Hamilton International Airport

[kwoldtimer]

Originally Posted by ScreamingViking

If this Boeing mess clears up, I wonder if they'll reinstate their service.

An increasingly big "if".

[drpgq]

Anyone know how loads were for the Dublin flights?

[LikeHamilton]

Originally Posted by drpgq

Anyone know how loads were for the Dublin flights?

The planes where full so to speak. They could not fly the B737-800 full because of range and weight restrictions. On some days early in the season they had to do a technical stop in Gander for fuel. A couple of weeks ago they planned on non-stop to YHM but had to stop in Montreal for fuel. They where running from 160 to 175 passengers on a 186 seat aircraft. The first half of the season YHM had it for 4 flights a week and Providence for 3 then it switched August 1 and we got it for 3 days and Providence for 4 days. It was basically the same plane everyday getting beat up as there was hardly a spare around. Some of these routes, Norwegian had to chartered an aircraft at extra expense.

They did not say they where not coming back. From some of the ground handling staff at YHM, Norwegian was impressed with the full flights since they spent little or no money on advertising. Also 25% of the passengers were from the States.

[drpgq]

Originally Posted by LikeHamilton

The planes where full so to speak. They could not fly the B737-800 full because of range and weight restrictions. On some days early in the season the had to do a technical stop in Gander for fuel. A couple of weeks ago the planed on non-stop to YHM but had to stop in Montreal for fuel. They where running from 160 to 175 passengers on a 186 seat aircraft. The first half of the season YHM had it for 4 flights a week and Hartford for 3 then it switched August 1 and we got it for 3 days and Hartford for 4 days. It was basically the same plane everyday getting beat up as there was hardly a spare around. Some of these routes, Norwegian had to chartered an aircraft at extra expense.

They did not say they where not coming back. From some of the ground handling staff at YHM, Norwegian was impressed with the full flights since they spent little or no money on advertising. Also 25% of the passengers were from the States.

Thanks for that. It's too bad that the Max grounding affected YHM, but YHM just can't seem to catch a break for non-freight flights.

[LikeHamilton]

Swoop in recent schedule update closed reservation for planned service to San Diego, as the airline postponed service launch in October 2019. Previously filed schedule as follows.

Abbotsford – San Diego eff 04OCT19 2 weekly

[LikeHamilton]

KF Aerospace

20190813_200025 by R L, on Flickr

[Dr Awesomesauce]

^Sweet hangar.

[ScreamingViking]

Originally Posted by kwoldtimer

An increasingly big "if".

Aye. And getting the aircraft certified to fly again is one thing... getting the customer to trust it enough is an entirely different process.

Airbus must be absolutely giddy.

[SantaClo]

"new baggage handling system" ?

https://twitter.com/flyyhm/status/1164994466257747968

[LikeHamilton]

Anyone looking for a job even part-time?

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[LikeHamilton]

The new "Detour YHM" Restaurant construction pre-security screening.

20190916_173605 by R L, on Flickr

The new "Detour YHM" Restaurant construction post-security screening.

20190917_190456 by R L, on Flickr

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This now makes the area look like a nice small food court area.

[LikeHamilton]

Construction on the new Mohawk College school and hanger to the west of KF Aerospace has started.

[Dr Awesomesauce]

Great news!

[LikeHamilton]

Updated list of companies looking.

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[LikeHamilton]

Sunwing Airlines has made this announcement:

Sunwing partners with Swoop to offer customers even more travel options this winter

Canadians looking for a tropical escape that’s easily accessible from their local airport have even more options to choose from this coming winter thanks to a new agreement between leading tour operator, Sunwing, and ultra-low-cost airline, Swoop.

Sunseekers departing from Hamilton, London, Abbotsford, Edmonton and Winnipeg can now book vacation packages with the tour operator that include a Swoop flight.

All Sunwing vacation packages with Swoop flights include one complimentary item of checked luggage, round-trip airport to hotel transfers, assistance from Sunwing Experiences representatives throughout, the option to benefit from savings by pre-purchasing Sunwing Experiences excursions at the time of booking and more.

Vacationers departing from Hamilton can now select from both Sunwing’s and Swoop’s regular flight services to Cancun – giving them the choice of four different departure days each week (including both Saturday and Sunday). Vacationers from Edmonton will enjoy additional weekend departure options to reach Mazatlán and Puerto Vallarta. Finally, the addition of Swoop flight services from Winnipeg to Los Cabos has tripled the choice of departure days for customers travelling from the region, with new flights options departing Sundays and Wednesdays.

[SteelTown]

Excellent news!

[LikeHamilton]

Hamilton airport has 'full confidence' in Swoop, despite cancellations

Airport officials say every carrier has cancellations, and Swoop's just got undue attention

Samantha Craggs · CBC News · Posted: Sep 27, 2019

Hamilton airport officials say they still have "full confidence" in Swoop despite a rash of cancellations over the summer.

Cathie Puckering, president of the John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport, says Swoop flew 972 flights out of Hamilton in July and August. And the high-profile Swoop cancellations, which happened for reasons like bird strike and unscheduled maintenance, only accounted for 3.5 per cent of them.

