10 days ago marked the world's first 'round-the-world flights by the US Air Force. Prince Rupert was the first stop on the 175 day journey. Only 2 of the 4 Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) floatplanes completed the journey. The aircraft named Seattle, was damaged coming into Prince Rupert. While it was ...
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Ops on a BEH X6.
10 days ago marked the 100th anniversary of the start of the world's first 'round-the-world flights by the US Air Force. Prince Rupert was the first stop on the 175 day journey. Only 2 of the 4 Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) floatplanes completed the journey. The aircraft named Seattle, was damaged com...
Jump to postGTAA plan a Person modernization program, including terminal and airfield improvements called LIFT: https://www.wingsmagazine.com/gtaa-decade-investment/?custnum=1126895553&title=Wings%20News:%20Boeing%20rebukes%20787%20whistleblower,%20major%20Pearson%20investment,%20Airbus%20Canada%20union%20d...
Jump to postAC for one month in June-July are wet leasing an Omni 767 for a daily YYZ-SFO: https://simpleflying.com/air-canada-boeing-767-usa-plans/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=Echobox-SF&utm_medium=Social-Distribution&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR26GBc6FOaxORtHyQaAEPN8ad9nWq_28X7zyqLvM_TIq...
Jump to postHere's another niche route that's starting: AA are adding seasonal from 10AUG24-02NOV24 Saturday service from YQB to CLT. https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/new-route-between-quebec-city-and-charlotte-north-carolina-quebec-city-more-connected-to-the-american-tourism-market-than-ever--889221046.h...
Jump to postWS Encore pilots have reached a tentative agreement with the airline. No date set yet for a ratification vote. https://www.wingsmagazine.com/westjet-encore-pilot-deal/?custnum=1126895553&title=Wings%20News:%20Boeing%20rebukes%20787%20whistleblower,%20major%20Pearson%20investment,%20Airbus%20Cana...
Jump to postI see in 4N's online timetable that they're going to be offering a pair of one-off flights to/from YXY and YVR: https://booking.flyairnorth.com/servlet/FlightPeriodServlet?_gl=1*1valgll*_ga*MTQxMzM2ODQ0Mi4xNzEyNjEyMjk2*_ga_NDF6YJ7K4B*MTcxMjYxMjI5NS4xLjEuMTcxMjYxMjU0NC4zNC4wLjA.*_gcl_au*MTU0MjEzNjk3...
Jump to postI’d love to get a utilization of fleet update. I think it has to be trending in a positive direction with recent route launches and slower deliveries. But who knows. If I've got time, I'll give it another go for the E2 fleet. For the Dash 8 fleet, the only change has been the addition of the YHZ-YD...
Jump to postThe topic of the existence of Rouge is often raised. Yes, wages are similar and at the end of the month a Rouge 319 Captain makes about the same as a mainline 320 Captain. Flight Attendant remuneration too, is very similar (to a new-hire mainline F/A). So ….. why? You have to realize, Air Canada ar...
Jump to postJanuary 2024 Transborder Stats Loads are noticeably worse from December. There was some inconclusive data, specifically SFB-YOW sectors not being reported. Flair's best transborder route LF wise was YUL-FLL. SFB continues to be a disaster. But believe it or not, Lynx's MCO loads were substantially ...
Jump to postPD started their first route out of YUL to western Canada on Friday to YVR: https://canadianaviationnews.ca/porter- ... vancouver/
Jump to postPacific Coastal’s summer schedule includes two new routes: YYJ-YKA & YCD-YLW - both daily.
https://canadianaviationnews.ca/pacific ... r-07-2024/
And especially that the existing YVRAKL are never full. The one I flew with a few weeks ago, was only half full. I got 3 seats for myself. No point in adding a Yyz-Akl. How is it possible to equate one single flight to "never full"? If that were the case, why would AC fly the route, a rou...
Jump to postSome PD transborder numbers even though they still aren't reporting stats to the US DoT. At MCO for their YOW + YYZ loads, if there was a 100% completion factor : - In January they had a 79.8% seat factor: https://www.orlandoairports.net/site/uploads/paxs202401-R1.pdf - In February they had a 91.5% ...
Jump to postInteresting article in the Ottawa Business Journal interview with PD's CEO about likely route expansion at YOW over the next 2 years. Deluce indicates LAS, LAX, SFO, west coast of Florida (TPA, RSW probably), Caribbean and "other destinations" are targeted for happening soon. I'd hazard a ...
Jump to postWith 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...
Jump to postIt's off-topic for a Spirit/ACY base thread, but let me offer this (with indulgence from the Mods) to help you understand how U.S. ULCCs pick their airports: Airports CAN'T give long-term discounts on fees to carriers. They have to make facilities available to carriers on equal-access terms. That's...
