YVR Airport & Sea Island Developments Discussion

[Hot Rod]

Vancouver International Airport wins World Routes 2017 Marketing Awards

[Hot Rod]

Vancouver's sustainable gateway ambitions

YVR is targeting growth across all sectors, with many unserved and underserved routes offering airlines opportunities for expansion. For example, destinations such as Miami, Washington, D.C. in the U.S. and Bangkok, Singapore and Vietnam in Asia do not currently have direct air service from YVR—we want to change that

[Johnny Aussie]

Originally Posted by Hot Rod

Vancouver International Airport wins World Routes 2017 Marketing Awards

Fantastic result there. Saw that on Twitter earlier

Originally Posted by Hot Rod

Vancouver's sustainable gateway ambitions

Yup... IAD, MIA, BKK, SIN and SGN are all plausible new destinations

Interesting tidbit about Westjet too....

[trofirhen]

The 219 percent tax to be levied on the Bombardier CSeries sold in The USA will, of course, be devasting for Canadian aerospace.
Only DELTA made a significant purchase before the tax was applied. Just how devastating will this be for us? Any opinions?
Any extrapolations?

[mezzanine]

The newly expanded international MLL opened at YVR today. Looks good.





Did they remove their open bar and put it behind the counter now?


They also seem to highlight a hot food station with chef-prepared foods.

Hot and cold dining options, including a feature salad by celebrated Vancouver Chef David Hawksworth, a chef's station for individually prepared dishes, along with wines from Canada and from around the world.

https://aircanada.mediaroom.com/2017-09-...asing-BC-and-Canadian-Design-and-Artwork

[Johnny Aussie]

Originally Posted by mezzanine

The newly expanded international MLL opened at YVR today. Looks good.

Agreed... looks fantastic!

Happy to see this upgrade as it was muchly needed.

Will have an up close and personal look soon.

[casper]

Originally Posted by trofirhen

The 219 percent tax to be levied on the Bombardier CSeries sold in The USA will, of course, be devasting for Canadian aerospace.
Only DELTA made a significant purchase before the tax was applied. Just how devastating will this be for us? Any opinions?
Any extrapolations?

It is absurd given something like 50% of the aircraft is from components from the US. Canada needs to play hard-ball.

We now have a US ambassador to Canada, she starts today. Perhaps not accepting her credential and sending her back is the first step.

[moosejaw]

Originally Posted by trofirhen

The 219 percent tax to be levied on the Bombardier CSeries sold in The USA will, of course, be devasting for Canadian aerospace.
Only DELTA made a significant purchase before the tax was applied. Just how devastating will this be for us? Any opinions?
Any extrapolations?

It certainly is. The only cards Bombardier has in the deck is that the Canadian Govt is getting ready to purchase 18 super hornets but honestly I think that is small potatoes given that Boeing knows Canada requires a twin engine fighter style aircraft (all other fighters are single engine) to supplant its air force and if some new aircraft would require new training, new pilots, new maintenance requirements. If anything Canada could delay or cancel the order in its entirety

Another thing helping Canada is North Ireland is a Bombardier manufacturer and the UK govt is trying to convince the US to relax the tariff as it could affect thousands of workers. So you have two countries trying to remedy the situation

Thirdly Delta has come out in support stating that for no matter the price no American manufacturer offers a 100 seat jet therefore it doesn't pose a threat to US Aviation Manufacturers.

Fourthly that lady Chrystia Freedland finally made some sense when she quoted over 23,000 parts are sourced from American second and third tier manufacturers/suppliers. She was a disaster on Bill Maher about a year ago blubbering about US immigration/Trump. Glad to see she can actually help a situation (that night was horrendous for my Canadian family visiting and watching HBO) I remember the press wasn't too kind to her as well as well Bill can be sort of vicious. LOL

[deasine]

Originally Posted by mezzanine

The newly expanded international MLL opened at YVR today. Looks good.

https://aircanada.mediaroom.com/2017-09-...asing-BC-and-Canadian-Design-and-Artwork

Oh! Did this expand into the former Cathay Pacific space?

Much needed - the International MLL was always packed!

[osirisboy]

Originally Posted by deasine

Oh! Did this expand into the former Cathay Pacific space?

Much needed - the International MLL was always packed!

Where did Cathay pacific go to?

[Hourglass]

Originally Posted by osirisboy

Where did Cathay pacific go to?

