YVR Airport & Sea Island Developments Discussion

[casper]

Originally Posted by libtard

YVR has non stop flights to DTW?

Seasonal service to a Delta airlines hub. You need to get those cruise passengers in and out.

[libtard]

Originally Posted by casper

Seasonal service to a Delta airlines hub. You need to get those cruise passengers in and out.

Interesting. When do these YVR->DTW flights start/end?

[Lancaster]

YVR is set to welcome the first A350 to Canada tomorrow. It's cool that they had the first A380 to North America, and now the first A350 for Canada.

[zahav]

Yes they are setting up a big spotter event at the south runway. It'll be an early arrival, can't wait to see the pics!

What do you mean first A380? I believe Iqaluit was the first NA stop, and it was for cold weather testing. YVR def was not the first for scheduled service, But we are the first A350 scheduled service

[teriyaki]

Originally Posted by zahav

Yes they are setting up a big spotter event at the south runway. It'll be an early arrival, can't wait to see the pics!

What do you mean first A380? I believe Iqaluit was the first NA stop, and it was for cold weather testing. YVR def was not the first for scheduled service, But we are the first A350 scheduled service

Too bad it landed on the north runway, and over the ocean approach as well then.

[Canadian74]

Originally Posted by Lancaster

YVR is set to welcome the first A350 to Canada tomorrow. It's cool that they had the first A380 to North America, and now the first A350 for Canada.

YVR didn't get the first A380 for North America or Canada even

Air France used to operate the A380 to YUL and Emirates has been operating the A380 to YYZ for many years

You can say it is the first scheduled British A380 to Canada

[mezzanine]

Originally Posted by Canadian74

YVR didn't get the first A380 for North America or Canada even

Air France used to operate the A380 to YUL and Emirates has been operating the A380 to YYZ for many years

You can say it is the first scheduled British A380 to Canada

the A380 first landed in Canada at Iqaluit in feb 2006 for cold weather testing. It landed in YVR in November 2006 as part of a world promotional tour.


http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/world-s-largest-airliner-visits-vancouver-1.598479



http://www.flightglobal.com/assets/getAsset.aspx?ItemID=15458


scheduled seasonal service with BA's A380 only started recently.

[mezzanine]

lots of pics on YVR's twitter:

gotta lead with the cake pic

[LeftCoaster]

^ My God it's beautiful!

Looks unreal even in that awful weather.

Originally Posted by Canadian74

YVR didn't get the first A380 for North America or Canada even

Air France used to operate the A380 to YUL and Emirates has been operating the A380 to YYZ for many years

You can say it is the first scheduled British A380 to Canada

I believe the distinction for YVRs A380 service was that it was the first scheduled DAILY service by an A380.

YYZ sees the Emirates A380 but it's 3x PW and IIRC Air France's A380 was not daily either but supplemented by 777s.

[LeftCoaster]

Originally Posted by Johnny Aussie

Air China now showing double daily again for the period late June right through the end of July.

CA997/998 showing daily 773.

How this is possible I have no idea based on the current allotment. I will enquire.

Very interesting, could mean a cut to YUL or their cargo service to YEG?

Let us know when you do, would be a big boost in capacity since they are now running 777 HDs.

[SFUVancouver]

What a great looking airplane. I saw a Singapore Airlines A350 in Schiphol last summer, one of the first 7 or 9 in operation. It looked just awesome in person.

Legacy carrier liveries like Cathay Pacific and Singapore Airlines really suit the A350.

[twoNeurons]

I noticed New Leaf is calling YXX GVA ( Greater Vancouver ) in their booking engine. While this is for obvious reasons (BLI considers itself a quasi-Vancouver airport as well), I wonder if it's time for Vancouver to apply for a metropolitan Airport code.

YTO refers to the Toronto Area airports including YHM.
YMQ refers to Montreal's airports, including Mirabel
YEA refers to the Edmonton Area, despite there only being one airport now for Edmonton.

