YVR Airport & Sea Island Developments Discussion - Page 738

SpongeG · #**14741** Posted **Nov 3, 2019, 5:32 AM**

Does anyone know why there is usually an Iceland Air plane parked over by the Westjet domestic side?

canlynx · #**14742** Posted **Nov 3, 2019, 10:16 AM**

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Originally Posted by SpongeG

Does anyone know why there is usually an Iceland Air plane parked over by the Westjet domestic side?

Icelandair doesn’t return same day. Their aircraft always sit overnight in order to better connect in KEF.

trofirhen · #**14743** Posted **Nov 3, 2019, 11:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by canlynx

Icelandair doesn’t return same day. Their aircraft always sit overnight in order to better connect in KEF.

Regarding this, I wonder if it will be similar next summer when TURKISH starts flying to YVR 3x / week. I hope that a TK jet will stay the night. It'll add a certain "presence" and "prestige." ....

Johnny Aussie · #**14744** Posted **Nov 4, 2019, 4:41 AM**

How did we miss this milestone!

http://westjet.mediaroom.com/2019-10-28-WestJet-now-connecting-Vancouver-and-Cranbrook

WestJet link launched YVR-YXC last week and not even a mention?? Come on!

SpongeG · #**14745** Posted **Nov 4, 2019, 4:52 AM**

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Originally Posted by canlynx

Icelandair doesn’t return same day. Their aircraft always sit overnight in order to better connect in KEF.

ok thanks. I see it quite often.

SpongeG · #**14746** Posted **Nov 4, 2019, 4:52 AM**

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Originally Posted by Johnny Aussie

How did we miss this milestone!

http://westjet.mediaroom.com/2019-10-28-WestJet-now-connecting-Vancouver-and-Cranbrook

WestJet link launched YVR-YXC last week and not even a mention?? Come on!

I saw that plane yesterday, it's quite small.

Denscity · #**14747** Posted **Nov 4, 2019, 4:53 AM**

Did YXC lose many AC flights and are now getting some back with the mini Westjet Link?

Johnny Aussie · #**14748** Posted **Nov 4, 2019, 5:01 AM**

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Originally Posted by SpongeG

I saw that plane yesterday, it's quite small.

It’s the same as Pacific Coastal’s Saabs just painted in WS colours.

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Originally Posted by Denscity

Did YXC lose many AC flights and are now getting some back with the mini Westjet Link?

AC pulled YYC-YXC but have maintained up to 3 daily YVR-YXC.

Johnny Aussie · #**14749** Posted **Nov 4, 2019, 5:03 AM**

Although published by an Australian group (Blue Swan Daily is published by CAPA) this was published last week and gives a good snapshot of Canada.

https://blueswandaily.com/country-insight-15-canada/

YVR has 3 of the top 10 domestic routes by capacity (YYZ, YYC and YEG)

YVR has 3 of the top 10 international routes by capacity (SEA, LAX and HKG)

This is for the week of 28 Oct so some of these routes would be subject to fluctuations of course.

Of course both lists dominated by Toronto.

Denscity · #**14750** Posted **Nov 4, 2019, 6:09 AM**

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Originally Posted by Johnny Aussie

It’s the same as Pacific Coastal’s Saabs just painted in WS colours.

AC pulled YYC-YXC but have maintained up to 3 daily YVR-YXC.

Ah ok that's what we have with AC to YVR as well.
And no Westjet whatsoever.

whatnext · #**14751** Posted **Nov 4, 2019, 7:48 PM**

Hong Kong Airlines is struggling. Is there enough traffic trying to get money out of HK to keep them afloat?

Troubled Hong Kong Airlines to axe Los Angeles service and cut operations by 6 per cent under government pressure

Financially troubled Hong Kong Airlines is cutting back its operations, including axing its Los Angeles-bound flights, under pressure from the Hong Kong government.
The city’s third largest airline, backed by the indebted Chinese conglomerate HNA Group, said it would cut the number of flights by 6 per cent, or around 20, per week including cancelling the Los Angeles route from February 8 next year.

