YVR Airport & Sea Island Developments Discussion - Page 244

craneSpotter · #**4861** Posted **May 9, 2013, 5:07 PM**

Not sure if this has been posted already...
YVR introduces automated customs clearance for travel to U.S.

BIV Wed May 8, 2013 - link

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Passing through customs at Vancouver International Airport will be quicker for travellers headed to the U.S., thanks to 12 new automated customs kiosks.

YVR has worked with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to implement the new automated customs system – the first of its kind in Canada.

Initially, only American citizens travelling back to the U.S. from YVR will be able to use the kiosks, but YVR plans to soon offer the service to Canadian travellers headed to the U.S. as well.

Travellers will no longer have to fill out their customs declarations with a customs officer when they arrive at the airport.

Instead, they will simply fill out a questionnaire on the kiosk, which takes a photo of the traveller and scans his or her passport. It then issues a receipt, which is shown along with passports to a customs officer as travellers make their way through border clearance.

Johnny Aussie · #**4862** Posted **May 10, 2013, 3:26 AM**

Just read on Airlineroute.net that CZ is increasing Vancouver-Guangzhou flights to 5 per week for winter 2013/2014 up from 3 last winter.

I am sure this will eventually lead to year-round daily as they have already increased summer sched to daily.

Hourglass · #**4863** Posted **May 10, 2013, 5:33 AM**

^^
It be great to see China Southern bring the A380 to Vancouver!

Anyway, also on airlineroute.net, it seems that Lufthansa will continue to use the Airbus A340-600 to YVR into the winter 2013/2014 season, replacing the A340-300.

teriyaki · #**4864** Posted **May 10, 2013, 5:57 AM**

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Originally Posted by Hourglass

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It be great to see China Southern bring the A380 to Vancouver!

Anyway, also on airlineroute.net, it seems that Lufthansa will continue to use the Airbus A340-600 to YVR into the winter 2013/2014 season, replacing the A340-300.

I READ that as "its great to see China Southern bring the A380 to Vancouver" and my heart skipped a beat.

trofirhen · #**4865** Posted **May 10, 2013, 9:57 AM**

I'd love to see a few more airlines into YVR, and about 10 new major destinations overseas, on different continenets. Dream on.

theKB · #**4866** Posted **May 10, 2013, 4:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by teriyaki

I READ that as "its great to see China Southern bring the A380 to Vancouver" and my heart skipped a beat.

ha if only...

I don't think any of the jetways can accommodate a380's at YVR

Gordon · #**4867** Posted **May 10, 2013, 4:38 PM**

The double headed jetways at the end of the East Chevron can accommodate a 380s

sacrifice333 · #**4868** Posted **May 10, 2013, 6:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by Hourglass

^^
It be great to see China Southern bring the A380 to Vancouver!

Anyway, also on airlineroute.net, it seems that Lufthansa will continue to use the Airbus A340-600 to YVR into the winter 2013/2014 season, replacing the A340-300.

Where do you get the A380 info from? Sounds like their planning to use their new 787's on the YVR route. Source.

deasine · #**4869** Posted **May 10, 2013, 6:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by sacrifice333

Where do you get the A380 info from? Sounds like their planning to use their new 787's on the YVR route. Source.

Hourglass meant: "It WOULD be great if..."

whatnext · #**4870** Posted **May 10, 2013, 8:55 PM**

The domestic pier is cold and lonely when you're waiting to board a delayed red-eye to TO.

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trofirhen · #**4871** Posted **May 10, 2013, 10:58 PM**

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Wow!! Hard to believe how empty the airport seems!! What time of day is this?

Denscity · #**4872** Posted **May 10, 2013, 11:53 PM**

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Wow!! Hard to believe how empty the airport seems!! What time of day is this?

He mentioned "delayed red-eye" so im guessing 3am?

nname · #**4873** Posted **May 11, 2013, 12:25 AM**

I think the domestic terminal looks pretty much like that after 11:45pm. I took those 1am-3am trans-pacific flight quite often, and I hardly ever see anyone in the domestic terminal outside of the food court at that time...

trofirhen · #**4874** Posted **May 11, 2013, 12:39 AM**

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Originally Posted by nname

I think the domestic terminal looks pretty much like that after 11:45pm. I took those 1am-3am trans-pacific flight quite often, and I hardly ever see anyone in the domestic terminal outside of the food court at that time...

At that time, is the International Terminal busier? Compared with other airports, YVR often seems rather empty.

nname · #**4875** Posted **May 11, 2013, 12:48 AM**

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Originally Posted by trofirhen

At that time, is the International Terminal busier? Compared with other airports, YVR often seems rather empty.

A lot of trans-pacific flights depart after midnight... There are the PR to Manila (B777 x2), CI and BR to Taipei (A340, B747), CX to Hong Kong (B777), MU to Shanghai (A330), and I believe at one point, there were also AC to Hong Kong (B777) and CA to Beijing (A330)... All with large planes and high usage. So, yeah, its quite busy, especially past midnight. The US-portion (pier E) is dead quiet though...

Speaking of which, I wonder what happened to that Beijing flight... it departed Vancouver at exactly 3am and arrive at Beijing also at 3am

yesheh · #**4876** Posted **May 11, 2013, 1:19 AM**

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Originally Posted by nname

Speaking of which, I wonder what happened to that Beijing flight... it departed Vancouver at exactly 3am and arrive at Beijing also at 3am

I took that Air China flight to Beijing once - two years ago. 2am-ish departure, arrived in Beijing at 5am. Was one of about 5 non-asian people on the plane.

Airboy · #**4877** Posted **May 11, 2013, 1:39 AM**

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Originally Posted by trofirhen

At that time, is the International Terminal busier? Compared with other airports, YVR often seems rather empty.

The 10 pm flight to Whitehorse it was damn quiet in the terminal. The bar was pretty much the only thing open and they stopped serving food just after I sat down.

Yeg by comparison is still quite busy right up to midnight. And a number of services are still avaliable then as well.

whatnext · #**4878** Posted **May 11, 2013, 5:32 AM**

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Originally Posted by Denscity

He mentioned "delayed red-eye" so im guessing 3am?

According to my phone, 10:47 pm. Flight delayed from 11:30 to 01:30.

As has been pointed out, the international terminal may have been busy, but I wasn't going to bother going back through security to find out.

Hourglass · #**4879** Posted **May 11, 2013, 12:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by deasine

Hourglass meant: "It WOULD be great if..."

Yes, my fault for writing using my iPhone...

Klazu · #**4880** Posted **May 11, 2013, 4:19 PM**

It's not like YVR would be only airport dead between the midnight and the morning hours. Same happened to me at ICN, which is one of the busiest airports in the world. Yet they practically close down between 1am and 4am.

I happened to catch the second last flight that night to IST and I can tell you it was eerie to wander the almost empty giant airport. Only McDonald's and a handful of stores were open nearby the gate the flight departed from.

Very different experience was DXB where those same hours are the most busiest with Asian/Australian flights connecting with European/American ones.