YVR Airport & Sea Island Developments Discussion

[Marshal]

The mighty Lancaster - a favorite. How does the saying go? "A Lancaster is 20,000 rivets flying in tight formation." Something like that. Anyway, welcome to the forum!

[Gordon]

More and more Gates 90 - 96 are overflow gates AC operaes as much of its Turbo prop & rj flights out of the main part of the trans boarder terminal

Doe any one have any idea what the timelines are for for the D pier Expansion & the construction of Pier F are?

[teriyaki]

According to an airline forum, Alaska Airlines will be dropping their BLI-LAS flights in November.

More signs that YVR is holding its own and trans-border traffic has basically fallen off a cliff since the dollar went topsy-turvy on us.

[stiffdeadman]

Originally Posted by teriyaki

According to an airline forum, Alaska Airlines will be dropping their BLI-LAS flights in November.

More signs that YVR is holding its own and trans-border traffic has basically fallen off a cliff since the dollar went topsy-turvy on us.

unfortunately could see this coming. flew the route last december a week before xmas. planes were maybe 60-65% full. seats going for $89 in economy. only $150 first class coming back. i jumped all over that. guess i'll have to drive down to seattle. still cheaper as there is lots of competition on the route and hotels are dirt cheap when booking through M life.

[jmt18325]

Westjet vacations has LAS flight/hotel packages for $300 per person for 3 nights from Vancouver - that's pretty hard to beat.

[mezzanine]

Originally Posted by teriyaki

According to an airline forum, Alaska Airlines will be dropping their BLI-LAS flights in November.

More signs that YVR is holding its own and trans-border traffic has basically fallen off a cliff since the dollar went topsy-turvy on us.

the commentary was also interesting. It will be interesting to see what happens to BLI when the AS terminal at paine field opens in 2018.

On the flip side, the post also mentions AC is increasing winter flights from SEA to YVR from 4/d to 5/d. love that SEA connecting traffic...

[flipper316]

guess BLI shouldn't have spent all that money expanding the parking lots. what a dumb move that was.

[twoNeurons]

BLI is a great airport to fly with Alaskan to Hawaii. It's nice not having to go down to Seattle or connect there.

Also, one of the best deals to fly with Avios.

[SpongeG]

did y'all catch that alaska is going to start flying out of everett in 2018?

my friend goes to las vegas a few times a year and always flies out of bellingham, i think with allegiant though

[twoNeurons]

Originally Posted by trofirhen

Look at that "Potential WestJet route map" Any way of posting it here for a clearer view of it?
If not where could I find it? Tried Google, but couldn't.

Ask and you shall receive:


Here's the whole presentation:
https://www.boardoftrade.com/files/event...-gregg-saretsky-westjet-presentation.pdf

[excel]

Lima and Santiago Long ways away likely though.

[trofirhen]

Originally Posted by twoNeurons

Ask and you shall receive:


Here's the whole presentation:
https://www.boardoftrade.com/files/event...-gregg-saretsky-westjet-presentation.pdf

Thank you! I hope other people will click on the link. Page 24 especially.

[excel]

Awesome how much focus both AC and WS are putting into YVR.

[Gordon]

It sure is. hopefully the first phase of terminal expansion is complete by the time West Jet starts their Asian services.

[twoNeurons]

I'm curious how their ULCC will affect current business. I'm sure some routes like YVR-LAS will be given to the ULCC... and i bet a lot of this WJ traffic goes to YXX. Sadly, this could be devastating to New Leaf. I kind of want New Leaf to be successful. More competition.

[jmt18325]

A lot of Westjet traffic really can't go to YXX - there are like 3 gates.

As for that map - I really doubt some of those. If Air Canada couldn't make somewhere like Istanbul or Rio work, I am seriously doubting that Westjet can.

[connect2source]

How much O & D traffic does Westjet think there is between YVR and Rarotonga? They also need to learn how to spell Dusseldorf.

[Hourglass]

Originally Posted by connect2source

How much O & D traffic does Westjet think there is between YVR and Rarotonga? They also need to learn how to spell Dusseldorf.

Actually they're not wrong. Düsseldorf = Duesseldorf.

Brings back memories of my German lessons...

[trofirhen]

Originally Posted by connect2source

How much O & D traffic does Westjet think there is between YVR and Rarotonga? ...

Apparently, it's a very popular tourist destination:
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The Cook Islands' Parliament buildings and international airport are on Rarotonga. Because it is the most populous island, Cook Islanders may often be referred to as Rarotongan, but they may come from one of the other 14 islands in the group, such as Aitutaki or Mangaia. Rarotonga is a very popular tourist destination with many resorts, hotels and motels. The chief town, Avarua, on the north coast, is the capital of the Cook Islands.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rarotonga

(... that might be why; just guessing)

[nname]

Originally Posted by jmt18325

A lot of Westjet traffic really can't go to YXX - there are like 3 gates.

And only 1 jetbridge (gate 3)

Gate 1 use stairs
Gate 2 is for prop planes

And probably only gate 3 can be used for international departure/arrival as it connects to the custom facility and duty-free