YVR Airport & Sea Island Developments Discussion - Page 705

nname · #**14081** Posted **Feb 26, 2019, 7:52 AM**

New AC route for W19

AC 51 YVR 23:45 - 11:05 AKL 788 1246
AC 52 AKL 14:40 - 06:40 YVR 788 1346

Effective Dec 12, 2019

thenoflyzone · #**14082** Posted **Feb 26, 2019, 11:46 AM**

One hell of a Freudian slip......

Denscity · #**14083** Posted **Feb 26, 2019, 6:44 PM**

Ya you called it they talked like it was already a thing before it was announced.

Johnny Aussie · #**14084** Posted **Feb 26, 2019, 10:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by nname

New AC route for W19

AC 51 YVR 23:45 - 11:05 AKL 788 1246
AC 52 AKL 14:40 - 06:40 YVR 788 1346

Effective Dec 12, 2019

Fantastic!

The INTL Maple Leaf Lounge will be buzzing now. Some nights there will be SYD, MEL, BNE, DEL and AKL.

On our last trip back a month ago on EVA Air the airport at night just seems to be getting busier each year. Long gone are the days of just AC to SYD, CX to HKG and PR to MNL.

s211 · #**14085** Posted **Feb 27, 2019, 12:22 AM**

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Originally Posted by Johnny Aussie

Fantastic!

The INTL Maple Leaf Lounge will be buzzing now.

Ummm.... yay, I guess?

I like my lounges quiet, and business-like.

Johnny Aussie · #**14086** Posted **Feb 27, 2019, 2:36 AM**

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Originally Posted by s211

Ummm.... yay, I guess?

I like my lounges quiet, and business-like.

Those days are slowly dwindling as more flights are added.

Sometimes you get a choice of lounges depending on status so Lounge hopping is necessary.

casper · #**14087** Posted **Feb 27, 2019, 3:19 AM**

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Originally Posted by Johnny Aussie

Those days are slowly dwindling as more flights are added.

Sometimes you get a choice of lounges depending on status so Lounge hopping is necessary.

I wonder, would the Skyteam lounge be the quietest that time of night. There would just be the Delta flight to Atlanta in the evening. I believe it is a priority pass lounge.

Johnny Aussie · #**14088** Posted **Feb 27, 2019, 5:14 AM**

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Originally Posted by casper

I wonder, would the Skyteam lounge be the quietest that time of night. There would just be the Delta flight to Atlanta in the evening. I believe it is a priority pass lounge.

There’s also China Airlines, China Eastern, Xiamen, Aeromexico, plus in the summer DL to JFK too on top of ATL.

Sky team is a Priority Pass Lounge but there is also the Plaza Premium Lounge which is also a Priorty Pass Lounge. is a separate lounge. EVA Air uses it but we are Star Gold so we used both MLL and Plaza Premium.

Vagabond · #**14089** Posted **Feb 27, 2019, 6:12 AM**

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Originally Posted by Johnny Aussie

There’s also China Airlines, China Eastern, Xiamen, Aeromexico, plus in the summer DL to JFK too on top of ATL.

Sky team is a Priority Pass Lounge but there is also the Plaza Premium Lounge which is also a Priorty Pass Lounge. is a separate lounge. EVA Air uses it but we are Star Gold so we used both MLL and Plaza Premium.

For what it's worth, The Points Guy posted a glowing review of YVR's Skyteam Lounge when it opened last year, even saying "this might be the nicest Priority Pass lounge I’ve visited in North America." I can concur that it is a great facility, and wasn't particularly busy on the day we visited, even with a Korean Air 787 parked directly underneath.

The Skyteam Lounge is also great value for families, as kids under 12 are free (one per paying adult, that is). This makes it a better deal than the main international terminal PP lounge at YVR (which charges admission for kids 2 and up).

teriyaki · #**14090** Posted **Feb 27, 2019, 11:35 AM**

Had the opportunity to visit the Skyteam lounge on a few occasions since it opened. Its got great architecture and interesting views from up top, but the 2 things that are most important to me in a lounge being food, and a good shower were lacking.

The food, especially since i've always used it around midnight for the overnight TPAC flights tends to be quite sparse. I much prefer the plaza premium if its still open before the flights. Unfortunate that it closes at I believe 12am.

