YVR Airport & Sea Island Developments Discussion - Page 473

trofirhen · #**9441** Posted **Jul 13, 2016, 4:29 PM**

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trofirhen · #**9442** Posted **Jul 13, 2016, 4:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by Klazu

So another Arabian prince shopping around for few vacation homes.

Well, it's better than hordes of *cough cough* .... er, yes ......

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Originally Posted by casper

These millennials, just cant relate to the rest of the family...

What is an up an coming prince to do on a regular passenger A340 for a 20 hour flight. No gold plated thrown and bed. He has to make do with the First Class cabin used by the commoners.

The A340 has the bathrooms downstairs; a discreet and elegant touch, perhaps befitting a prince ...

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Originally Posted by moosejaw

im off to new zealand in september
Unfortunately ill be flying air new zealand 767 out of LAX

The 767 isn't such a bad plane, really. Only 2 abreast on the window side rows. Easier to get in and out when visiting the facilities.

SFUVancouver · #**9443** Posted **Jul 13, 2016, 6:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by NewfBC

Hope you're in business class or premium economy.. otherwise it's pretty tight for such a long flight!

Ron.

Nope. I'm in the back in steerage class. The front of the plane crowd need us ballast-in-the-back types to keep the flight smooth. Don't want their champagne to spill.

Kidding aside, yes, I know that it's going to be tight in the back with 17.3" seatwidth. That's not the worst I've had for a long-haul international flight and I don't think that it can be any worse than the high-density configuration Air Canada has switched to for its 777 service to Australia. Plus I have an aisle seat this time instead of a middle seat like last time to Sydney, which was a brutal flight.

I'm also hoping that the hype about improved cabin humidity and higher air pressure help take the edge off of jet lag.

I would love to travel premium economy or business, but margins are tight and we just don't have enough lead time on our trips to get a good price on anything other than economy.

LeftCoaster · #**9444** Posted **Jul 13, 2016, 8:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by Johnny Aussie

Yes, five days ago airlineroute tweeted that EVA will extend YVR 744 ops into summer 2017.

This didn't show up on the airlineroute.net blog site though.

Hmm, looks like they missed the ball on this one. Thanks for the info then nname!

Also has anyone ever seen this pic before? Didn't know the Concorde paid YVR a visit back in the day:

https://twitter.com/yvrairport/status/730858659790512128

excel · #**9445** Posted **Jul 13, 2016, 9:09 PM**

Awesome picture. My dad had told me that it was in Vancouver a long time ago. Nice to see it for real.

moosejaw · #**9446** Posted **Jul 13, 2016, 9:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

Hmm, looks like they missed the ball on this one. Thanks for the info then nname!

Also has anyone ever seen this pic before? Didn't know the Concorde paid YVR a visit back in the day:

https://twitter.com/yvrairport/status/730858659790512128

Its been in vancouver a few times
I remember as a kid it came for 1986 and my dad took me to Richmond to see it land. It was quite noisy

YVR was also part of a concorde round the world charter back in 1998 and 1999.

s211 · #**9447** Posted **Jul 13, 2016, 9:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

Hmm, looks like they missed the ball on this one. Thanks for the info then nname!

Also has anyone ever seen this pic before? Didn't know the Concorde paid YVR a visit back in the day:

https://twitter.com/yvrairport/status/730858659790512128

Expo maybe? Something's reminding me of expo.

LeftCoaster · #**9448** Posted **Jul 13, 2016, 9:44 PM**

Probably the shitty grainy picture

Looks like 86' so could very well be. The theme of Expo was transportation wasn't it?

mezzanine · #**9449** Posted **Jul 13, 2016, 10:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

Also has anyone ever seen this pic before? Didn't know the Concorde paid YVR a visit back in the day:

https://twitter.com/yvrairport/status/730858659790512128

without googling:
- I think I can see the international terminal in the background, built in ? the mid nineties?
-the CP livery is not the old orange livery from expo, but not the Canada goose livery prior to their bankruptcy.

so... mid to late 1990s?

sweet MD11 BTW...

Hourglass · #**9450** Posted **Jul 13, 2016, 11:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by mezzanine

without googling:
- I think I can see the international terminal in the background, built in ? the mid nineties?
-the CP livery is not the old orange livery from expo, but not the Canada goose livery prior to their bankruptcy.

so... mid to late 1990s?

sweet MD11 BTW...

I'd say so. The livery of the Air Canada plane in the middle background was used between 1993-2004.

