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.