Shower, while they have 2 shower rooms and are usually not populated at midnight which is great. The venting system here is incredibly inefficient and the heat inside the shower rooms accumulates quite a bit. I usually come out more sweaty than I entered

Johnny Aussie · #**14091** Posted **Feb 27, 2019, 2:15 PM**

AC’s press release for YVR-AKL

https://aircanada.mediaroom.com/2019-02-...s-to-Auckland-New-Zealand-from-Vancouver

Flights will run 12 December to end of March.

mezzanine · #**14092** Posted **Feb 27, 2019, 3:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by Johnny Aussie

AC’s press release for YVR-AKL

https://aircanada.mediaroom.com/2019-02-...s-to-Auckland-New-Zealand-from-Vancouver

Flights will run 12 December to end of March.

Interesting that AC and NZ also announced their new joint venture. I suspect this flight won't be seasonal..

thenoflyzone · #**14093** Posted **Feb 27, 2019, 4:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by mezzanine

Interesting that AC and NZ also announced their new joint venture. I suspect this flight won't be seasonal..

Pending JV. I have my doubts about it getting approved, as AC and NZ would have a monopoly. As for the seasonal bit, right now it has to be, as they have no spare B787s for summertime ops to AKL.

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Special introductory fares start as low as $1,387 CDN round-trip, all in

Need I say more. Pretty expensive intro fare, if you ask me.

Compared to intro fares of 600$ on YUL-GRU and YYZ-UIO.

Johnny Aussie · #**14094** Posted **Feb 27, 2019, 7:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by mezzanine

Interesting that AC and NZ also announced their new joint venture. I suspect this flight won't be seasonal..

Well... based on what happened with MEL they flipped it to year-round fairly quickly.

AKL is the 17th AC mainline long-haul route from YVR

Johnny Aussie · #**14095** Posted **Feb 28, 2019, 6:54 AM**

YVR's March construction update.

http://www.yvr.ca/en/blog/2018/change-is-in-the-air-at-yvr-march-construction-update

Johnny Aussie · #**14096** Posted **Feb 28, 2019, 7:41 AM**

Auckland Airport’s press release about the new Air Canada service.

Always keen to see how the other end of a new service reports it.

https://corporate.aucklandairport.co.nz/...welcomes-new-seasonal-air-canada-service

zahav · #**14097** Posted **Mar 1, 2019, 9:06 AM**

I hate to sound like a spoiled brat, but I am 100% jealous of YYZ and YUL. I appreciate that AC is growing its hub here and new additions are always welcome. But almost all the recent additions have been routes that *Alliance carriers already served (Taipei, Auckland, Frankfurt, Zurich) or that other airlines already served (Paris). Getting DEL, MEL, and BNE a few years ago was great but since then all additions have just been piggybacking on existing routes. We really need some new destinations and I'm worried we're not going to see them. I won't repeat the wish list yet again, but we need some new blood lol

trofirhen · #**14098** Posted **Mar 1, 2019, 10:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by zahav

I hate to sound like a spoiled brat, but I am 100% jealous of YYZ and YUL. I appreciate that AC is growing its hub here and new additions are always welcome. But almost all the recent additions have been routes that *Alliance carriers already served (Taipei, Auckland, Frankfurt, Zurich) or that other airlines already served (Paris). Getting DEL, MEL, and BNE a few years ago was great but since then all additions have just been piggybacking on existing routes. We really need some new destinations and I'm worried we're not going to see them. I won't repeat the wish list yet again, but we need some new blood lol

I'd like to say I hold your view more or less exactly. AC bumped YVR's destination bank up, then it levelled off. Additionally, the feds are capping bilaterals.
As an example, TK very much wants to come to YVR, but the government has capped their daily flights so that only YYZ and YUL have them.
While it's true that Montreal and Toronto (YYZ especially) represent much larger markets, the government seems, somehow, to want to keep Vancouver's wings clipped (no pun intended) so that people have to change at YYZ/YUL.

Johnny Aussie · #**14099** Posted **Mar 1, 2019, 11:33 PM**

This is probably the only airport thread where a long haul route is announced and it brings out the negative nellies.

Time to dig up an Aussie saying

Aw diddums.... she’ll be right!

Go out and enjoy the day!

Johnny Aussie · #**14100** Posted **Mar 2, 2019, 12:31 AM**

Air Canada Investor Day 2019 presentation

https://www.aircanada.com/content/dam/ai...vestor/Compiled-Investor-Day-Feb2019.pdf

YVR highlights:

P92 - AC’s YVR hub is the second largest NA-Asia operation second to UA at SFO
and ahead of AC at YYZ
P96 - future growth at the three main hubs. YVR highlighted for strong Asian network and seasonal routes extending year-round - so many lines connecting YVR compared to just a few years ago
PP98-99 - possible new routes identified: YVR-YHZ, YVR-IAD and YVR-MCO
P101 - “counter-seasonal” routes highlighting the new YVR-AKL route