Yes, it is essential that somebody (preferably more than one SSPer, attend this, and try getting as much info as possible, to relate). This is the start of another burst of "big-time."
Not sure if I like the new declaration machines at YVR. It's nice not having to fill out any paper form anymore, but they could make the interface a much more user friendly and appealling to say the least. I guess it made the experience slightly faster, but the lining up was a bit confusing.
I flew Air Canada Express from SJC. What a nice and roomy airport and a convenient connection to Silicon Valley vs. SFO. The plane was also full with lots of people connecting elsewhere. I even saw people connecting to YYZ, which doesn't seem that convenient.
I was looking at flights from YVR to HKG today. Hong Kong Airlines has some pretty cheap flights (sub $400 one way) in July and out into October there are $600 round trip flights. This is a couple hundred dollars below AC. When you look at business class it's like $2000 cheaper. I'm not sure how business class compares between AC and HX but I really like HX in economy.
I recently had a few HX flights between HKG-PVG and PEK-HKG and I was very impressed. Got a full meal for both relatively short flights, they seemed to have a couple extra inches of seat pitch vs AC's 777s(seat guru says it's the same pitch but it honestly felt like more in HX, maybe it's just a factor of the 777HD feeling a bit more cramped). The A332 I flew on was 8 across in economy which was nice. The inflight entertainment seemed on par with AC. The flight attendants were all young, pretty and efficient but rather cold. If I were flying directly back to YVR from HKG I'd be taking HX. IF (and I mean IF) HX puts the A359 on the HKG-YVR run and maintains fares that low with more economy room, I think AC may have issues on this route. At the very least they will have to lower prices.
Yeah, HX is great for all the reasons you mentioned. Great indeed if they force AC to reduce prices as their sardine can product is not appealing, nor have their prices been.
Yeah, HX is great for all the reasons you mentioned. Great indeed if they force AC to reduce prices as their sardine can product is not appealing, nor have their prices been.
Air Canada did lower the price in sales due to the increased competition.
During the recent Mother's Day sales, you could get a round-trip flight from YVR to HKG for CAD$650.
With the amount of subsidy, this is actually the best performing secondary route from NKG
PEK-NKG-SYD over the same period is at -5.2M, CTU-NKG-LAX is at -6.3M
LOL, that's laughable, why even bother to throw "profit" in there? This is just another symptom of China's troubling credit bubble. Build the airports, subsidize the routes.
Resumptions? Craig says that Nagoya is a brand new destination
Well, CP/AC flew to Nagoya Airport (now Nagoya Airfield or Nagoya-Komaki Airport) before, but not Nagoya-Centrair Airport, which only opened after AC cancelled the flight.
Well, CP/AC flew to Nagoya Airport (now Nagoya Airfield or Nagoya-Komaki Airport) before, but not Nagoya-Centrair Airport, which only opened after AC cancelled the flight.
So technically, its a "new" destination
I knew about NGO, but I never knew AC flew yvr-FRA before. When did this happen?
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Any ideas what AC7169 is doing? Just saw it fly over in a high bank turn quite low with a fighter jet type plane flying in formation. Promotional photoshoot?
The 787-9 is in the new livery which looks great from the ground.
Any ideas what AC7169 is doing? Just saw it fly over in a high bank turn quite low with a fighter jet type plane flying in formation. Promotional photoshoot?
The 787-9 is in the new livery which looks great from the ground.
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