Calgary International Airport - New Terminal, Runway, Control Tower

[alexle]

Random, but when I dropped off my sister at the airport yesterday I noticed that they've built a Shell gas station with a Tim Hortons where the old cell phone lot used to be. Not yet open I believe.

[JD]

So there would actually be a place to refuel your rental car before returning it? We're really moving up in the world!

[Inglewood Jack]

Originally Posted by JD

So there would actually be a place to refuel your rental car before returning it? We're really moving up in the world!

for $1.94 a liter

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by JD

So there would actually be a place to refuel your rental car before returning it? We're really moving up in the world!

In theory, but the pumps will all be taken by the taxi drivers who went inside to use the bathroom and otherwise are in no hurry.

[Bigtime]

WestJet announces year round for Tokyo-Narita service (3x weekly winter), and Paris goes daily over the winter to match London.

https://www.westjet.com/en-ca/news/2...ZtH-Gzl9F08uP1

[Ozy_Flame]

Fantatsic. The WestJet flight to Narita was pleasant and had decent food and beverages. It really felt like a more comfortable experience than when AC was flying, although it was quite a busy flight. Still, ANA is a great airline to fly if you get a chance to do YVR-Tokyo as well.

[Bigtime]

To be fair, AC was operating the 767-300 on that route at the time. I don't think it ever got to 787 service before being pulled.

[Lubicon]

Originally Posted by Bigtime

WestJet announces year round for Tokyo-Narita service (3x weekly winter), and Paris goes daily over the winter to match London.

https://www.westjet.com/en-ca/news/2...ZtH-Gzl9F08uP1

CDG going daily is pretty significant as it open up connections throughout Europe with Air France. I would have taken advantage of this at Easter but chose LH instead due to flight schedules.

[Cappy]

Originally Posted by Lubicon

CDG going daily is pretty significant as it open up connections throughout Europe with Air France. I would have taken advantage of this at Easter but chose LH instead due to flight schedules.

Yes, this exactly!

It's a pain flying to Europe when its not summer. This will add another option. Plus, a nice flight deal could turn into a great ski weekend in the Alps

[marsplasticeraser]

Originally Posted by Bigtime

WestJet announces year round for Tokyo-Narita service (3x weekly winter), and Paris goes daily over the winter to match London.

https://www.westjet.com/en-ca/news/2...ZtH-Gzl9F08uP1

this is so great.

We often travel in the Sept to March timeframe, and that meant Frankfurt, Amsterdam or London.

Now I'm hoping for a great deal in November or January.

[cmyden]

Originally Posted by marsplasticeraser

this is so great.

We often travel in the Sept to March timeframe, and that meant Frankfurt, Amsterdam or London.

Now I'm hoping for a great deal in November or January.

In the last few days there have been many of these newly loaded off-season flights to Paris (Oct '24 to March '25) available in the high $400s to low $500s roundtrip. But they've only been available when searching for 1 ticket at a time. List of remaining dates on the front page.

I'm fairly sure we'll see cheap ones to CDG at various points throughout the year. Even last year, when it wasn't daily, off-season flights to Paris were one of the most common cheap flights to Europe.

[Lubicon]

Originally Posted by Bigtime

WestJet announces year round for Tokyo-Narita service (3x weekly winter), and Paris goes daily over the winter to match London.

https://www.westjet.com/en-ca/news/2...ZtH-Gzl9F08uP1

Also looking through the press release there are specific mentions of updates for the 787 to sun destinations over the winter. They list every route specifically, not sure if those are the ones with changes or the ones the Dreamliner will fly. Only mentioning this because OGG is conspicuously absent from the press release.

[Table 5]

Originally Posted by marsplasticeraser

this is so great.

We often travel in the Sept to March timeframe, and that meant Frankfurt, Amsterdam or London.

Now I'm hoping for a great deal in November or January.

More direct Westjet Tokyo flights are great, but every time I look at flights, the Westjet option is significantly more expensive than the others (ie. AC connecting in Vancouver). So far it hasn't made the direct flight worth it.

[Bigtime]

Discover airlines is going to launch Munich-Calgary in 2025.

https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/24060...NaBcNMnrzLZic0

Starts April 25, 3x weekly and moves to 5 weekly from May 4.

A330-300 service.

[Lubicon]

Originally Posted by Bigtime

Discover airlines is going to launch Munich-Calgary in 2025.

https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/24060...NaBcNMnrzLZic0

Starts April 25, 3x weekly and moves to 5 weekly from May 4.

A330-300 service.

So with FRA 12x weekly this means we'll have Discover 3x daily on some days?
LH mainline on FRA daily would be a nice add, not sure if we'll ever see that.

[Bigtime]

Lufthansa A380 incoming...lol.

I miss seeing Lufty here, enjoyed their business class service a few times when they operated to Frankfurt.

It's also nice to see other carriers internationally adding service since WestJet is pretty much tapped out with the current 787 fleet.

[timun]

Originally Posted by Bigtime

Lufthansa A380 incoming...lol.

I watched one land at Dulles from the observation tower at the Air & Space Museum next door. Lots of 737s, A320s, Dash 8s, CRJs landed, with the odd 787, 777, A330, or whatever interspersed.

Then in comes this A380. Absolute monster of a plane. Hard to appreciate just how big they are unless & until you've seen one in person.

[fotze2]

So our flight is delayed a lot and it’s apparently due to the runway construction at YYC. Is this horse crap or a real reason that was not foreseeable.

[btimbit]

Originally Posted by fotze2

So our flight is delayed a lot and it’s apparently due to the runway construction at YYC. Is this horse crap or a real reason that was not foreseeable.

Ah, a bit of both. They are only operating one runway right now and I've seen lot of holds and whatnot during busy periods as they try to vector planes in, but on the other hand, there are a lot of very busy single runway airports out there

[Locke]

Originally Posted by fotze2

So our flight is delayed a lot and it’s apparently due to the runway construction at YYC. Is this horse crap or a real reason that was not foreseeable.

Maybe they've got the City of Calgary Roads Department all over it.

"We'll get to it! Eventually..."