Jump to postWith 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-introd...
Jump to postNolinor are raising 737 captain salaries to between $175K and $250K: https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/n ... 58121.html
Jump to postBWI or EWR? European ULCCs would pull out immediately unless they can get heavy discounts, they're way too big and therefor too expensive. ACY offers a better (cheaper) alternative, let's go there. It's off-topic for a Spirit/ACY base thread, but let me offer this (with indulgence from the Mods) to...
Jump to postI see in 4N's online timetable that they're going to be offering a pair of one-off flights to/from YXY and YVR: https://booking.flyairnorth.com/servlet/FlightPeriodServlet?_gl=1*1valgll*_ga*MTQxMzM2ODQ0Mi4xNzEyNjEyMjk2*_ga_NDF6YJ7K4B*MTcxMjYxMjI5NS4xLjEuMTcxMjYxMjU0NC4zNC4wLjA.*_gcl_au*MTU0MjEzNjk3...
Jump to postHere's YLW's pax stats for Q1 of 2024 vs 2023:
Month / 2023 / 2024 / % Change vs Prior Year
Jan: 167,687 / 175,238 / +4.5%
Feb: 165,653 / 176,300 / +6.4%
Mar: 179,122 / 184,722 / +3.1%
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YTD: 512,462 / 536,260 / +4.6%
I see in 4N's online timetable that they're going to be offering a pair of one-off flights to/from YXY and YVR: https://booking.flyairnorth.com/servlet/FlightPeriodServlet?_gl=1*1valgll*_ga*MTQxMzM2ODQ0Mi4xNzEyNjEyMjk2*_ga_NDF6YJ7K4B*MTcxMjYxMjI5NS4xLjEuMTcxMjYxMjU0NC4zNC4wLjA.*_gcl_au*MTU0MjEzNjk3N...
Jump to postThe WAA is actively headhunting potential flights to Europe, so I think London or other European destination are more than simply mere 'pipedreams' for us. It is a pipe-dream for WS to be the airline operating those flights to Europe, especially without any additional 787s. Considering they allocat...
Jump to postWestJet boosting YWG service with reintroduction of service to YUL (year-round), seasonal service to BNA and increased service to YOW. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/westjet-winnipeg-airport-1.7166692 Very happy see WS continue to build up YWG as a regional hub. Now to get YHZ to year roun...
Jump to postCould the current plans to upgrade St-Hubert's CYHU airport to a National hub for Porter and potentially other carriers offload the pressure on YUL ? A lot of the traffic issues are the mid-afternoon rush for pax heading out on the evening TATL bank. Porter moving to St Hubert will help a little, b...
Jump to postThe XLR taking over the smaller French cities will do wonders for the airline- they are always half empty and freeing the 330s will free the 787s for longer flying making everything more efficient flying all around That's a pretty bold statement about 'always half empty'. Not sure how AC could poss...
Jump to postThose were interesting days at YQG (Vistajet) -- it was the last time (I can recall) where the incumbents (AC and CP at the time) responded aggressively on pricing. My late wife (gf at the time) was living in Ottawa and I flew on the matched fares on AC several times to visit her...never had to set...
Jump to postAC launch YVR-SIN today: https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/a ... 56089.html
Jump to postThe tiny Sandspit Airport on Haida Gwaii is the first airport in Canada to be renamed to its Indigenous name: K’il Kun Xidgwangs Daanaay
https://vancouversun.com/news/local-new ... gs-daanaay
NASA's DC-8 N817NA just crossed the Pacific, and is now planned for an Anchorage - Palmdale flight later today. Rumored to be retired in April, how many other flights are left in this old awesome bird? Any info on a possible donation to a museum? I asume this would be the last time a first generati...
Jump to postNot sure if anyone else noticed this, but it doesn’t seem like Porter Basic fares are bookable anymore. For several random dates on YYZ-YEG, they all show solid up. I wonder if they are making the switch away from basic fares? Might just be on that specific route for competitive reasons. I did a ra...
Jump to postWith all due respect, some of the airlines you mentioned have been gone for a long long time..... 23 years ago Canada 3000 23 years ago Roots Air (Air Canada deal shuttered it) 19 years ago JetsGo 16 years ago Zoom 14 years ago Skyservice Let us not forget about Canjet and Harmony Airways on that l...
Jump to postWhen the 737-400F is available, that’ll usually do five a week. At the minute it’s in heavy (YEG), so 3H are running a few freighters a week instead using -200s or -300s. 5T5464 is the regular freighter flight. YFB-YVP-YFB has been twice weekly on the ATR for a while now (Monday and Friday, timed t...
