YVR Airport & Sea Island Developments Discussion

[trofirhen]

Originally Posted by SFUVancouver

Fantastic! What a service you a providing to this community, LeftCoaster. Thank you!

Originally Posted by casper

I second that LeftCoaster does a great job of keeping up on all the changes.

May I add my star to the list? Three martinis, please.

[excel]

Very well done!

[CareerShow]

Anyone have any idea where AC are deploying their E90's and CRJ's? Seems most routes are switching to the A320 family or CRA's.

[trofirhen]

Originally Posted by CareerShow

Anyone have any idea where AC are deploying their E90's and CRJ's? Seems most routes are switching to the A320 family or CRA's.

could I ask which routes, or route types, you are referring to here? thanx

[Gordon]

a bit off topic but Air Canada has signe a letter of intent to purchase 75 C Series 300 jets from Bombardier/

[connect2source]

Wow awesome post LeftCoaster! I'm most excited about BA's A380!!

Flew LHR - YVR late Nov on BA's oldest 744 G-BNLF built early 1990. As much as I love 'the queen' this plane was in tatters, no new 2010 version of First Class, Club World passengers were using it, everything was falling apart. This plane had been slated for retirement then was brought back and is due for the graveyard in March. Glad to see BA is taking YVR a bit more seriously as equipment like G-BNLF is a bit of an insult even though I'm aware YVR-LHR is largely leisure-driven.

[connect2source]

Originally Posted by Gordon

a bit off topic but Air Canada has signe a letter of intent to purchase 75 C Series 300 jets from Bombardier/

Totally on topic here's AC's media release :

http://aircanada.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=984

The planes will likely have a large presence at YVR.

These and the 737MAX's will mean almost a 1-1 replacement for the A320's and the E-Jets, ( 106 replacing 100 planes ). The CSeries will be a great ride, far better than the E-Jets, IMO, wider and more like a mainline jet, plus the 2-3 seating will also be great! Great move by AC and HUGE boost for the CSeries program

[SFUVancouver]

Yes, this is fantastic news for Bombardier and Air Canada. A letter of intent isn't a firm order, but it's sure closer than "we have no plans at this time".

I really don't care for RJs and am not a fan of the E-Jets; I just find both rather claustrophobic, especially when walking down the aisle with all the overhead bins open and there's just a few centimetres of clearance between their corners and my eyes. The CSeries is a mainline-quality aircraft by all accounts and it should be a tremendous addition to the fleets of whomever flies them. For Air Canada, the benefits of phasing out the E-jets and replacing them with CS300s is a nice jump is capacity, a reduction in operating costs, and a huge step forward for the product they're offering passengers. Plus, with their range, they're more versatile than the E-Jets and can sub-in for mainline 737Maxs as required for routes with passenger loads in that interstitial 100-150 seat range that exceed the capacity of RJs and E-Jets but aren't quite enough to warrant a mainline aircraft in the 150-200 seat range.

[CareerShow]

Originally Posted by trofirhen

could I ask which routes, or route types, you are referring to here? thanx

Routes such as Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Whitehorse, Regina which had E90, CRJ's in the past and Calgary, Edmonton which had mainly E90 on it in the past and now A320's.

[connect2source]

Agreed SFUVancouver! My issues is with AC's choice of the 737MAX over the A320neo family, my biggest beef is with their choice to purchase the MAX9. The market has spoken and the A321neos are absolutely killing the MAX9 sales, in fact the entire A320neo line as so far ahead in sales to the MAX series that Boeing is now contemplating a new-build aircraft just to compete with the A321neo. The 737-900 which is what the MAX9 is based on, seems to be a dog, poor take-off performance, terrible runway and taxiway mobility, disliked by passengers mostly due to the endless length and long embarking and disembarking times, narrower cabins than the A320 series and now tipping issues when not loaded correctly.

I wish AC had opted for the neos, they would have had fleet commonality and a plane, so far, much more favoured in the market. I much prefer the ride in the A320's to any 737 but I'm glad to see they'll be more options than the MAX when travelling AC narrowbodies. Also glad to see Rouge will remain Airbus.

[craneSpotter]

Great news re: AC and the CS300...can't wait to fly on one. Really like the 3-2 setup as a family of 4 - maybe will start flying with them again.

In other news..haven;t heard from these guys in a while...

