Atlantic Canada airport thread - Page 82

trev71 · #**1621** Posted **Jan 24, 2020, 12:39 PM**

Crazy I am in a similar situation for my May 7th flight. I now leave at 6am instead of 12pm. and my lay over in Toronto is 8 hours instead of 2. I would have never picked this if I knew. Changes online can not be made and calling says it could be a 2 hour wait. I got some time to figure it out. I am hoping they let me change my flight to Montreal, that way I leave around 6am and only have a two hour wait in Montreal instead of a 8 hour wait in Toronto.
Checked out their social media pages as well and seems we are not alone this is happening all over Canada

homebody · #**1622** Posted **Jan 24, 2020, 1:31 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bishop2047

May 1 also has Saint John flying rouge now.

I would not hold my breath on a May 1 change to Rouge. It was supposed to have happened in November and has be postponed at least twice since. I think it has to do with the 737 Max issues, AC has to shuffle aircraft around to fill the void. Right now quite happy with the 3 times daily service to Toronto. Perhaps if Rouge gets pushed out again we will get 4 times daily in the summer as we have in the past. Not a big fan of just twice daily once Rouge moves to Saint John.

ghYHZ · #**1623** Posted **Jan 24, 2020, 3:51 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by homebody

Here is the best scenario: Have one major airport in Fredericton close the other two in Moncton and Saint John. Fredericton is fairly equal driving distance from both cities and easily accessible from the northern part of the province. That would also give Moncton residents the option of Halifax that is a couple of hours away. We really only need one airport here in the province. I almost forgot. If the residents of Moncton didn't feel that was enough options then they could also cross over to Charlottown and use their airport which is roughly an hour away give or take.

Saint John and Fredericton once had a joint airport located at Blissville...about halfway between the two cities. It was served by TCA (Trans-Canada Airlines now Air Canada)

https://ourairports.com/airports/CA-0053/

And northeastern New Brunswick was served through Charlo and Chatham Airports. EPA (Eastern Provincial) once had a Boeing 737 that left Montreal....flew to Charlo......onto Chatham (Miramichi) hen returned to Montreal.

Air Nova started serving Bathurst around 1989.

mylesmalley · #**1624** Posted **Jan 24, 2020, 5:21 PM**

Imagine having a commuter train between Fredericton and Saint John with a stop halfway at a shared airport...

OliverD · #**1625** Posted **Jan 24, 2020, 5:45 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by mylesmalley

Imagine having a commuter train between Fredericton and Saint John with a stop halfway at a shared airport...

Even just a decent shuttle service to a shared airport would be great.

Freddypop · #**1626** Posted **Jan 24, 2020, 6:07 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blue Blazer

That would be my plan but their website is not allowing changes and you can not contact air Canada without waiting on hold for 2-3 hours. if you check on their facebook page its pretty bad everyone is having the same issues

I usually PM AC via social media ie Twitter and they respond and make changes within a few minutes

Bishop2047 · #**1627** Posted **Jan 24, 2020, 8:51 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by homebody

I would not hold my breath on a May 1 change to Rouge. It was supposed to have happened in November and has be postponed at least twice since. I think it has to do with the 737 Max issues, AC has to shuffle aircraft around to fill the void. Right now quite happy with the 3 times daily service to Toronto. Perhaps if Rouge gets pushed out again we will get 4 times daily in the summer as we have in the past. Not a big fan of just twice daily once Rouge moves to Saint John.

Normally I would be with you. But the reduced flight time is great. Just stepping off one back home and shaves 30 min off the travel time.

homebody · #**1628** Posted **Jan 25, 2020, 12:35 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bishop2047

Normally I would be with you. But the reduced flight time is great. Just stepping off one back home and shaves 30 min off the travel time.

Yes the time saved by jet service does make a difference in time between the two destinations. The downside is if you have to connect through Toronto to Fredericton and you land at 10 am in Toronto it’s a long wait for the evening flight home.

MonctonRad · #**1629** Posted **Jan 26, 2020, 5:04 PM**

Construction of the Altitude Bistro at the Greater Moncton Romeo LeBlanc International Airport is on schedule. Official opening will be in February.

