Atlantic Canada airport thread

[magee_b]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

The original PAL route out of Bathurst was for workers going to Wabush. This route has been transferred to Moncton. I wouldn't hold my breath over a PAL return to Bathurst, unless they are thinking about a route to Halifax or Montreal. This could be possible.

ZBF-YUL seems to be loaded into their booking system starting August 3rd.
Tuesdays/Thursdays/Sundays
Dash 8-300

[theshark]

And Bathurst now shows up on the PAL map, great news for the region!

[J81]

Originally Posted by BlackYear

Had a couple of vacation days off this week, figured I'd hang around the airport on this windy misty rainy cold afternoon.

Transport Canada Surveillance Dash 8 (on their regular run)
Sunwing Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 (it came in from Mexico, not sure why)
Kaliffa Air Boeing-4HQF (came in for a lobster run)

Kinda of surprised to see over 20+ vehicles come in to watch the Kaliffa landing.

Kalitta!

The sunwing brought in temporary foreign workers from Mexico. Another flight arrived today.

[Smevo]

Originally Posted by magee_b

The PAL YHZ-YSJ/YFC schedule shows 5 days a week starting August 2nd, and the flight appears to stop at YSJ and continues onto YFC. Runs as PB1984 YHZ-YSJ-YFC-YSJ-YHZ with a 37 seat Dash8-100.

That's a lot of straight up/straight down. I feel a little motion sick just thinking about it...lol.

Glad to see the expansion of service though, including expanding into Sydney.

[BlackYear]

And another Sunwing arriving today at the Moncton airport which came in from Jamaica, joining her sister ship on the tarmac. This one must have been pretty full of temporary workers because there was 3 Maritime Buses with several other vehicles waiting out front.

[MonctonRad]

Originally Posted by BlackYear

And another Sunwing arriving today at the Moncton airport which came in from Jamaica, joining her sister ship on the tarmac. This one must have been pretty full of temporary workers because there was 3 Maritime Buses with several other vehicles waiting out front.

Temporary worker for sure.

There are only four Canadian airports open for international arrivals (Montreal, Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver).

Three other airports have been granted exemptions however to allow essential temporary foreign workers to access the country without having to deal with the "quarantine hotels" in the four main cities. These airports are Halifax, Moncton and Winnipeg.

I wonder what the quarantine and testing procedures for these temporary workers are?

[theshark]

Serge Cormier, MP of Acadie-bathurst announced that with the aid package to air canada, They will return to Bathurst this June. First time the airport will be served by two airlines!

[MonctonRad]

Good news!

Apparently most of the regional routes will be returning. Hopefully most people will have at least their first shot by then.

[OliverD]

Is there a list of the routes that are returning?

[DyAm00394]

Originally Posted by OliverD

Is there a list of the routes that are returning?

They are resuming service at 13 airports no later than June 1, 2021, including:

• Bathurst
• Comox
• Fredericton
• Gander
• Goose Bay
• Kamloops
• North Bay
• Penticton
• Prince Rupert
• Saint John
• Sandspit
• Sydney
• Yellowknife

Source: https://www.country94.ca/2021/04/13/...th-air-canada/

[OliverD]

Thanks!

[Freddypop]

Sunwing flights return....

https://www.sunwingtravelgroup.com/e...g15A_7n3nzf-Vc

[Fischbob]

More new routes from PAL. Fredericton to Deer Lake and St. John's for $179 starting May 31st:


Source

[Freddypop]

Porter returning to YFC on June 21. Assume other NB airports as well. So YFC will have Air Canada, Westjet, Porter and PAL offering regularly sked flights this summer

[BlackYear]

Busy night last night at the Moncton Airport.

C-130 Hercules taking off was a surprise.
Air Canada Express came in from Montreal.
Kalitta Air getting ready to leave for Anchorage AK with belly full of frozen lobsters.
CargoJet in the background was next to hit the runway to Montreal.

[theshark]

Well looks like the two airlines thing was short lived for Bathurst, PAL no longer shows it in its map or destinations, sucks but with the news of the eventual return of Air Canada, could see this coming.

[MonctonRad]

I was browsing around on the PAL site, and discovered that in addition to flights out of Moncton to Deer Lake, St. John's and Wabush, that flights to Ottawa will commence on August 2nd, and that PAL also intends to begin flights to Halifax six days per week as well.

This will give Moncton five destinations via PAL Airlines as of August. Not too bad.

PAL's expansion plans into the Maritimes seems pretty damned aggressive. All major Maritime cities are benefitting from this expansion.

[bidshader]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

PAL's expansion plans into the Maritimes seems pretty damned aggressive. All major Maritime cities are benefitting from this expansion.

Would be amazing if PAL signs a codeshare/partner agreement with Air Canada to be the regional carrier for these routes to AC frequent fliers can benefit. Would likely be a boost to demand for PAL.

[Bishop2047]

Originally Posted by bidshader

Would be amazing if PAL signs a codeshare/partner agreement with Air Canada to be the regional carrier for these routes to AC frequent fliers can benefit. Would likely be a boost to demand for PAL.

They do some code sharing with WestJet but must book through a travel agent.

[ghYHZ]

Is PAL......the new 'Eastern Provincial'

What's old is new again