Calgary International Airport II

[cyeg66]

"Drown out conversation"? You'd think the planes are F-18s and that their conversation is taking place beside the threshold. 🞵🞵🞵? Can someone smell what he's shoveling? And no, we haven't made huge changes from day 1 of parallel ops.

[Nick]

We haven't changed anything regarding intersections. If they want it and we/they get an operational advantage (quicker taxi, expedite departures), then it's no problem with us. If 35R from Sierra (12200 feet) was it's own runway it would be Canada's 4th longest runway after 35L, 35R here and 31R at YOD (12600).

Thanks.

The "inaugural" second daily LHR-YYC flight AC853 launched this past Saturday, heard it came in full J and ~80% in Y on 763 equipment.

Some days we'll have 4x widebodies flying Calgary - London... 2x AC, 1x each BA and Transat (LGW). Saturday was the first such day.

[yyc_engineer]

Originally Posted by Acey

Some days we'll have 4x widebodies flying Calgary - London... 2x AC, 1x each BA and Transat (LGW). Saturday was the first such day.

Amazing how strong our service to London is. And not just Heathrow, but Gatwick and London International as well!

Here's a fun chart showing service from major Western North American cities from this past Saturday to London(s).

YYC definitely punches above it's weight!

[Johnny Aussie]

Originally Posted by yyc_engineer

Amazing how strong our service to London is. And not just Heathrow, but Gatwick and London International as well!

Here's a fun chart showing service from major Western North American cities from this past Saturday to London(s).

YYC definitely punches above it's weight!

You should go work for the Airport Authority... Get a press release out quick! I love throwing YXU in there... good work You should throw SEA, LAS, SFO and LAX in too.

Better to compare on a weekly basis me thinks. Even if you did, I think you would still find a great result from YYC.

Also, the BA 763s to YYC only seat 189 and the AC77W operated on the YVR-LHR route is the behemoth HD one that seats 458.

Given that AC853 is stealing equipment from YEG on the days it flies, YEG will never score favourably on that chart, will they... unless it's broken down by weekly seats.

lol at YXU on the chart.

[2009]

Originally Posted by yyc_engineer

Amazing how strong our service to London is. And not just Heathrow, but Gatwick and London International as well!

Here's a fun chart showing service from major Western North American cities from this past Saturday to London(s).

YYC definitely punches above it's weight!

Your populations for PHX, DEN, and PDX are slightly skewed; they are current metropolitan area estimates while the Canadian populations are 2011 census results.

YYC stacks up well against PDX in particular, matching equipment with their AMS and NRT services, and then we have all the London flying as gravy. Their only step up is Icelandair starting this month, as the Condor a couple times weekly to FRA starting next month is handily beat by our AC service.

To be fair, SEA does to PDX what YYC does to YEG, to an extent... cause SEA really brings the heat with Dubai and all kinds of stuff

[Johnny Aussie]

With all this talk about London.....

The CAA (Civil Aviation Authority) in the UK has released preliminary March stats. This is probably the best tool to compare different markets as it doesn't just take into account capacity.

http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/80/airport_dat...015_Provisional_International_Routes.pdf

LHR-YYC was up 10% (about 2,200 passengers) to 25,381. That's about a 90.2% LF.
LGW-YYC was down 42% (about 1,400 passengers) to 1,923
The drop in LGW is due to Transat suspending flights for a few weeks in the winter. It resumed late March this year. Next year it is suspended all winter as mentioned earlier.

YEG-LHR was up a whopping 142% (about 570 passengers) to 971
Large % increase due to their direct seasonal flights starting a couple of days earlier this year.
This will drop off in the next few months as their schedule is reduced to 3 weekly from daily last summer, plus Transat has pulled its direct YEG-LGW flights too.

[Policy Wonk]

Originally Posted by Acey

To be fair, SEA does to PDX what YYC does to YEG, to an extent... cause SEA really brings the heat with Dubai and all kinds of stuff

Portland's struggles as an international gateway mostly go back to the "De-Portland Scandal" where an insanely aggressive CBP Port Director made the airport a pariah for international travelers through excessive denied entries, prolonged and nonsensical detentions and an enthusiasm for strip-searching women.

Hard-line INS under fire in `Deportland'
Monday, September 11, 2000

By Florangela Davila

Seattle Times staff reporter

PORTLAND - In this City of Roses, civic leaders understandably take great pride in their gardens. The newest addition is the Classical Chinese Garden, a plum, bamboo and maple marvel resting behind white, windowed walls.

