YVR Airport & Sea Island Developments Discussion

[YYCguys]

Originally Posted by moosejaw

i flew westjet this afternoon
Im surprised their satellite service only works in Canada which was the last half hour of the the flight. kind of sucks they only had four channels in US airspace

Because Bell provides the satellite service and the satellites only reach Canadian airspace due to licensing, once the aircraft leaves canada there are only 4 ore recorded channels available. But a new wifi entertainment system will replace the satellite system and you will be able watch either Westjet streamed content or your own content!

[Johnny Aussie]

G'day from Vancouver!

November numbers are out....

http://yvr.ca/Libraries/Aviation_Marketing/rpt_Traffic_Update_Nov.sflb.ashx

Still very good growth! 6% total growth and 7.8% YTD compared to 2013.

UA bumping YVR-SFO to 6 daily in May... All mainline. Never been that many in May before. With rouge's 4 daily... That's 10 daily on the route.

[Spork]

Still on track for a tick above 19m! My guess is 19.2.

[Johnny Aussie]

Originally Posted by Spork

Still on track for a tick above 19m! My guess is 19.2.

Well... Even if there is nil growth in December the year will finish off at 19,273,000.

So at say 5% growth in December, 2014 should exceed 19.3M

[craneSpotter]

Originally Posted by Johnny Aussie

Well... Even if there is nil growth in December the year will finish off at 19,273,000.

So at say 5% growth in December, 2014 should exceed 19.3M

Seems like the western airports have slowed down their growth somewhat this past November. Be interesting to see the YUL & YYZ numbers.

Wow to YVRs 11% transborder growth in November! Strong domestic growth too... YVR should crack 10 million domestic PAX this year & US transborder is closing in on 5 million

YVR PAX growth in 2015:

What about Asia-Pacific growth for 2015? Can YVR maintain the large growth numbers they had this past year (>10%)? Will slower Asian PAX growth be offset with better numbers to Europe (AF & LHA) and continued strong growth in US Transborder? In any case, even with modest growth, YVR should crack 20 million PAX in 2015 ... barring any economic collapse .....

[craneSpotter]

Originally Posted by Johnny Aussie

Proud to say I just survived my first Rouge flight!

OK I was in row 1...

Left 50 mins late but only 4:46 flying time so gate contact was only 2 mins late.

7 flights from Hawaii in YVR customs at the same time.

Sorry for the question, but info is hard to get. I was just curious...do you know (or somebody) if AC still uses the B767 on any international, non-leisure routes? Have most of them been transferred to low cost Rouge now, or going to be soon in 2015?

4:46 from Hawaii ?? Wow, that is good! I wonder, can they put the pedal down if late - balls to the walls I guess haha ... or need a nice tailwind??

[Spork]

Originally Posted by craneSpotter

4:46 from Hawaii ?? Wow, that is good! I wonder, can they put the pedal down if late - balls to the walls I guess haha ... or need a nice tailwind??

They can go faster if they need to. They generally fly around the most cost efficient speed possible. Tail wind helps as well, of course.

[deasine]

Interestingly Delta's Investor Day presentation indicates their SEA domestic operations are profitable, but have no word at all on international operations, which leads me to believe that this is not yet profitable.

http://ir.delta.com/files/doc_presentati...bined-Presentation-with-Non-GAAPs(1).pdf

[craneSpotter]

Originally Posted by Spork

They can go faster if they need to. They generally fly around the most cost efficient speed possible. Tail wind helps as well, of course.

Thanks, that what I kinda figured. So it is kind of like the 55 MPH is supposed to be the most fuel efficient speed for autos (for 70's era cars at least)...

[craneSpotter]

Slow day... so some plane porn - 17 minutes of landings @ YVR on July 19, 2014...some 787s and lots of big planes from Asia and Europe in this one At 9 minutes+ there are 747s from British Airways, Korean Air (x2) and Lufthansa landing/taxiing at the same time...!

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[Denscity]

Dude that's the greatest gift anyone can give!! Exotic aircraft from exotic places. That was one helluva 17 minutes!!

#yvrhabit

[Klazu]

+1

That was amazing indeed! So many exotic planes on YVR make for a truly international airport! Shame that we lost Virgin Atlantic seen at the end of the video.

[Klazu]

Originally Posted by craneSpotter

4:46 from Hawaii ?? Wow, that is good! I wonder, can they put the pedal down if late - balls to the walls I guess haha ... or need a nice tailwind??

Normal long-haul flight speed is at around 900km/h, but I remember sometimes seeing an in-flight entertainment system displaying speeds of up to 1150km/h when there has been a strong tailwind and flying east. Such flight may arrive quite early to the destination.

[Denscity]

Originally Posted by Klazu

+1

That was amazing indeed! So many exotic planes on YVR make for a truly international airport! Shame that we lost Virgin Atlantic seen at the end of the video.

True but we're adding Air France to Paris! Which at least makes up for it if not exceeds Virgin.

[craneSpotter]

Originally Posted by Denscity

True but we're adding Air France to Paris! Which at least makes up for it if not exceeds Virgin.

Yes! Hopefully another vid made in 2015 with AF

[casper]

Originally Posted by craneSpotter

Sorry for the question, but info is hard to get. I was just curious...do you know (or somebody) if AC still uses the B767 on any international, non-leisure routes? Have most of them been transferred to low cost Rouge now, or going to be soon in 2015?
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According to Wikipedia they still have 21 aircraft in regular Air Canada service and 8 in Rogue configuration.

They are using the odd aircraft on some of the domestic routes. They are also on some of the Central or Eastern Canada to Europe flights.

[Cage]

Originally Posted by craneSpotter

Sorry for the question, but info is hard to get. I was just curious...do you know (or somebody) if AC still uses the B767 on any international, non-leisure routes? Have most of them been transferred to low cost Rouge now, or going to be soon in 2015?

To name a few routes:
YYC-LHR
YYC-NRT
Yhz-LHR
Yow-LHR
YYZ to a bunch of European destinations.
Even YYC-OGG is mainline 763 this winter.
Also domestically there is YYC-YYZ and few YVR-YYZ runs.

[TransitJack]

Originally Posted by craneSpotter

Slow day... so some plane porn - 17 minutes of landings @ YVR on July 19, 2014...some 787s and lots of big planes from Asia and Europe in this one At 9 minutes+ there are 747s from British Airways, Korean Air (x2) and Lufthansa landing/taxiing at the same time...!

Nice video. Great shot of BA 747 coming in with the Lufthansa 747 turning for final in the distance.

[Hot Rod]

very nice plane porn!

[craneSpotter]

Originally Posted by Hot Rod

very nice plane porn!

Originally Posted by TransitJack

Nice video. Great shot of BA 747 coming in with the Lufthansa 747 turning for final in the distance.

Yes, it was!

Yeah, love the shot of the two 747s coming in on approach