At Toronto's Pearson airport, by comparison, there are about 24 cancellations a day, she said. The media, she said, has paid undue attention to the cancellations by Swoop, which has Hamilton airport as a home base.

"We'll always have confidence in Swoop as a partner," Puckering told CBC News. "They are providing a product in the market that Canada has long awaited. They are providing low fares in leisure service, and they're a subsidiary of Westjet."

Puckering talked about the Swoop image at an a city airport sub-committee meeting last week and tried to reassure city councillors. Some were worried the cancellations might hurt the image of the Hamilton airport, which has been trying to draw more passenger flights for years.

"I don't want Hamilton to be perceived as 'There we go again,'" said Lloyd Ferguson, Ward 12 (Ancaster) councillor.

Swoop, along with seasonal carriers like Sunwing and Air Transat, was a major factor in the airport having 725,630 passenger flights in 2018 compared to 333,368 just two years earlier.

The city has been pushing the airport to increase its passenger flights since 1996, when TradePort took over operation of the airport. The company pledged to host a million passengers a year by 2010. It did reach that level in 2003, when passenger totals reached 1,041,204. Flights have varied greatly since then though, falling to 332,378 in 2014.

Swoop cancelled 30 flights in the first 10 days of July this summer, and some customers paid out of pocket to salvage their travel plans.

Among them was Radek Romanowski, who got a cancellation notice the evening before his July 8 return flight from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to Hamilton. A second email that night informed him that he was rebooked to fly on July 15 — one week later.

That didn't work for the small business owner who needed to return home to Komoka, Ont., for work. But he couldn't call Swoop to complain. It was Sunday and the call centre was closed. He did send an email, but received no reply. He ended up having to use his wife's Aeroplan miles to get home.

"It's very, very bad business practice," said Romanowski. "No communication, no conversation, no answering, nothing."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamil...lton-1.5291717

[LikeHamilton]

The new "Detour YHM" Restaurant pre-security screening has opened.

From Detour Coffee Roasters Facebook page.

DETOUR YHM is the result of a partnership with the Hamilton International Airport to convert two shipping containers into airport cafes that showcase a collection of Made In Hamilton food brands. Offerings at these two units include Detour Coffee, craft beer from Collective Arts, and a delicious rotating food menu featuring bread and pastry from our sister brand, Dear Grain Bakery (Liquor license coming soon).⁠⠀

DETOUR YHM 01 by R L, on Flickr
DETOUR YHM 02 by R L, on Flickr
DETOUR YHM 03 by R L, on Flickr

[SteelTown]

Awesome, I have a flight on Sunday at YHM so I can't wait to try this out.

[Dr Awesomesauce]

Originally Posted by LikeHamilton

Hamilton airport has 'full confidence' in Swoop, despite cancellations

Airport officials say every carrier has cancellations, and Swoop's just got undue attention

Samantha Craggs · CBC News · Posted: Sep 27, 2019

Hamilton airport officials say they still have "full confidence" in Swoop despite a rash of cancellations over the summer.

Cathie Puckering, president of the John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport, says Swoop flew 972 flights out of Hamilton in July and August. And the high-profile Swoop cancellations, which happened for reasons like bird strike and unscheduled maintenance, only accounted for 3.5 per cent of them.

At Toronto's Pearson airport, by comparison, there are about 24 cancellations a day, she said. The media, she said, has paid undue attention to the cancellations by Swoop, which has Hamilton airport as a home base.

"We'll always have confidence in Swoop as a partner," Puckering told CBC News. "They are providing a product in the market that Canada has long awaited. They are providing low fares in leisure service, and they're a subsidiary of Westjet."

Puckering talked about the Swoop image at an a city airport sub-committee meeting last week and tried to reassure city councillors. Some were worried the cancellations might hurt the image of the Hamilton airport, which has been trying to draw more passenger flights for years.

"I don't want Hamilton to be perceived as 'There we go again,'" said Lloyd Ferguson, Ward 12 (Ancaster) councillor.

Swoop, along with seasonal carriers like Sunwing and Air Transat, was a major factor in the airport having 725,630 passenger flights in 2018 compared to 333,368 just two years earlier.

The city has been pushing the airport to increase its passenger flights since 1996, when TradePort took over operation of the airport. The company pledged to host a million passengers a year by 2010. It did reach that level in 2003, when passenger totals reached 1,041,204. Flights have varied greatly since then though, falling to 332,378 in 2014.

Swoop cancelled 30 flights in the first 10 days of July this summer, and some customers paid out of pocket to salvage their travel plans.

Among them was Radek Romanowski, who got a cancellation notice the evening before his July 8 return flight from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to Hamilton. A second email that night informed him that he was rebooked to fly on July 15 — one week later.

That didn't work for the small business owner who needed to return home to Komoka, Ont., for work. But he couldn't call Swoop to complain. It was Sunday and the call centre was closed. He did send an email, but received no reply. He ended up having to use his wife's Aeroplan miles to get home.

"It's very, very bad business practice," said Romanowski. "No communication, no conversation, no answering, nothing."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamil...lton-1.5291717

This makes me very nervous. I was planning on giving Swoop/YHM a try this winter but if there's any chance a flight will get cancelled leaving me stranded for several days, forget about it.