This jewel is a symbol to local officials of much that is right with the city, particularly its commitment to the Pacific Rim.

Which is why, at a time the city ought to be celebrating - the Chinese garden, 11 years in the making, will be unveiled next week - the treatment of Asian travelers by immigration officials has soured the mood.

The anger is directed at the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and its employees, dressed in their white shirts with Statue of Liberty patches on the sleeves. Critics charge the agency's inspectors have harassed Asians arriving at Portland International Airport, targeting them for detention and deportation.

In recent years, the percentage of foreign travelers refused entry into the U.S. at the Portland airport has been substantially higher than at other West Coast airports. At one time, INS inspectors there turned away travelers at a rate eight times that of Seattle.

Northwest officials ranging from Portland's mayor to Washington's U.S. senators have called for the head of the Portland INS office to resign. The Japanese consul general has complained that the stops are damaging bilateral relations. Some Asian newspapers have christened the city "Deportland."

The worst news came last week, when Delta Air Lines announced it will cancel its flights between Portland and Japan in April. The airline said the pullout was prompted by low ridership, but city officials think the controversy played a role.

http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20000911&slug=4041807

Northwest Airlines which later merged into Delta restored PDX-NRT around 2005.

[casper]

Originally Posted by Policy Wonk

Portland's struggles as an international gateway mostly go back to the "De-Portland Scandal" where an insanely aggressive CBP Port Director made the airport a pariah for international travelers through excessive denied entries, prolonged and nonsensical detentions and an enthusiasm for strip-searching women.
....

The same thing exists in Canada. Many types of Visas are processed at the point of entry. Unfortunately interpretation of the rules is up to the staff at the point of entry and it can have a major impact. I know of cases where Immigration lawyers would recommend certain points of entry over others for various reasons. Sometimes it is because certain points of entry are simply a zoo due to value of travelers, other times it is because there are certain points of entry that are more difficult.

[Policy Wonk]

Yeah, we have a guy who has problems with his NAFTA status at Coutts.

[SmokWawelski]

Here is a read

Enjoy http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/temp/work/international/nafta.asp

[hoboman27]

Edelweiss seasonal twice weekly Calgary Zurich in 2016

http://www.yyc.com/News/tabid/91/article...o-Calgary-with-New-Non-stop-Service.aspx

[tuffyy]

Originally Posted by hoboman27

Edelweiss seasonal twice weekly Calgary Zurich in 2016

http://www.yyc.com/News/tabid/91/article...o-Calgary-with-New-Non-stop-Service.aspx

Good too see! I assume it's being tagged onto the exsisting YVR flights as it was in the past?

[Johnny Aussie]

Originally Posted by hoboman27

Edelweiss seasonal twice weekly Calgary Zurich in 2016

http://www.yyc.com/News/tabid/91/article...o-Calgary-with-New-Non-stop-Service.aspx

Yes! Finally a decent announcement!

So glad to hear this as YYC had been stuck in a kind of rut for new international services.

YYC-ZRH has had an interesting history over the years with Balair/Belair and Edelweiss constantly adding, changing then dropping. Hopefully this time they stick around In the last round one of the YVR-ZRH services went via YYC before they just went YVR-ZRH only. They just increased YVR to 3 weekly this summer. At one point in time there were two weekly Balair flights from YYC in a triangle routing with YVR. One per week went ZRH-YYC-YVR-ZRH and the other ZRH-YVR-YYC-ZRH... certainly not ideal.

The flight times noted in the press release suggest this will be a standalone service too! Thursdays will be a 332 and Sundays will be a 333.

Also good to see this site alive again.... Been awhile!

http://www.iflycalgary.ca/

Edit: saw the story in the Calgary Herald... quote from Stephan Poirier:

"He said the previous service, which was a once-a-week stop on the Vancouver run, was successful but was cancelled because of lack of aircraft availability."

Come on mate, why do you have to spew 🞵🞵🞵🞵 like that.... "cancelled because of lack of aircraft availability?"... only for them to increase YVR? Still the worst excuse in the book!

Rumour time: AC844 YYC-FRA could see a mix of equipment in S16: didn't hear anything about specific types but it'd be interesting if the 787-8 was involved.

[Riise]

I'm surprised no one has brought up the news about a baby being born aboard Air Canada's YYC-NRT flight yesterday. It should give the route some exposure.

Exposure to whom? It's been around for years now, surely anyone who planned a Tokyo trip is aware of the flight, and I doubt someone is going to fly AC9 because of how nicely this child was accommodated.