JerseyFlyer wrote:
Looks like AC is ending YUL-LYS in April? Temporarily for the summer. Interesting… Why would AC cancel that route for the summer season? It was planned for 5x/week (333). Wouldn’t the demand be even greater in the summer? Anecdotally, it was one of the easiest points J bookings last summer, when mo...
Jump to postAC still operates some A319 aircraft. Air Canada mainline, Air Canada rouge and Air Canada Jetz. Mainline and rouge aircraft are configured with J/Y cabins while Jetz is an all J aircraft. Can you please quote some regs here? To me zero mainline 319 is in service. Though appearing here and there in...
Jump to postNot that I'm sorry to see one of the high density planes to go, but they returned a 14 years old aircraft? May seem that AC does not believe in quick post-pandemic recovery. All of AC's wide bodies are high density, so not sure what you mean. More Y seats in the low J birds (he had it backwards her...
Jump to postWildcatYXU wrote:Not that I'm sorry to see one of the high density planes to go, but they returned a 14 years old aircraft? May seem that AC does not believe in quick post-pandemic recovery.
I am suprised AC isn't taking the chance to launch to SIN as a seasonal service now that Canada and Singapore are quarantine free travel corridors and SQ launched a flight this season. AC has shown it is willing to launch new routes even in a pandemic if there is demand. They'd have to be approved ...
Jump to postI am suprised AC isn't taking the chance to launch to SIN as a seasonal service now that Canada and Singapore are quarantine free travel corridors and SQ launched a flight this season. AC has shown it is willing to launch new routes even in a pandemic if there is demand. They'd have to be approved ...
Jump to postramprat320 wrote:Canadian adults are forecast to all (all that want it) have their “first” dose by end of July. The last second doses will be 2-4 months after that.
Canada will be done vaccinating adults by mid July. That means things should improve by the early fall.
Jump to postAside from the cancellations they announced earlier this week, a few long haul routes appear to have been cancelled for the entire S21 season including: YYC-NRT YVR-KIX YYZ-OPO YYZ-OTP YYZ-LIM YYZ-PRG YYZ-ZAG YYZ-WAW YUL-OTP Probably a few more I've missed. S21 as in spring or Summer? Well, my Sept...
Jump to postIt keeps getting better and better, the USA will require a negative Coronavirus (COVID-19) PCR test result for all international arriving passengers effective January 26th. https://thepointsguy.com/news/travelers-to-the-us-will-need-a-negative-covid-19-test/ At the very least the US government is g...
Jump to postThank you, I did not know about those two RAAF frames. As far as I am aware all RAF Voyagers are new builds though (with some leased to Airtanker without full military gear who in turn leases them out to passenger airlines- they were designed from the onset to be MRTTs though). The original bid fro...
Jump to postThe RAAF Operates 2 A330MRTT that are used airliners. https://web.archive.org/web/20160307165228/http://australianaviation.com.au/2015/07/raaf-to-acquire-two-additional-kc-30s/ The RAF Voyager is a mix of new and used airframes. Spain's 3 MRTTs will be used airliners: https://www.defensa.com/espana/...
Jump to postBesides, Initial operational capability is set for 2028/2029. Those TS A332s are pretty old already (average age 18 years), and don't really qualify. That was the original plan with a project starting in 2022/23 fiscal year, under normal conditions. They need the aircraft sooner than expected, and ...
Jump to postThis is being launched now because aircraft are cheap, and the fleet isn't going to last as long as predicted in a workable fashion. I could see airbus putting together a new/used fleet of 5-6 aircraft, so that we could get some planes relatively quickly, and others later down the line.
Jump to post787-8s perhaps? Relatively new, decent capacity, very long range, adaptable for both VIP and personnel transport. Not sure they can be adapted for air-to-air refuelling though. Beech If the Canadian Government needs tankers, it would either be the A330 MRTT or the KC-767. The MRTT is based on an A3...
Jump to postI haven’t followed it that closely, but I think both acquisitions were basically mismanaged, and what could have been basically off-the-shelf purchases became new derivative/military spec disasters. The most ironic part to me remains the Kestrel (US-101) frames that the US DoD did procure being sol...
Jump to postSome routes are just too small to be served by major airlines. That's reality.
Jump to postWell this thread was ruined. I think with Air Canada, like many things, people see what they want to see. What you can't argue with (well, some do, but they're objectively wrong) is Air Canada's overall success pre covid. The airline has completely turned itself around.
Jump to postWS isn’t letting a good crisis go to waste it seems. This kind of stuff can easily be brushed under the covid rug. That's not why they're doing that. Like everyone else, they're trying to survive. Without knowing the inside scoop, you can't make those assumptions. We're being taken care of far bett...
Jump to postThe Polaris is used when a large passenger capacity is needed. It will have to be replaced by something equally large later this decade.
Jump to postdrdisque wrote:rlwynn wrote:Would a CRJ have problems getting out of SNA?
A Jazz CRJ-705 could do it no problem.
IMO Typhoon was the best option other than the F-35, and with that out this is Lockheed's to lose. The only way the Super Hornet has a chance is in "advanced super hornet" guise with the conformal tanks, stealth pod and upgraded engines. I don't see that happening. That is what they're of...
Jump to postNo business would move revenue generating assets (newer 737-800’s), from the profitable side of the business (WS), to an allegedly unprofitable side of the business (Swoop). That is even more the case when the profitable side of the business can’t replace those assets with new airframes, (Max). Try...
