Re: WestJet News and Discussion - 2024

In addition to what Acey said, unlike other parts of Atlantic Canada, I doubt many folks around Fredericton work in the oil patch. It’s primarily a government (both civilian and military) town with some tourism thrown in. It must frustrate the folks in YSJ to get about half the air service that YFC...

Re: Air Canada News and Discussion - 2024

Looks like the A320 series is hanging around at AC for much longer; AC is committing to a major avionics upgrade to the type, adding a HUD, and EEIS2 systems to make the cockpit similar to the upcoming A321LR's: https://aircraft.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2024-04-a-significant-a320-famil...

Re: Air Canada News and Discussion - 2024

Looks like the A320 series is hanging around at AC for much longer; AC is committing to a major avionics upgrade to the type, adding a HUD, and EEIS2 systems to make the cockpit similar to the upcoming A321LR's: https://aircraft.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2024-04-a-significant-a320-famil...

Re: Air Canada News and Discussion - 2024

Looks like the A320 series is hanging around at AC for much longer; AC is committing to a major avionics upgrade to the type, adding a HUD, and EEIS2 systems to make the cockpit similar to the upcoming A321LR's: https://aircraft.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2024-04-a-significant-a320-famil...

Re: WN147 nearly hits LGA tower

The reason why ILS4 at LGA must be handflown is because there are two roads that pass right by the runway, Runway Drive and Grand Central Parkway. When vehicles pass especially trucks, you get fluctuations in the ILS indications. When handflown, it is easy to continue flying on a steady course and ...

Re: WestJet News and Discussion - 2024

With Lynx now out of the way, WS are returning to YFC with the addition of twice weekly summer seasonal YYC-YFC service from 20JUN24 to 28OCT24. YYC-YFC 0915-1700 days 24 YFC-YYC 1750-2005 days 24 https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/westjet-provides-critical-air-access-to-new-brunswick-with-intro...

Re: WestJet News and Discussion - 2024

WS will not be introducing a new type, Airbus is sold out for 5 years maybe more and plus they’re having their own issues with PW. Qs still have 10 years of life in them at least…

Re: WestJet News and Discussion - 2024

Nice dream fleet. However, we also need to consider that Canada is a small market. Can the market handle a capacity increase like this? Many will quickly say yes, but I’m not so sure. It isn’t just Air Canada they are competing with. Adding more international destinations opens up competition with ...

Re: WestJet CARGO - Failure?

It has been reported here that it was actually a surprise - expectation that as a 737 derivative that the process would be smoother (I think they made them go through the full process?). Apparently the new-build 767Fs for Air Canada had similar issues? I understand that - but whose 'expectation' wa...

Re: WestJet CARGO - Failure?

I noticed that WestJet Cargo has very little flight activity lately: C-FAWJ - stored YHM since 07.02.24 C-FTWJ - last service 09.0./24 YYZ - HAV - YYZ C-GWJE - no flight activity in 2024 C-FJWS - last service 24.02.24 - YYC - YYZ Is WestJet CARGO a failure? The cargo market is tight at the moment, ...

Re: WestJet CARGO - Failure?

I noticed that WestJet Cargo has very little flight activity lately: C-FAWJ - stored YHM since 07.02.24 C-FTWJ - last service 09.0./24 YYZ - HAV - YYZ C-GWJE - no flight activity in 2024 C-FJWS - last service 24.02.24 - YYC - YYZ Is WestJet CARGO a failure? The cargo market is tight at the moment, ...

Re: Air Transat News and Discussion - 2024

TS report a $61M net loss for Q1 of 2023-24 (for the quarter ending 31JAN24). https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/transat-a-t-inc-reports-results-for-the-first-quarter-of-fiscal-2024-804757975.html "Transat's first-quarter results reflect sustained demand for leisure travel. Revenues grew 17...

Re: Air Transat A330 replacement

Oman Air as well, they are seeking to sell their two B787-8s. Oman Air - 2 -> available immediately?? Royal Brunei - 5 -> available only after second half of 2028, coinciding with the first B787-9 delivery Royal Jordanian - 7 -> available in 2025 onwards to 2030, coinciding with B787-9 delivery (tw...

Re: Air Transat A330 replacement

Transat has 11 332s and 2 333s. If I were them, I’d look to take used 788s as early customers upgrade to 789s…eg BRUNEI, RAM, RJ… Oman Air as well, they are seeking to sell their two B787-8s. Oman Air - 2 -> available immediately?? Royal Brunei - 5 -> available only after second half of 2028, coinc...

Re: WestJet News and Discussion - 2024

WestJet has 320 seats on their B787-9. By contrast, American has 285 (and a lot more premium seats) UA has either 252 or 257 depending on the configuration, and again a lot more premium seats. AC, their closest competitor, has 298 seats. A Delta A330-900NEO has 281 seats. When WestJet flew the B767...

Re: WestJet News and Discussion - 2024

Short for Transatlantic and Transpacific And unless WS decides to get more 787s I wouldn’t count on seeing anything from YVR in the next few years (but I guess never say never). The "When will WS decide to get more 787s" is the real question... I think they could easily use another 8-10 a...

