Copa has some extremely closely timed flights from PTY-PUJ, they operate between 6 and 7 dailies. CM177/110 arrive 7 minutes apart. Then 2 hours later CM241/375 arrive 3 minutes apart. Then 4 hours later CM352/748 arrive 10 minutes apart. As mentioned above, Copa feeds a ton of connecting traffic, a...
Jump to postWhatever happened to the infield terminal? Is it still there? It's still there. Sunwing is using it exclusively, at least during the winter months. I'm not sure if they will consolidate back into T3 during the summer when their fleet is much smaller. Just before Covid it was being used by Aer Lingu...
Jump to postHow come Transat was allowed wet leases this year while Sunwing was unable to do so? I believe the Sunwing issue was slightly different, can't remember but I think it was foreign pilots flying C- reg aircraft, or too many wet-lease aircraft vs their overall fleet size. Sunwing does have a few wet-l...
Jump to postAren't connections via LHR with BA or via MUC with LH possible? They are, but BA is always ridiculously priced and LH usually requires either an overnight or 8-10hrs layover arriving in KLX after 10pm. So far the best timed connections are AC/OS YYZ-VIE-KLX or AC/LX via YYZ-ZRH-KLX. Getting home al...
Jump to postLastly, since I brought up Kalamata...Jesus, the Southern Peloponnese is so underrated. Local tourism-related businesses criticized the government not including KLX in the concession agreement that Fraport signed on to. So, the airport remains in a poor state, and there's little marketing. They're ...
Jump to postSunwing has had a few of these catastrophic meltdowns in the past few years. They run a very tight schedule in the winter with very little ground time and almost no spares. When something goes wrong, it compounds to create huge rolling delays in the schedule. This winter has been especially tough f...
Jump to postBGI spotters heads up, Porter Airlines first few E195-E2's will be making tech-stops in BGI over the next few days on their delivery flights. The first one is already airborne: https://www.flightradar24.com/PD9901/2eaf6e3f
Jump to postSunwing has had a few of these catastrophic meltdowns in the past few years. They run a very tight schedule in the winter with very little ground time and almost no spares. When something goes wrong, it compounds to create huge rolling delays in the schedule. This winter has been especially tough fo...
Jump to postIt seems that Sky Cana has taken delivery of another 2 Airbus A320's wet-leased from Heston Airlines, LY-FJI & LY-HMD. This now brings the fleet to 9 aircraft, 4 A320's, 3 A321's and 2 A330's. Where do they plan on flying all of these aircraft? Their destinations remain the same as they were mon...
Jump to postI just booked a flight from Toronto to Athens in July, returning August, and both flights are operated by an A330-300, when choosing my seat it comes up as 2-4-2 configuration, which is TSD. It is the only A330 in the fleet in that configuration so it will be brought back to service. Interesting. E...
Jump to postI don't know if the A330-300s will return to the fleet in 2022? their sole A330-300 (C-GTSD) along with their sole 737-800 (C-GTQB) are probably not coming back and are just sitting around for their leases to run out I just booked a flight from Toronto to Athens in July, returning August, and both ...
Jump to postHow does the Club Class product sell, does the cabin pay for itself? In my experience those cabins are always full, especially on the longer routes like Athens and Rome. They only have 12 seats to sell, which isnt that hard. Even my winter flights to the Caribbean last year the Club cabins were ful...
Jump to postA US based airline planning to focus operations out of Downtown Toronto, with plans to add 800 aircraft in the coming decade??? These guys must be smoking some good stuff!
Jump to postWow must be bad snow wise for the Toronto airport to be closed. Rough day for everyone it seems. 50-60 inches of snow reported. That's well over a foot of snow Inches or centimeters. If that's really in inches, that would be a bit of an understatement, as that would be between 4-5 feet. That's most...
Jump to postI was there 3 weeks ago and I can confirm there has been no change. But I did notice that I was the only one actually hanging onto the fence for some departures. Everyone else seemed to stand on the beach, which wasn't the case in my previous 4 visits. I'm not sure if there was supposed to be enforc...
Jump to postThere is one airline that used to recently or maybe still does fly from MIA-Guantanamo If I remeber correctly IBC Airways had scheduled service to Guantanamo, although I'm pretty sure it was out of FLL. I remeber it being bookable on their website a few years back, 1 or 2 weekly service with the E1...
Jump to postAirlines are trying to hire in the contact centers, but the problem in finding good help other businesses are experiencing applies to airlines as well. Being a res agent is hard work; yes, it’s entry level and $15-17/hr to start - plus medical, dental, 401(k) with company match, paid vacation and f...
