete delivery of their order goes all the way to 2016 so I'm guessing Vancouver will be one of the last to switch to 777. It's unfortunate cause their J class, as you mentioned, is not competitive at all. They need lie-flats that provide personal space for sure.

http://airlineroute.net/2014/01/08/br-yvryyz-jun14/

[metroXpress]

Originally Posted by Johnny Aussie

The global phasing out of the 744 will continue so the endgame is inevitable. Very few airlines are getting the 748 so unlikely YVR will see the passenger variant.

EVA Air will continue to use the 744 on the YVR route indefinitely. EVA is phasing the 744 out through 2016 but the YVR scheds still show the 744.

China Airlines seems to be the funny one when it comes to the 744. They use that for the winter scheds but the 343 in the summer scheds. The 343s are being phased out so perhaps this may become an A350 route :-) 744s are back in the scheds for next winter again.

Korean Air flips between the 772 in winter to the 744 in summer. Their 744s are also being phased out so perhaps this will become another 77W route in the future.

YVR will continue to see Cathay Cargo's 744F and 748F as well.

If it makes you feel better... my home airport (MEL) saw its last 744 (UA) service a few weeks ago. Although we do see quite a few daily A380s! smirk

I guess ETOPs should take the blame and we will no longer see 4 engine planes. At least you have the A380s. YVR needs a little more variety when it comes to wide-bodies. BA still has a huge fleet of 744s so they will be around for a while?