Re: Canada Jetlines News and Discussion - 2024

cirrusdragoon wrote:

I wonder if it is TUI. Now that WG will not be doing the Europe crew deployments anymore , I can see Jetlines moving in.

Re: Boeing 787 Production / Deliveries - 2024

32Bit wrote:

Matt Cawby mentions that LN1106 is destined for Royal Air Maroc

http://paineairport.com/kpae400301.htm

Re: Lynx Fleet and Network - 2024 (Lynx to cease operations as of February 26)

Is there a breakdown of which lessor owns which aircraft somewhere in the affidavit? I assume that because of the diverse range of lessors, the frames may all find different homes around the world like the Flair NTU/Seized frames. Yes, page 30 and 31. 3 aircraft are BOCA, 3 are Wilmington Trust, 1 ...

Re: WestJet News and Discussion - 2024

What do people think the chances are that westjet will try and pickup the lynx max 8s, or at least the two that lynx owned. All 9 aircraft were listed as leased, which ones were owned?? To my understanding it was ghjk and fthf that aren’t leased. The CCAA affidavit clearly states 9 aircraft leased,...

Re: WestJet News and Discussion - 2024

EQplanes wrote:

What do people think the chances are that westjet will try and pickup the lynx max 8s, or at least the two that lynx owned.

Re: Flair Airlines Fleet and Network - 2024

To my surprise this evening, I noticed this ex. Flair 737MAX wearing an Ethiopian reg. I believe it was C-FLKJ https://scontent-ord5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/429818110_3605872006322505_5179574205104179677_n.jpg?stp=cp6_dst-jpg&_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=c42490&_nc_ohc=AxI0Bi-_b...

Re: Lynx Fleet and Network - 2024 (Lynx to cease operations as of February 26)

I heard from a buddy that 615 from YYC to LAX got scrubbed just as they were about to push. Guess at this point they won't commit any resources to flying out, especially if frames are already on home turf. Nobody is going to work for free. ATC providers, ground handlers, fuelers wont touch them wit...

Re: WestJet News and Discussion - 2024

The frame with the paint in the worst shape by far is 212. It's also the oldest in the fleet at 21 years old in July, so it's probably on the way out in pretty short order... but man. It's in rough shape. No other aircraft really looks that bad, honestly. Guess we'll have to see if some potentially...

Re: Lynx Fleet and Network - 2024

scbriml wrote:

LHAM wrote:

Looks like 40 737s MAX are searching for a new home.

They only have nine active MAX, with another close to delivery.

Re: WestJet News and Discussion - 2024

The frame with the paint in the worst shape by far is 212. It's also the oldest in the fleet at 21 years old in July, so it's probably on the way out in pretty short order... but man. It's in rough shape. No other aircraft really looks that bad, honestly. Guess we'll have to see if some potentially...

Re: WestJet News and Discussion - 2024

Appears C-FONK is now operating with a Westjet logo beneath the swoop logo, wonder if this a sign the swoop aircraft will be staying around in more or less there current state for an extended period of time. None are planned to be painted any time soon. Next groups of aircraft to be painted start g...

Re: WestJet News and Discussion - 2024

Appears C-FONK is now operating with a Westjet logo beneath the swoop logo, wonder if this a sign the swoop aircraft will be staying around in more or less there current state for an extended period of time. None are planned to be painted any time soon. Next groups of aircraft to be painted start g...

Re: Lynx Fleet and Network - 2024

Acey wrote:

Lynx is consistently flying their entire transborder operation at 50% LF on dirt cheap fares with their planes doing more soaking in the Calgary sun than flying and we're going to pretend on-board cookies would have saved them?

Re: Lynx Fleet and Network - 2024

Terrible for Canadian aviation, we need a ULCC to figure it out. But this is understandable. Proof, once again, that it does not work… No it is not proof in any way. This one airline did not work and others may work and many of us hope they make it. SWA worked and no one gave them any hope. Ha ha h...

Re: Lynx Fleet and Network - 2024

ddp wrote:

Terrible for Canadian aviation, we need a ULCC to figure it out. But this is understandable.

Re: WestJet News and Discussion - 2024

After the recent updates, I’ve got a less than ideal connection to DUB via YYC from YYJ. It’s 1h40 but the flights from YYJ to YYC are consistently 30 to 60 minutes late in the summertime. WS refused to move me to an earlier flight from YYJ without penalty. I may simply pay the change fee but wonde...

Re: WestJet News and Discussion - 2024

looks like YHZ is only 1x daily on Saturdays. YYC-YHZ is 2x daily on Saturdays. Mon/Wed/Fri are 4x, Tue/Thu/Sun are 3x, and Saturday is 2x. The missing frequencies vs S23 have effectively shifted to YEG-YHZ. Additionally, compared to S23, AC has exited YYC-YHZ. S24 seems to be a little bit more res...