Jump to postNASA's DC-8 N817NA just crossed the Pacific, and is now planned for an Anchorage - Palmdale flight later today. Rumored to be retired in April, how many other flights are left in this old awesome bird? Any info on a possible donation to a museum? I asume this would be the last time a first generati...
Jump to postLooks like F8 have quietly added YXU-YVR 2x weekly and increased YYC-YXU to 5x weekly. Maybe this happened a while ago but I didn’t see it.
Makes complete sense given the extreme lack of domestic capacity at YXU since the pandemic.
Canadian North’s latest 737-700 C-FHNF (tail 706) entered service last night, operating a quick trip from YEG to Fort McKay and back. This brings the active 737-700 fleet up to six, mostly operating industrial charter work from Alberta, with a solitary aircraft based at YUL for the YVP route. 737-3...
Jump to postThanks for this. Where the heck is the parking supposed to located? Doesn't seem like there's alot of room between the terminal and the road to build a parking lot. In the artist renderings from last year, It looks like there will be linear room for about 250 parking spaces along the length of the ...
Jump to postPorter's YHU terminal progress. Pic taken March 27th https://forum.agoramtl.com/t/nouvelle-aerogare-aeroport-metropolitain-de-montreal-aeroport-de-saint-hubert/6339/65?u=yul Thanks for this. Where the heck is the parking supposed to located? Doesn't seem like there's alot of room between the termin...
Jump to postCanadian North’s latest 737-700 C-FHNF (tail 706) entered service last night, operating a quick trip from YEG to Fort McKay and back. This brings the active 737-700 fleet up to six, mostly operating industrial charter work from Alberta, with a solitary aircraft based at YUL for the YVP route. 737-3...
Jump to postMore pics here: https://avherald.com/h?article=516d7275&opt=0
It’s pretty miraculous there was no fire and only 1 of the 7 occupants were injured.
Despite the headline, unfortunately this one isn’t an April Fools joke.
With all due respect, some of the airlines you mentioned have been gone for a long long time..... 23 years ago Canada 3000 23 years ago Roots Air (Air Canada deal shuttered it) 19 years ago JetsGo 16 years ago Zoom 14 years ago Skyservice This is probably a really brain-off-Saturday-afternoon style...
Jump to postUnless the gross on that day they came back was 4x a normal average day, i.e. all three days they were down plus a normal day, then there's nothing to brag about and they lost sales to other airlines who had functioning websites at the time people tried to book. Bragging about making people wait th...
Jump to postThey started YHZ-BDA in the 1960s using Vanguards. It connected with Vanguards that flew YYZ-BDA-ANU-BGI-POS and YUL-BDA-ANU-BGI-POS It was a real chiropractic exercise vibrating down to the Caribbean on Vickers’ finest. Since the paper timetables era ended in 2001, do you remember when it was disc...
Jump to postBermudair will be starting weekly service to Halifax beginning in May and will also be serving Toronto. https://bernews.com/2024/03/bermudair-launches-flights-canada/ It’s been quite a while since there was a direct BDA-YHZ flight. Air Canada previously flew it with an A320 I think though I can’t r...
Jump to post2023 Result Highlights - 2022 Revenue: $3.2M - 2023 Revenue: $37.2M (+1018%) - 2022 Operating Loss: $12.5M - 2023 Operating Loss: $8.8M - 2022 Net Loss: $13.4M - 2023 Net Loss: $11.5M - Charter flying is a large component of Jetlines' revenue stream. - In Q3, Jetlines flew 1445 charter hours oppose...
Jump to postInteresting PD article in Wings: https://www.wingsmagazine.com/party-at-mr-porters-house/?oly_enc_id=5001D3490978J5J Highlights: -YHU will see both jets and turboprops (no surprise there - at the very least to YTZ); -No DH4s at YYZ for the foreseeable future and definitely none in 2024, but they pla...
Jump to postHere's an article about Earlton Airport serving Temiskaming Shores in Northern Ontario: https://www.wingsmagazine.com/earlton-airport-growth/?custnum=1126895553&title=Wings%20News:%20Boeing%20CEO%20exit,%20Boom%20demonstrator%20first%20flight,%20party%20at%20Mr.%20Porter?s%20House&utm_source...
Jump to postAgree ... what is even crazier is 2 carriers competing on the Bangor, Maine to MCO and TPA areas ... Bangor has a population of just 31,000 residents and Allegiant already flies those routes and has for a time .. BGR is similar to PBG in that it captures a lot of Canadian travelers. If you take a w...
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