Between gate D66 and D67, accessible by an elevator that goes up. The lounge itself is really nice, much better than the old one.

https://www.cathaypacific.com/cx/en_HK/a...-Lounge-opens-at-Vancouver.html?switch=Y

[trofirhen]

A goodly number of French people, and others, travel from Paris to Tahiti throughout the year. The most direct route arcs over North America at Winnipeg. YVR is 49 miles further. Thus

Is there no market for at least a seasonal service to YVR from Tahiti? There seem to be enough people around with money.
And at that distance just a small fuel $$ increase. We could do it. imo

[vanlaw]

Originally Posted by trofirhen

A goodly number of French people, and others, travel from Paris to Tahiti throughout the year. The most direct route arcs over North America at Winnipeg. YVR is 49 miles further. Thus

Is there no market for at least a seasonal service to YVR from Tahiti? There seem to be enough people around with money.
And at that distance just a small fuel $$ increase. We could do it. imo

The most direct route arcs over North America at Winnipeg.....and passes almost directly over LAX, which is the route AF flies...pretty sure they have this one figured out.

Is there no market for at least a seasonal service to YVR from Tahiti...which, on average, gets more rain in the December to March period than Vancouver.....

[trofirhen]

Originally Posted by vanlaw

The most direct route arcs over North America at Winnipeg.....and passes almost directly over LAX, which is the route AF flies...pretty sure they have this one figured out.

Is there no market for at least a seasonal service to YVR from Tahiti...which, on average, gets more rain in the December to March period than Vancouver.....

Your point is well taken. Thank you. (I checked out the climate statistics)

[trofirhen]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swoop_(airline) .... just to make it legal.

Swoop is a Westjet low-cost (-40% off everything) starting June 2018. Airports mentioned are Abbotsford, Hamilton, Waterloo, and Windsor. Sad not to have a broad-range low cost at YVR
Not the same thing as Southwest, I know, but a way of getting around the country without paying through the nose would be great.

[twoNeurons]

Originally Posted by trofirhen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swoop_(airline) .... just to make it legal.

Swoop is a Westjet low-cost (-40% off everything) starting June 2018. Airports mentioned are Abbotsford, Hamilton, Waterloo, and Windsor. Sad not to have a broad-range low cost at YVR
Not the same thing as Southwest, I know, but a way of getting around the country without paying through the nose would be great.

YVR charges a hefty surcharge fee. I wish they'd just build it into the landing fees for airlines. I understand it's all about making the airport look attractive to airlines, but its consistently annoying to see the $20 charge tacked on to tickets when you redeem a rewards flight on Aeroplan or Avios... especially when you're buying 4 tickets.

Oh well, on my next journey, I'm taking the family trip to Cancun out of Seattle. American Express... the gift that keeps on giving.

[casper]

Originally Posted by trofirhen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swoop_(airline) .... just to make it legal.

Swoop is a Westjet low-cost (-40% off everything) starting June 2018. Airports mentioned are Abbotsford, Hamilton, Waterloo, and Windsor. Sad not to have a broad-range low cost at YVR
Not the same thing as Southwest, I know, but a way of getting around the country without paying through the nose would be great.

I think the answer to the question "Is WestJet the Canadian version of SouthWest?" Is No.....

WestJet was like Southwest when it started. No interlining. It quickly became more like a regular airline especially once it got a real computer system that can interline and codeshare with others.

The Snoop thing (what a name), sounds like it is going to be like Ryanair or Agillant or Spirit. All airlines one should avoid at all cost. Well I guess they are ok if you enjoy being charged little service fees for every interaction or you don't care if you flight is delayed by a day or two.

[trofirhen]

Originally Posted by casper

I think the answer to the question "Is WestJet the Canadian version of SouthWest?" Is No.....

WestJet was like Southwest when it started. No interlining. It quickly became more like a regular airline especially once it got a real computer system that can interline and codeshare with others.

The Snoop thing (what a name), sounds like it is going to be like Ryanair or Agillant or Spirit. All airlines one should avoid at all cost. Well I guess they are ok if you enjoy being charged little service fees for every interaction or you don't care if you flight is delayed by a day or two.

Thanks for the heads-up. Another disappointment. (And it's "SWOOP" not "SNOOP" haha.) Thanx

[Gordon]

Are there any significant route announcements expected?

With gate D59 still being used on a daily basis if this continues how willl this location be used when de- icing is being done?

Gate D\E 75 is almost never used, with the exception of AC to ewr. Is there some construction happening around that gate?

[jollyburger]

Domestic arrival baggage thief:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/yvr-luggage-stolen-1.4310704