Jump to postFlight schedule is loaded and bookable now. Looks to be very sporadic, inaugural YKF-YOW flight is Saturday Feb 19th, followed by a Monday and Friday flight the following week. March looks daily with the exception of March 9 (Wed), 17-18 (Thu,Fri), 23 (Wed), 26 (Sat). Weekdays look to be morning and...
Jump to postSo it seems that Sunwing has decided to cancel some southern destinations during the next month or so, but is only offering credits to fully paid bookings. Several different customers were interviewed by Global News, and claim they were informed by Sunwing to re-book with other airlines but you wil...
Jump to postLooks like they've also added YUL-AMS starting May 5th, 2022. At peak Summer will run 3 weekly on Sundays, Mondays and Thursdays.
Jump to postI hear rumors of cancelations due to JAX Center shutdown. Any word as to why? And the impact on airlines? I know an Air Canada A330 from YYZ-FLL diverted into ATL because of this, circled twice just south of Charlotte then continued South before turning back North towards ATL. Had a friend on-board...
Jump to posthttps://www.flightradar24.com/FBU719/292fad6e Any idea why the French Bee is flying to YYZ? Interesting routing for sure! Searched the flight number and it looks to be a scheduled service, ORY-YYZ-PPT-YYZ-ORY. It is bookable on French Bee's website, a whopping 21hrs15min on board with a fuel stop i...
Jump to postI'm not sure if the government will amend this list to include YTZ, but as of right now, it is not approved to handle intl/transborder pax due to covid restrictions. Porter is supposed to resume US flights next week so I hope there is an amendment made soon. https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/do-rb/openpoe...
Jump to postTransat still has 1 737 in it's fleet, currently parked in YYZ. If not they also have a bunch of A321's sitting idle waiting for work.
Jump to postWhy is Canada taking so long to reopen? Justin Trudeau. You can add Doug Ford to that list for Ontario as well. We still can't eat inside restaurants and haven't been able to do so since November... Odd that Porter chose to restart the week schools are back in, there is usually a sharp drop off in ...
Jump to postYeah, the opening and closing of cargo doors isn't always as smooth as you would think, it can jar the whole airplane, especially if you're seated right under it. As for the F/A's response, given the recent up-tick in PAX incidents onboard aircraft in the US these days, I don't blame him for the sni...
Jump to postJust added Mexico City -city and San-Diego for winter 2021 - 2022 for air transat of course https://www.airtransat.com/fr-CA/mexique?search=flight&flightType=RT&pax=1-0-0-0 I don't see SAN loaded anywhere in the schedule, although I think they had previsouly annouced YUL-SAN before Covid. Y...
Jump to postHow many Canadians go to Miami-Dade ? Broward seems more their type of place. Unless these flights are bringing and taking home cruise passengers. Transat's cruise packages leave from FLL, they've been flying there for years, although they may offer cruises out of Miami this year. Personally, I try...
Jump to postInteresting, Transat will also fly YUL-FLL Daily starting just before the December holidays. YUL-RSW is also loaded in the schedule as well. Really beefing up their Florida service from YUL. YUL | 16:15 | MIA | 19:55 | Sunday (A321N), Tuesday Friday (A321) MIA | 21:25 | YUL | 00:45 | Sunday (A321N),...
Jump to postI truly believe that with the E-195's coming, that Porter will make YHM their new hub and ditch YZT, and are setting the wheels in motion with this lawsuit. YHM is way too far from the city and targets the exact opposite clientel that Porter has built a succesful business model on. I think the only...
Jump to postSo many are predicting that Air Transat will fail by itself. Is that because of Covid only? Was AT a going concern before the pandemic? Is Canada or Québec giving financial assistance to the airline? Transat was at best breaking even pre-COVID for many years. TS have shrunk their transatlantic foot...
Jump to post6325263 https://skycana.com/ Looks like there is a new start-up airline in the Dominican Republic. Not much information is out yet as to routes or when the planned start date is. They appear to be leasing an A321 from Avion Express with titles that say Puerto Plata. Odd to me as the airlines name, ...
Jump to postLooks like a shadowy figure is making a run at WG. It's currently 51% owned by the Hunters and 49% by TUI. I'm not sure that a Canadian travel player is in the market right now given the pressure they're putting on Ottawa for relief. In all likelihood it's a private equity or family office player. ...