YVX could work ( YVV and YGV are taken )

Is there a reason not to reserve a slot for Greater Vancouver Airports? YVR and YXX are a good fit. There's possibility of YDT being a smaller domestic airport in the future...

YXX is 60-70km away from Vancouver... which is a bit closer than NRT is to Tokyo (65–75km). Closer than Hamilton is (80–90km) to Toronto. It's about the same distance as Stansted is to London and serves a similar purpose. For North Eastern Londoners and Essex, Stansted is a smaller preferable airport. Not to mention places like ICN and KIX, which are 50–55km away from their centres of Seoul and Osaka.

The point I'm making is that YXX seems to belong under a Vancouver umbrella, especially considering that 90% of future population is migrating east ( due to the natural barriers of the Ocean and Mountains )

[nname]

Originally Posted by twoNeurons

I noticed New Leaf is calling YXX GVA ( Greater Vancouver ) in their booking engine. While this is for obvious reasons (BLI considers itself a quasi-Vancouver airport as well), I wonder if it's time for Vancouver to apply for a metropolitan Airport code.

YTO refers to the Toronto Area airports including YHM.
YMQ refers to Montreal's airports, including Mirabel
YEA refers to the Edmonton Area, despite there only being one airport now for Edmonton.

YVX could work ( YVV and YGV are taken )

Is there a reason not to reserve a slot for Greater Vancouver Airports? YVR and YXX are a good fit. There's possibility of YDT being a smaller domestic airport in the future...

YXX is 60-70km away from Vancouver... which is a bit closer than NRT is to Tokyo (65–75km). Closer than Hamilton is (80–90km) to Toronto. It's about the same distance as Stansted is to London and serves a similar purpose. For North Eastern Londoners and Essex, Stansted is a smaller preferable airport. Not to mention places like ICN and KIX, which are 50–55km away from their centres of Seoul and Osaka.

The point I'm making is that YXX seems to belong under a Vancouver umbrella, especially considering that 90% of future population is migrating east ( due to the natural barriers of the Ocean and Mountains )

YYV?

And there're also CXH, YLY, YPK.. and maybe YCW, YHE

I think YDT and YPK have schedule service now, and YLY had scheduled service until a few years ago...

[twoNeurons]

Originally Posted by nname

YYV?

And there're also CXH, YLY, YPK.. and maybe YCW, YHE

I think YDT and YPK have schedule service now, and YLY had scheduled service until a few years ago...

I can imagine someone booking a flight with a heavy accent and purchasing a flight to YYZ instead of YYV... I suppose that's one advantage of pronouncing it zed instead of zee ( my preferred pronunciation ).

[SpongeG]

Vancouver International opens four domestic retail stores

Posted by: David Tran in Airports, Fashion & Leathergoods, Gifts & Electronics, Latest News, North America, Product News, Regions, Retail News March 2, 2017

Vancouver International airport (YVR) opened four retail stores in the domestic post-security terminal in partnership with Paradies Lagardère.



Brands Lolë, Brooks Brothers, Coastal News and Sea to Sky Marketplace will launch individual retail spaces at the airport, enhancing the airport’s commercial of more than 170 shops, services and restaurants.

“YVR is always looking to provide exceptional customer experiences and a big part of that is offering an engaging and diverse retail options,” said Vancouver Airport Authority vice president, Commercial Development Scott Norris. “We know that for many passengers their trip starts right here at YVR and we hope these new offerings will give them a reason to arrive earlier and get their shopping done prior to flying out.”

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http://www.dfnionline.com/latest-news/re...-four-domestic-retail-stores-02-03-2017/

[SpongeG]

YVR planning ‘next wave’ terminal transformations

By LUKE BARRAS-HILL | Wednesday, 15 March 2017 10:34

VancouverCanada’s Vancouver International Airport (YVR) is planning a series of retail transformations at its US and International terminals in response to heightened passenger demand for affordable luxury goods.