Jump to postAccording to the document released today, Air Canada will increase the number of A330s to 17 this year:
https://www.aircanada.com/content/dam/a ... MDA_q4.pdf
Page 39
Winnipeg traffic was flat at approx 4.5M people:
https://www.waa.ca/media/news/article/7 ... ising-note
The official totals haven't yet been posted to the chart.
Oh yeah, with no free catering, no seat assignement, no luggage, tight seating... Really???? Intl on the 787 , you will notice that Economy does in fact offer a complimentary dining experience onboard. As with all north american carriers , transborder and domestic flying on the 737 entails you buy ...
Jump to postThis merger really seems to scare Westjet.
Jump to postMeanwhile, AC Rouge operated that route with an 81.7% l/f in the same period. AC operated with a system BELF of 84.7% in the quarter, with a fully allocated system cost of 16.43 cents generated over a 1,665 mile asl, (meaning the costs were even higher for the 1,384 mile YUL-FLL sector). You have n...
Jump to postAir Canada is also ending nonstop flights to EZE that they started this year. It will go back to being a direct one stop in SCL.
Jump to postI just noticed that Air Canada mainline is taking over operations of a number of Rouge routes , including almost all Rouge service from YVR. These are low yield holiday destinations.Is there something going on with the Rouge model? AC mainline is taking over HNL, OGG, KIX as well as KOA, LIH, CUN, ...
Jump to postYWG was up 2.94% in the first quarter according to the WAA:
http://www.waa.ca/media/news/article/77 ... -unaudited
No actual numbers yet. Manual calculations put it at 1,041,399 (1,011,656) + 2.94%
I’m betting AC is waiting to see how all this fleshes out before committing. Plus in case nobody noticed, they are loosing money in spite of record revenues. That's not really accurate. The company made money for several years in a row. They lost money in Q1 which seems to be normal for them other ...
Jump to postLAX772LR wrote:rnav2dlrey wrote:UA will never buy the A330.
While I'm aware of what you're trying to say... technically, that's false:
UA is currently the owner of several A330s in fact.
AC however, is the operator.
The Rouge widebody fleet is maxed out with 25 aircraft in the fleet. Only the narrowbody fleet can grow with the new pilot agreement, and growth there requires growth at mainline. Unless the growth is for Regional Replacement Aircraft. There is no limit to the aircraft for that program, and no grow...
Jump to postThe Rouge widebody fleet is maxed out with 25 aircraft in the fleet. Only the narrowbody fleet can grow with the new pilot agreement, and growth there requires growth at mainline.
Jump to posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/BeYfYu0jD00 ... =220924731
Poor quality picture
I never really get these kinds questions. Because there's profitable demand.
Jump to postThe census figures are actually less accurate than the Statscan population estimates because of under-counting and various other factors:
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableau ... 5a-eng.htm
Font is horrible, livery is poorly thought-through and cheap looking. Lots of market confusion over this airline, launched as New Leaf with lots of press and hype and quietly changed to Flair ( it's parent ) after just a few months, doesn't instil a lot of confidence IMO, especially in a market whe...
Jump to postairnorth wrote:I like that they painted the window frames black, on AC #2 it look sharper, and cleaner than on AC #1
AC have been looking at SIN, I think it could work 3x weekly with the 789. There is a fair amount of Singapore bound passengers out of YVR currently forced to connect through Hong Kong or Tokyo etc.. SQ served YVR as 1 stop through ICN until 2009 but have been interested in returning if they are gi...
Jump to postI believe the agreement limits each route to one airline per country... AC already flies YYZ-DXB... i may be wrong though. No limit on the route, just the 3 slots max per airline between the countries. EK and EY both operate 3 flights each. The bilateral allows for 6 flights per week on each side. ...
Jump to postLockheedBBD wrote:yyztpa wrote:I thought this is in addition to the 220?
It is in addition to the 220% tariff, for a total of 300% on the CSeries.
Again, tighter pitch will probably not mean less legroom. The new seats will be thinner and contoured, like those on the Rouge 767.
Jump to postThe A319s are scheduled to begin leaving the mainline fleet next year, as per the latest fleet plan. Given the new pilot agreement, it's likely some will go to Rouge. There will be 18 Max 8s added in the next year and a bit, and only 8 A319s removed. https://www.aircanada.com/content/dam/aircanada/p...
Jump to postThey're out of fleet at this point (these new announcements max out the use of all 25 767s). They're going to need a bigger Rouge wide body fleet to do more, and I don't see that being allowed in the updated pilot agreement (it specifically mentions narrow body flying). The Casablanca service is mo...
Jump to postThe partnership seems OK. LOT is shut out of the JV that AC has with UA and LH group. However, AC and LO have decent codeshares on either end. This summer AC will have a daily 767 on YYZ-WAW. LO will fly 9x weekly WAW-YYZ on the 787-8 (probable upgauge to one of the -9's coming online in the spring...
Jump to postThe partnership seems OK. LOT is shut out of the JV that AC has with UA and LH group. However, AC and LO have decent codeshares on either end. This summer AC will have a daily 767 on YYZ-WAW. LO will fly 9x weekly WAW-YYZ on the 787-8 (probable upgauge to one of the -9's coming online in the spring...
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