Re: WestJet News and Discussion - 2024

hollywoodcory wrote:

YYC-DUB has also been reduced to 4x weekly, with the Sunday flight removed. Now only Fridays will require the use of all 7 Dreamliners.

Re: WestJet News and Discussion - 2024

I'd heard with this update IAD was actually going to be gone completely. Looks like they saved it at the 11th hour. The daily response by UA on that route is a killer, despite not great connection timing on the IAD end. The inability to offer YYC-YUL daily in peak season is rough, IMO. ICN still ar...

Re: WestJet News and Discussion - 2024

Do you folks think WestJet will follow other airline and move away from MAX 10 aircrafts and get 787s, saw the announcement that Thai has ordered 45 787-9. No. WS needs narrowbodies to replace 73G aircraft approaching end of life, even if MAX 10 never comes. They will just step down to 7M9 or 7M8 o...

Re: WestJet News and Discussion - 2024

“Publication of WestJet's full summer schedule will be completed over the coming week.” Kind of reads like “this announcement is to announce we may have further announcements. Or not. Here’s some things we’ve already announced.” Although announcing summer sked does generally need to be done, and I ...

Re: WestJet News and Discussion - 2024

Happy February. This could be the month where we see an early glance at the summer schedule and what new routes WS has in store. Last year, the new summer routes were announced Feb 13 with it being reported on here on Feb 11th. Last years main summer sched was announced Mar 5th with reports on here...

Re: WestJet News and Discussion - 2024

I could see WS using the Max-10 on YHZ - UK and YYZ - Northern UK routes in the summertime, aka the off season from CUN/MBJ/PVR/PUJ. In the past, WestJet was able to sell the seats for their European flights. They know what the market requires, and a dense seating configuration Max 10 fits right in...

Re: Air Canada News and Discussion - 2024

New 787-9 fin 861 will be delievered soon in standard livery, but seeing quite a few rumours online about 862 wearing a retro livery of some sort when it comes online. Fingers crossed. Rumor’s probably stem from the fake picture that was floating around a while ago. The next tail, fin 862, is a way...

Re: WestJet News and Discussion - 2024

The max 10s were originally planned as the Toronto to Calgary/Vancouver aircraft so as to not eat up space at the terminal with more frequencies the solution was bigger planes. Now with the pullback in the east and the usage of T3 being far from what WS had before peak, to me this makes the 7MX not...

Re: Confirmed: AF A350 tail strike at YYZ

In the video the landing seems perfectly normal and well within the touchdown zone. Tailstrike happend on the balked manoeuvre. Question is why did they balk the landing? Looking at the video, touchdown was at or just past the 2000 ft markers just before “W” taxiway, leaving 7000 ft or less of runw...

Re: Air Canada News and Discussion - 2024

As per Aeroroutes, AC will be operating its 285-seat A330s (W30, Y255) on YUL-ALG and YUL-LYS, as well as on YUL-BOG and YYZ-BOG (+ 1 wk to LAX). https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240115-acns24333 I see that AC currently has 2 of these A330s (C-GOFV and C-GZXD, which is currently parked at Marana acco...

Re: WestJet News and Discussion - 2024

Acey wrote:

Encore doesn't have enough pilots to fly the planes they already have.

Re: Japan Airlines A350 collides with aircraft at HND

Just saw a clip from another plane that was on C taxiway to 34R and was at intersection of C-3B or C-2 [90 degree entry to 34R] and JAL514 zoomed by before the collision, so it looked like the JCG Dash was fully on the runway. Do you have a link to that video? If it’s the same video I saw, the airc...

Re: News Story: Boeing Urges Inspection of MAX Jets for "Possible Loose Bolt"

Some more detail here which seems to assume that any issue would be detected in preflight checks. Sure there are those at Alaska still spooked by mention of bolt and nut errors in the tail. https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/boeing-urges-737-max-inspections-possible-loose-bolt-faa-2...

Re: WestJet News and Discussion - 2023

Really hoping they get free Wi-Fi on their 787 fleet, I think on long flight if there is no internet through WestJet Connect, as a passenger I would not be happy paying for my RBC WestJet Card. The Wifi on board can be accessed through Boingo with your RBC Credit card. Yes, I do that when I travel ...

Re: WestJet News and Discussion - 2023

DEMONHEAD wrote:

Really hoping they get free Wi-Fi on their 787 fleet, I think on long flight if there is no internet through WestJet Connect, as a passenger I would not be happy paying for my RBC WestJet Card.

Re: WestJet News and Discussion - 2023

Between the MAX grounding and then Covid it shouldn’t be a surprise that paint wasn’t a top priority…. Yeah it's just interesting that other airlines going through the same pandemic and with far larger MAX fleets than WS were able to paint over the same timeframe. Like who and really why does it ma...

Re: WestJet News and Discussion - 2023

Anyone know what westjets repaint plans are going into the new year ? At least 15 mainline slots for paint next year, roughy one every 3 weeks. Between the MAX grounding and then Covid it shouldn’t be a surprise that paint wasn’t a top priority…. I assume the 15 slots will be for the swoop aircraft...