London International Airport - Page 8

Stevo26 · #**141** Posted **Oct 20, 2016, 3:19 AM**

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Originally Posted by HillStreetBlues

That is a huge 'if.' But you're absolutely right that LIA would become almost totally irrelevant. The (latest of many, it must be said) proposal the Liberals have put forward includes a Pearson stop. Who would fly out of London, at increased cost, when you could take any manner of transportation downtown, catch a high-speed train to Pearson, and fly anywhere in the world (direct!) from there?

Who knows. It could happen- this time. Toronto-Montreal or Toronto-Ottawa would be much more sensible for our first HSR line, but it would be great to have it in the south west.

The cynic in me says that we'll see a Toronto - Montréal line first. As you know, what Quebec wants, it gets and bugger anyone to the west of Quebec who objects or wants a fair share of the pie.

MolsonExport · #**142** Posted **Oct 21, 2016, 1:02 PM**

that old chestnut...

BS of course to anyone that is from Quebec.

Harper advanced Alberta's interests far, far more than those of Quebec during his tenure.

MrSlippery519 · #**143** Posted **Nov 3, 2016, 4:50 PM**

Glad to see this decision has finally went though, this could be a game changer for lower cost flights in Canada moving forward.

http://www.lfpress.com/2016/11/03/ca...wnership-limit

ldoto · #**144** Posted **May 11, 2017, 8:53 PM**

London International Airport

AM980 London

A group of 11 airports have joined together to form the Southern Ontario Airport Network.

The initiative is aimed at helping manage an expected increase in the use of regional airports across the province in the coming decades.

The group includes airports in London, Windsor, Waterloo, Hamilton, Toronto, Kingston, Oshawa, and Peterborough.

In 2016, London saw a record-breaking number of about 515,000 passengers go through the terminal. That number could see a boost if traffic is directed to the airport through the new network.

A report released by the network says Toronto Pearson International Airport is pursuing a vision to become North America’s next mega-hub airport.

Five airports were listed as having the capability to expand, including the London International Airport.

We will see what Happens it sound good!!! Also more good news Aviation company to bring 20 jobs to London International Airport

Stevo26 · #**145** Posted **May 11, 2017, 10:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by HillStreetBlues

That is a huge 'if.' But you're absolutely right that LIA would become almost totally irrelevant. The (latest of many, it must be said) proposal the Liberals have put forward includes a Pearson stop. Who would fly out of London, at increased cost, when you could take any manner of transportation downtown, catch a high-speed train to Pearson, and fly anywhere in the world (direct!) from there?

Who knows. It could happen- this time. Toronto-Montreal or Toronto-Ottawa would be much more sensible for our first HSR line, but it would be great to have it in the south west.

You would have to build the Toronto-Ottawa-Montreal line first to build up the revenues needed to fund and partially subsidize the Toronto-Mississauga-Oakville-Kitchener-London-Windsor line.

In an ideal world, we'd spend the money and do it right and run the line all the way from Windsor to Montreal. But I've only rarely seen governments act with that much courage and foresight.

biggoalie · #**146** Posted **Jul 25, 2017, 2:41 PM**

http://www.lfpress.com/2017/07/24/lo...london-to-cuba

go_leafs_go02 · #**147** Posted **Jul 25, 2017, 3:36 PM**

In other news, it looks like Westjet is cutting down to one flight per day from London to Calgary in the winter. London to Winnipeg is also nixed. I think it's seasonal, but definitely Westjet is trying to force more people to travel through and into Toronto.

jammer139 · #**148** Posted **Jun 28, 2018, 10:41 AM**

Daily flights London to Montreal to start this Fall.

http://lfpress.com/news/local-news/n...-for-londoners

As the article says - use it or lose it.

As with all air travel in Canada the costs vs time equation is the deciding factor in competition with Toronto, Detroit and Hamilton.

Hopefully London airport gets it right.

Spicol · #**149** Posted **Jun 28, 2018, 1:27 PM**

This is a near useless flight for business travelers. As it departs London at 3:20pm and returns at 1:50pm, this would require me to stay 2 nights in a hotel and waste a bunch of business hours just to be there a full day.

Plus, it's a Dash-8 the whole way. I couldn't put up with that noise for 90 minutes each way.

I'll still be driving to Toronto unless they change the schedule.