It also said it would continue to make changes on flights to Vancouver, Osaka, Okinawa, Sapporo, Tokyo Narita, Seoul, Haikou, Hangzhou, Nanjing and Bangkok....

https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong...ubled-hong-kong-airlines-axe-los-angeles

Klazu · #**14752** Posted **Nov 4, 2019, 10:16 PM**

That's too bad about Hong Kong Airlines. Did they end up putting an A350 on the YVR route? Anyone taken the flight? Are they competitively priced Vs. Cathay Pacific and Air Canada?

Migrant_Coconut · #**14753** Posted **Nov 5, 2019, 3:03 AM**

Honestly, I didn't even know Hong Kong Air even existed until five minutes ago - AFAIK most people in the region fly Cathay or EVA.

nname · #**14754** Posted **Nov 5, 2019, 6:31 AM**

Seems like no one cares about YVR passenger data anymore?

September 2019

Domestic: 1,136,494 (+5.7%)

Transborder: 529,152 (+2.5%)
Asia Pacific: 374,264 (-1.1%)
Europe: 221,492 (-0.5%)
Misc: 41,994 (-12.8%)
International: 1,166,902 (+0.1%)

Total: 2,303,396 (+2.8%)

YTD 2019

Domestic: 9,666,132 (+1.7%)

Transborder: 4,970,949 (+1.6%)
Asia Pacific: 3,504,452 (+2.7%)
Europe: 1,465,968 (+0.6%)
Misc: 687,452 (-0.3%)
International: 10,628,821 (+1.7%)

Total: 20,294,953 (+1.7%)

Max. · #**14755** Posted **Nov 5, 2019, 6:34 AM**

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Originally Posted by Klazu

That's too bad about Hong Kong Airlines. Did they end up putting an A350 on the YVR route? Anyone taken the flight? Are they competitively priced Vs. Cathay Pacific and Air Canada?

I fly HX80/81 three times this year. They have very competitively priced in business class, and they putted A359 on this route for a while. The problem of HX is they don't have enough business travellers, CP dominant in HK's business travellers market.

connect2source · #**14756** Posted **Nov 5, 2019, 11:52 AM**

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Originally Posted by nname

Seems like no one cares about YVR passenger data anymore?

Haha, reminds me of the monthly real estate stats in my business, once things started going south, few agents posted them.

Nice little bump in domestic and transborder for September tho, Asia Pacific, no surprise there, at least we're up overall.

casper · #**14757** Posted **Nov 5, 2019, 3:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by Denscity

Ah ok that's what we have with AC to YVR as well.
And no Westjet whatsoever.

WestJet contracts Pacific Costal to operate into that airport from both Vancouver and Calgary.

Denscity · #**14758** Posted **Nov 5, 2019, 3:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by casper

WestJet contracts Pacific Costal to operate into that airport from both Vancouver and Calgary.

Yes true.
I wonder if our best situation would be for AC to continue our 3 daily YVR flights and some form of Westjet do our daily YYC?
Or better yet Link adds a flight to YLW from here.

nname · #**14759** Posted **Nov 5, 2019, 4:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by Denscity

Yes true.
I wonder if our best situation would be for AC to continue our 3 daily YVR flights and some form of Westjet do our daily YYC?
Or better yet Link adds a flight to YLW from here.

AC had been running 2x daily DH4 since the conversion from 3x daily DH3 starting S19. AC8220 cancelled... and currently W19, S20, and W20 the route stays 2x daily, at least for now.

Right now there are 5x daily in total:
2x AC
1x WS op by 8P
2x 8P

Denscity · #**14760** Posted **Nov 5, 2019, 4:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by nname

AC had been running 2x daily DH4 since the conversion from 3x daily DH3 starting S19. AC8220 cancelled... and currently W19, S20, and W20 the route stays 2x daily, at least for now.

Right now there are 5x daily in total:
2x AC
1x WS op by 8P
2x 8P

Right and AC also cancelled their flight(s) to YYC after Link was added.