**edit: did a quick search online, and BA's concorde visited YVR in Sep 98 and Oct 99

trofirhen · #**9451** Posted **Jul 14, 2016, 12:08 AM**

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Originally Posted by mezzanine

without googling:

-the CP livery is not the old orange livery from expo, but not the Canada goose livery prior to their bankruptcy.

so... mid to late 1990s?

I loved that Canada Goose livery just before they went under. A loss of heritage, although I admit I think AC can and does offer a wider range of service,
and is finally starting to show YVR some real attention. Still ....

SFUVancouver · #**9452** Posted **Jul 14, 2016, 12:33 AM**

From childhood I clearly remember seeing Concord fly over Vancouver. My friend's dad shooed us out of the house so that we could watch it fly overhead. Man, was it ever LOUD!

If I were to guess on the year, it would say that it was somewhere in the 1987-1990 range.

hollywoodnorth · #**9453** Posted **Jul 14, 2016, 12:41 AM**

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Originally Posted by SFUVancouver

From childhood I clearly remember seeing Concord fly over Vancouver. My friend's dad shooed us out of the house so that we could watch it fly overhead. Man, was it ever LOUD!

If I were to guess on the year, it would say that it was somewhere in the 1987-1990 range.

I remember that fly over as well!

Klazu · #**9454** Posted **Jul 14, 2016, 12:57 AM**

The photo is Expo '86 related.

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If anyone is interested, there is a British Aiways Concorde on display in the Museum of Flight in Seattle. There is another one in New York, which I have toured. It is quite an airplane and the details around having been onboard one are just facinating.

Klazu · #**9455** Posted **Jul 14, 2016, 1:10 AM**

Also an Antonov made a visit at end of June. This video is from last year. Would be nice to catch one day.

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zahav · #**9456** Posted **Jul 14, 2016, 5:13 PM**

That photo is definitely not from Expo or early 1990s, it is after 1996 at least because those planes are parked at the international terminal, which didn't open until 1996. I'm surprised by lots of you for not being able to pick that up, given familiarity with the airport

trofirhen · #**9457** Posted **Jul 14, 2016, 8:05 PM**

Apparently, according to the Wikipedia page for YVR, Antonov planes, used by (presumably) Volga Dniepr, used to be a scheduled cargo carrier at YVR, and flew out of Kiev Borisplyl.
I guess thye've stopped, because they're not on the list of airlines here any more, but they were, under "freight," up until fairly recently (2 or 3 years) it seems.

LeftCoaster · #**9458** Posted **Jul 18, 2016, 9:49 PM**

Still no May numbers for YVR, we're nearing August... Is it just me or have they become much slower publishing numbers ever since the new website went up?

Anyway a little news, Alaska adding another mainline frequency to YVR from SEA. Looks like this one will be overnighting at YVR so should be plenty of chances to catch a peak at their pretty new livery if you have a late arrival.

http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airl...vancouver-service-changes-from-aug-2016/

Johnny Aussie · #**9459** Posted **Jul 18, 2016, 10:33 PM**

Funny you mentioned May stats!

http://www.yvr.ca/-/media/yvr/documents/facts-sheets/traffic-update_may-2016.pdf?la=en

May total up 6.9% YTD up 7.5%

All categories had decent increases across the board so the growth is quite broad.
Misc int'l the standalone runaway though!

LeftCoaster · #**9460** Posted **Jul 18, 2016, 10:56 PM**

Haha it's almost like they forgot to post it then saw my complaint

Lots to digest but a little disappointed at the bottom line growth number, given the amount of new service I was hoping it would have been a bit higher. I haven't crunched the numbers but that doesn't indicate the greatest uptake of the new seats offered. Hopefully June numbers show big growth otherwise I might be a bit worried about absorption of all the new service.

Breaking it down Asia-Pac in particular is a surprise, would have expected much better growth there. Domestic was a surprise to the good, although with the economy in Vancouver humming along it shouldn't be too much of a shocker at this point. Europe continues to be surprisingly strong, although with all the Brexit and terrorism turmoil I wonder if the numbers will stay high. I suppose with the drop in the pound it could go either way as Brits will likely be less likely to visit but Canadians may try to take advantage of a cheaper trip to the UK.

YVR also seems to have updated their cargo numbers for June already too, though I hope it was a mistake as it's showing a 23% drop!
http://www.yvr.ca/-/media/yvr/documents/facts-sheets/yvr-cargo_may-2016.pdf?la=en