In an exclusive interview with TRBusiness, available in the March print issue, Susan Stiene, Director of Commercial Services, revealed the airport is planning to convert two stores in the US departures terminal – one duty free and one duty paid – into a walkthrough duty free store in the central gate area featuring shop-in-shops geared towards medium-priced goods.

The new units are scheduled to open around Q1 2018.

Increased spending across all nationality segments resulted in ATV rising double-digit, helped on by the addition of new boutiques in the international area such as Gucci, Bulgari, Burberry and Bottega Veneta, located in a central area past World Duty Free Group’s main walkthrough store.

The Dufry-owned retailer operates three stores at the International Terminal after security on level 3 and at gates C and D, with another unit after security at the US Terminal.

Alongside the aforementioned luxury brands operating at the International Terminal are units from Brooks Brothers, Burberry, Cartier, Collection, Go Travel, Hermès, Omega, Salvatore Ferragamo and Hudson News. Meanwhile, Bench and Desigual feature among a range of other stores at the US Terminal.

[LeftCoaster]

X-post from the Canada section, YVR looking like a real AC hub here:

Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

Good pic showing the old AC livery and new AC livery side by side lined up down C-Pier on a rainy Vancouver afternoon:


https://twitter.com/yvrairport?lang=en

[thenoflyzone]

Originally Posted by Johnny Aussie

Air China now showing double daily again for the period late June right through the end of July.

CA997/998 showing daily 773.

How this is possible I have no idea based on the current allotment. I will enquire.

Their online schedules don't reflect that as of yet.

https://www.airchina.ca/CA/GB/info/flight-time/

They are showing CA997/998 3 weekly til mid july, 4 weekly for one week and then going daily only at the end of july for a week or two. Back down to 3 weekly soon after.

CA879/880 to YUL goes 5 weekly end of this month. (a few weeks later than planned), but seems like the plan for 6x weekly service is shelved. We were supposed to get the 789 as of July, but that plan is shelved for now, so still showing 773. (20 more seats vs 789, and F class), so overall, still an increase in frequency and seats compared to last summer.

Have no clue what is going on with their cargo service to YEG. Their cargo timetable is out of date.

Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

X-post from the Canada section, YVR looking like a real AC hub here:

nice pic, but pretty useless !

[SpongeG]

i'm getting emirates ads showing up in here...

oh right i forgot what was i going to post. I flew out today, got to the airport just before 8, it was pretty busy, Air Canada - the C Gates security line up was really long, I was glad for once to fly westjet lol, there was almost no lines to get through security.

I wonder if the luggage chaos was why the lineup was so long.

YVR baggage system glitch causes delays, lineups

Airport says issue has now been resolved


Passengers faced long lines at Vancouver International Airport this morning. The airport said a technical issue with the baggage system was to blame. (Tina Lovgreen)

A technical issue affecting the baggage system caused delays and lineups at the Vancouver International Airport this morning.

YVR spokesperson Terry Chou said passengers were advised this morning to check their flights on their airline's websites before heading to the airport.

By late morning, the airport tweeted that the baggage issue was resolved. The delays affected U.S.-bound flights.

"Sorry for the inconvenience today," the YVR tweet said.

"Big thanks to passengers for their patience and employees who worked to fix."

Passengers were stuck in long, snaking queues as they waited to drop off their bags, prompting many to vent their frustration on social media.

...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-co...m-glitch-causes-delays-lineups-1.4051376

[Johnny Aussie]

For peak summer 2017 DL is adding a daily mainline 319 replacing one of the two daily E75s (Compass).

http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airl...d-717-los-angeles-vancouver-s17-service/

With that, the once weekly 717 planned has been scrapped.

DL continuing with a daily 319 to SLC for the summer scheds as well.

And it looks like AA is extending the daily 319 to LAX for the summer too.