NB_ExistsToo · #**1630** Posted **Jan 27, 2020, 1:22 PM**

I have some connections to the lobster industry in NS, looks like the Coronavirus is effecting them. I've been told there's been a halt to lobster deliveries to China.

So I can only assume the lobster flights from Halifax and Moncton have stopped as well.

L'homard · #**1631** Posted **Jan 27, 2020, 2:11 PM**

As well the Chinese new years and festival season has now passed.

lirette · #**1632** Posted **Jan 27, 2020, 2:18 PM**

That upstairs bistro is a nice upgrade relatively speaking. The waiting area in YQM always felt sterile and crammed and just generally uncomfortable.

cl812 · #**1633** Posted **Jan 29, 2020, 1:01 AM**

Was checking my flight info for this Thursday and the yfc to yyz flight is on an A320 instead of the A319. Checked the schedule and reverts back to the A319 in mid Feb.

Freddypop · #**1634** Posted **Jan 29, 2020, 9:43 PM**

2019 PAX numbers for NB Airports as reported from the TJ

Airport 2019 2018 %Diff

YQM 674,406 681,437 -1.04
YFC 427,085 424,324 +0.65
YSJ 281,069 282,217 -0.41

MonctonRad · #**1635** Posted **Jan 29, 2020, 10:14 PM**

Disappointed to see the PAX actually went down at YQM last year. I had been hoping the passenger count might actually exceed 700k for the first time.

Freddypop · #**1636** Posted **Jan 29, 2020, 10:25 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

Disappointed to see the PAX actually went down at YQM last year. I had been hoping the passenger count might actually exceed 700k for the first time.

The issue for the decrease and/or meager increase is due to the B737 Max issues. What impacts YYZ and other larger airports has a trickle-down effect

Bishop2047 · #**1637** Posted **Jan 29, 2020, 11:59 PM**

http://flypei.com/news/Charlottetown-Airport-Achieves-Another-Year-of-Growth

Charlottetown did well and passenger numbers up 3.4 percent to 383,183.

I am sure that increased flights out of Charlottetown has affected Moncton's numbers as well. Though I expect Moncton will bounce back quickly. Passenger numbers fluctuate and one negative year is not somthing to fret about.

MonctonRad · #**1638** Posted **Jan 30, 2020, 4:05 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bishop2047

I am sure that increased flights out of Charlottetown has affected Moncton's numbers as well. Though I expect Moncton will bounce back quickly. Passenger numbers fluctuate and one negative year is not somthing to fret about.

I honestly doubt there are that many PEIslanders flying out of YQM for domestic travel. Distance and the bridge toll provides a significant disincentive. Moncton however does have a much greater variety and selection of sun destinations than Charlottetown does, so I could see some bridge traffic based on that, but probably no more than 10,000 PAX or so.

homebody · #**1639** Posted **Jan 30, 2020, 2:32 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

I honestly doubt there are that many PEIslanders flying out of YQM for domestic travel. Distance and the bridge toll provides a significant disincentive. Moncton however does have a much greater variety and selection of sun destinations than Charlottetown does, so I could see some bridge traffic based on that, but probably no more than 10,000 PAX or so.

I tend to disagree with the distance and bridge toll would be the issue of keeping Islanders away from YQM for domestic travel. I think that they would have used YQM if they had no flight options. From Charlottetown to YQM is 1:54 and the toll is 40 bucks, and some places on the Island would be less distance than that. Charlottetown Airport is really starting to "take off" domestically as far as flight options go and frequency. That might be the reason YQM is losing numbers. I hope the same good fortune happens at YFC and YSJ soon. Rumour going around that YSJ is getting close to getting a direct flight to the States again. I will not hold my breath on that one though lol.

Bishop2047 · #**1640** Posted **Jan 30, 2020, 2:49 PM**

I am surprised that YFC did not take more of a hit. We did not have a direct morning flight to Toronto with AC for much of the year. I know I had to either fly West jet (not always my best option with connections), head to Montreal and connect, or go to SJ ( I had to about 40 percent of time last year).

I was surprised to see any growth to be honest.