Djeffery · #**150** Posted **Jun 28, 2018, 9:39 PM**

The same as the Orlando flights. Might have been fine for land vacations but not useful for cruises.

JakeLRS · #**151** Posted **Jan 22, 2019, 1:21 PM**

SWOOP
NEW SERVICE FROM LONDON, ONTARIO

EDMONTON
6x Weekly - April 28 - May 23 (No Wednesday)
Daily - May 23 >

HALIFAX
6x Weekly - May 24 > (No Saturday)

ABBOTSFORD
Daily - May 24 >

Congrats on getting new service London! We Hamilton folks love it a ton!

GreatTallNorth2 · #**152** Posted **Jan 22, 2019, 3:11 PM**

This is great news for the airport. Hopefully we can fill those planes.

Djeffery · #**153** Posted **Jan 22, 2019, 7:01 PM**

Surprised they are going year round right off the bat with all 3 of these routes, rather than a seasonal schedule. I hope they are supported, but I've seen Halifax and Vancouver not supported from here before. Those are pretty attractive fares, but I wonder how many seats are at that price before they skyrocket. Also curious to see if success on these routes would add more routes, or if WestJet might convert existing Calgary. Winnipeg and Orlando flights to Swoop

jammer139 · #**154** Posted **Jan 23, 2019, 12:59 AM**

great news! Hopefully they succeed.

MolsonExport · #**155** Posted **Jan 23, 2019, 2:53 PM**

the biggest problem with LIA is the canceleld/postponed flights, especially when trying to get back home from Toronto. I would say that nearly 50% of my connecting flights are cancelled/severely delayed (or sometimes missed), and I end up spending a few hours in some lousy Airport hotel on/near Dixie.

Chronically unreliable. Way worse than VIA (Which is saying something!).

MrSlippery519 · #**156** Posted **Jan 23, 2019, 7:52 PM**

It's a one-way service? Unless the site is just not completely updated yet you can fly back to Hamilton but not London

Djeffery · #**157** Posted **Jan 23, 2019, 10:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

the biggest problem with LIA is the canceleld/postponed flights, especially when trying to get back home from Toronto. I would say that nearly 50% of my connecting flights are cancelled/severely delayed (or sometimes missed), and I end up spending a few hours in some lousy Airport hotel on/near Dixie.

Chronically unreliable. Way worse than VIA (Which is saying something!).

That's a Toronto problem, not a London problem. Toronto is always running into capacity issues, and the small planes are the ones cancelled first. They aren't going to punt a 787 so they can get a Dash 8 off to London (or in from London, as it happens in both ways).

Djeffery · #**158** Posted **Jan 23, 2019, 10:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by MrSlippery519

It's a one-way service? Unless the site is just not completely updated yet you can fly back to Hamilton but not London

Had no issues seeing the return flights yesterday morning when I first heard about these. I was trying to see what times the flights were coming in to London, and apparently the Halifax flights are the only consistent ones at the same time each of the 6 days a week it operates.

MolsonExport · #**159** Posted **Jan 23, 2019, 11:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by Djeffery

That's a Toronto problem, not a London problem. Toronto is always running into capacity issues, and the small planes are the ones cancelled first. They aren't going to punt a 787 so they can get a Dash 8 off to London (or in from London, as it happens in both ways).

yes, but from a customer's perspective, and should be from a managerial perspective, I know that many people avoid LIA due to these chronic issues. If you want people to use it as an alternative to VIA, Robert-Q or driving (as ways of getting to Pearson), this problem needs addressing.

Djeffery · #**160** Posted **Jan 24, 2019, 12:43 AM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

yes, but from a customer's perspective, and should be from a managerial perspective, I know that many people avoid LIA due to these chronic issues. If you want people to use it as an alternative to VIA, Robert-Q or driving (as ways of getting to Pearson), this problem needs addressing.

London management agrees, thus this introduction of more than 500 seats a day going direct to other cities not named Toronto. And also, I noticed upthread a comment from someone else about the Montreal daily flight being a Dash-8. That has now been upgraded to a regional jet. True that the timing sucks for people going to Montreal for business, but it's more timed for international departures.

There isn't much London management can do about Toronto operations issues, but by trying to come up with alternative options that bypass Toronto, they are at least trying to satisfy local consumer demand.