Jump to postI take it you've already tried this in FS2020 with the default A320NEO?. If trying to compare to real life ops, you're likely not taking into account rejected takeoff speed in relation to how much runway you have remaining, which may be a problem. That is precisley why I asked on here. The aircraft...
Jump to postAA flies weight restricted A321s on LIH-LAX, so there's that. United did SNA-IAD with an A319 at one point Any idea if the SNA-IAD route had seats blocked off? Thats a 3600+km trip. If the A319 is able to do that then surley it would be able to do a 2400km trip from a slightly longer runway. Even t...
Jump to postI have flown an A320 from an 1830m Runway. 2400km or so would be tight, but may be feasible with a reduced payload. It’s would probably be a flap 3 takeoff. Landing on these short runways can be challenging as well, but it’s doable if you don’t float. A ‘trick’ that is sometimes used if the perform...
Jump to postHi all, sort of a shot in the dark here. Looking to confirm what I think is possible for some MSFS2020 flights. I'm looking to see if its possible for an A319 or A320 to operate a 2400-2600km sector departing from an 1803m long runway, at sea level, with no terrain in the vicinity and temps around 2...
Jump to postGeez, EYW must be bursting at the seems at this point. I know the county government has announced plans to build a modern terminal equipped with jet bridges and an enlarged apron, I just don't see wherthey are going to get the space. They have the ocean on the south and east sides, a residential ar...
Jump to postThey just don't want people to travel, period. Control. This is a knee jerk reaction. This is almost militant. At least replace the quarantine with the negative test this is ridiculous I agree, this is utterly ridiculous. They insist on having all these restrictions, making it virtually impossible ...
Jump to postI'm also curious who they're getting to fly down south right now. I don't doubt there are many out there, that are desperate for their week in the sun. However, for me personally, the 2 week quarantine afterwards would make it not worth it IMO. I guess if you're able to work from home, it's not as ...
Jump to postLooks like Westjet just annouced service to Bonaire. Saturday only starting February 6th, 2021 on a 737-700. Bit of a weird schedule, YYZ:10:15 - BON:16:13 Saturdays and returns BON:14:00 - YYZ:18:14 on Sundays. Should be a welcome layover for some of the crew looking to escape the cold without havi...
Jump to postHello all, I've listed a few of my 1:200 models for sale on ebay. I moved recently and don't have the space to display them. I would appreciate if you check them out. They are listed in CAD $ so for those of you in the USA you can probably save a few bucks purchasing from me. For sale I have: JC Win...
Jump to postA side bar to this topic: does anyone know why airlines on the YYZ-YUL route are now adding an extra 10 or 15 mins scheduled flight time? I found that for all airlines in 2021. Might have to do with the winter schedule. They factor in longer taxi/de-icing times during the winter so they can stay on...
Jump to postI don't understand why you would pay to just fly around for a bit and then land where you took off from? At that point, why don't you just book a regular flight and actually go somewhere. I'm not flying right now not because I'm scared of the flight itself, but from all the contact I would potentia...
Jump to postI've been through the early stages of the Nav-Canada hiring process about 5-6 years ago, only made it to the interview stage but ultimately wasn't selected for training. The whole process can take anywhere from 3-5 years and if at any point you fail those training exercises you are let go and have t...
Jump to postTransat and Sunwing have pretty subpar fleet utilization on these Western routes to the Caribbean due to the nature of how they operate the sun package flights. Because of the distance and flying time you can really only do 1 turn per day from Western Canada to down South and back. You could try to ...
Jump to postI just ran some quick numbers for the first few days of Transats operations resuming to figure out some load factors. This only includes Europe and South flights from July 23 to August 1st. There are a total of 65 flights being operated over these 9 days. Average for all 65 flights operated: YUL Avg...
Jump to postDomestic destinations will be Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto and Montreal. No word if YQB will get a domestic link to YUL or not but there will be no Europe flying from Western Canada this summer.
Jump to postLooks like they had a bit of an error fare when opening up the YYZ-PDL flights. Apparently some fares were going for as low as $137 CAD ($98 USD) round-trip. Looks like they've corrected it though as the fares are around $450-500 CAD now. Interesting adds, nice to see CUN get more European service a...
Jump to postI installed AS Bonaire today, but after the installation, I still only had the default airport. When Setup asked me which sim I was using, I clicked on P3D v3 because v4 wasn’t an option, and I don’t have v3 installed: https://imgur.com/a/limdbMX Then I selected my v4 directory: https://imgur.com/a...
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