JETLINES MOVING FORWARD

Feb 17, 2016 (press release) http://www.jetlines.ca/jetlines-moving-forward/

Jetlines is pleased to announce a signed letter of intent with Jet Metal Corp. (“Jet”), a company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (“TSX.V”). The planned process is a Reverse Take-Over (“RTO”) of Jet resulting in the listing of Jetlines on the TSX.V with the symbol “JET”. See link to announcement: http://www.jetmetalcorp.com/ This transaction, pending a definitive agreement, approval of the TSX.V and approval from the shareholders of both companies, will provide Jetlines with the funding to achieve milestones in the buildout process in launching an ULCC airline in Canada. In addition, a concurrent funding raise prior to listing will be undertaken. - See more at: http://www.jetlines.ca/jetlines-moving-forward/#sthash.1YOeIzCt.dpuf

[stiffdeadman]

Originally Posted by connect2source

Agreed SFUVancouver! My issues is with AC's choice of the 737MAX over the A320neo family, my biggest beef is with their choice to purchase the MAX9. The market has spoken and the A321neos are absolutely killing the MAX9 sales, in fact the entire A320neo line as so far ahead in sales to the MAX series that Boeing is now contemplating a new-build aircraft just to compete with the A321neo. The 737-900 which is what the MAX9 is based on, seems to be a dog, poor take-off performance, terrible runway and taxiway mobility, disliked by passengers mostly due to the endless length and long embarking and disembarking times, narrower cabins than the A320 series and now tipping issues when not loaded correctly.

I wish AC had opted for the neos, they would have had fleet commonality and a plane, so far, much more favoured in the market. I much prefer the ride in the A320's to any 737 but I'm glad to see they'll be more options than the MAX when travelling AC narrowbodies. Also glad to see Rouge will remain Airbus.

I have flown on Alaska's 737-900's and they are squished. I've read United's are worse and they have a whole pile of them and are getting more. Southwest's 737-700's were a way better ride in comparison, and being in the top half of the A group sure pays off for seating.

[ShawnShank]

Originally Posted by stiffdeadman

I have flown on Alaska's 737-900's and they are squished.

Do you mean width wise? Because legroom wise the -900ER's have 32" of legroom (slimline seats), which was a nice surprise for me a month ago after 3 flights on 30" legroom AA

[SFUVancouver]

Agreed about the 739 leg room being okay. I was on a brand new United 739 recently (I posted a picture a few pages back) and found that the leg room was fine. It's not great, obviously, but an improvement over the older seats for leg-room. A nice thing about the new 739s is that they have much larger 777-derrived overhead bins that are also set higher up in the fuselage, so there a bit more headroom for getting into and out of the window seat.

[Vin]

Can't wait for British Airways' A380 arriving here. Singapore Airlines, Korean Air, Emirates and Qantas should all bring their A380s here too. That will be a game changer.

[CareerShow]

I must have been in the minority but i quite enjoyed the E90's. They were very comfortable, especially better than the CRJ's and Dash and the 2 2 seating was good, as you were always one seat away from the isle. I thought these planes were perfect for short flights, such as flying to LA, San Fran, or Calgary, although I get that the economics are worse than flying larger aircraft to these airports, hence why AC has switched to the A320 family for these routes again.

[nname]

I saw this from airliner.net:

You will also see C Series on direct long and thin routes. Halifax to the west for example by passing Toronto. I was also told some more routes to the US east from Calgary and Vancouver are being considered.

Maybe we'll eventually see direct flights from YVR to YHZ, BOS, MIA, FLL, and/or IAD using CS3?


[EDIT] And AC is indeed going to codeshare with BR. From their 2015 year-end financial report:

at the end of February 2016, Air Canada will introduce a codeshare agreement with EVA Air applicable for select Asian gateways and domestic Canadian points to enhance travel between Canada and Taiwan.

http://www.aircanada.com/en/about/investor/documents/2015_MDA_q4.pdf

[trofirhen]

Originally Posted by Vin

Can't wait for British Airways' A380 arriving here. Singapore Airlines, Korean Air, Emirates and Qantas should all bring their A380s here too. That will be a game changer.

You're daydreaming, I take it. First off, Singapore and Emirates don't fly here.
Korean? Hmm, a long shot, but maybe. Qantas? More likely 789s when they (or AC) start up Melbourne.

[ShawnShank]

Originally Posted by trofirhen

You're daydreaming, I take it. First off, Singapore and Emirates don't fly here.
Korean? Hmm, a long shot, but maybe. Qantas? More likely 789s when they (or AC) start up Melbourne.

The only one of those I see as an actual possibility is Qantas (seasonally) post-744 retirement.

[Johnny Aussie]

Originally Posted by ShawnShank

The only one of those I see as an actual possibility is Qantas (seasonally) post-744 retirement.

I really don't see QF sending their A380s to YVR. It's just too big a beast. QF only use them on LAX and DXB/LHR from SYD and MEL and from SYD to HKG only.

To really give AC (and NZ) some serious competition QF would need to do SYD-YVR daily and the 787-9 would be the perfect equipment for that (without F class).