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Old 06-03-2014, 07:12 AM   #530
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Originally Posted by Flabbibulin View Post
Bloody hell! I've been worried about this happening and had a suspicion as soon as I saw the thread bumped. I'm on the July 20th flight and was looking forward to it! The 767s they have been using for the YYC-heathrow run are practically falling apart. Would have picked the 777-300 with AC had I known....
Funny enough the BA 767 went mechanical here last night.

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Originally Posted by Joborule View Post
With the new runway, it adds capacity to the airfield system, and from what I know, the 2004 master plan has accounted for this and the full build out of the terminal to accompany +35 million passengers per annum.

My question is this, will the parallel runways accommodate the flight traffic that would be beyond +35M passengers? (As well freight) Or would it reach capacity limits, where it would be practical to build another parallel runway to relieve pressure?
Addick is pretty much bang on, if YYC does ever get that busy you'd see flights operated with larger aircraft. London Heathrow only operates with two parallel runways and pushes through 72 million passengers a year. Lots of large aircraft making up the traffic there.
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