Yeah I'm quoting myself, but it is interesting to note that since AC announced the cutting of their FRA flight we will now have 2 days a week next summer where there are 3 FRA flights.
I remember the years when AC had double daily LHR services. Not sure if we've ever had a 3x day destination overseas.
I hadn't realized the eurowings service was that frequent.
In the past I suspect we've had 3x to LHR when AC was double daily and BA had a flight.
Yup, Eurowings is going to operate 12x weekly summer 2024, then Condor with the twice weekly flight.
I don't think BA was operating YYC when AC was doing the 2x daily summer flights to LHR. Could be wrong though.
Speaking of Condor, sad I missed out on a bucket list flight which would have been Whitehorse to Frankfurt on a 767. Didn't realize this was their last summer doing it
Speaking of Condor, sad I missed out on a bucket list flight which would have been Whitehorse to Frankfurt on a 767. Didn't realize this was their last summer doing it
Frankfurt to Whitehorse existed? Lol.
I swear you can find a German tourist in every single nook and cranny of the globe. They sure are a well traveled people.
I swear you can find a German tourist in every single nook and cranny of the globe. They sure are a well traveled people.
Yeah, I remember being at the Whitehorse airport years ago and seeing German written on most of the signs and wondering wtf was going on haha. I think it's awesome
I hope the route comes back when they're done re-paving the main runway, although I bet the 767 will be long gone by then. A330 just isn't as cool
Yeah, I remember being at the Whitehorse airport years ago and seeing German written on most of the signs and wondering wtf was going on haha. I think it's awesome
I hope the route comes back when they're done re-paving the main runway, although I bet the 767 will be long gone by then. A330 just isn't as cool
Seems like the sort of thing that would be a shoo-in for the A321XLR, although it's maybe a few hundred miles too far. A330 is a lot of seats.
I swear you can find a German tourist in every single nook and cranny of the globe. They sure are a well traveled people.
It's wild. We rented from Frasierway RV up there, and most of their clients are German, half the staff was too. Germans are strangely obsessed with our first nations culture, so being up north is pretty fascinating to them.
All these additions to Europe still don't resolve one of the big issues that losing FRA on Air Canada presents and that is connectivity. Europe has become overrun with LCC's which makes connecting a huge nuisance at best and impossible at worst if you are coming from North America for example. Losing a mainline flight and their partners airlines on the other end to connect to is a big blow if you are travelling anywhere in Europe past the main port of entry. My son is going to university in Europe and I'm trying to find a flight back after he comes home from Christmas. Frankfurt (AC) and Amsterdam (KLM) were literally the only two options for a single connection and now FRA is gone. We're stuck with either double connection (and may as well go via YYZ and/or YUL which I generally try to avoid if at all possible) or an overnight/hotel before carrying through to the final destination. Which comes with checking in again, security again etc.
We've been spoiled in YYC with flights but it really does hurt to lose a mainline option even if it is replaced with an LCC.
I think I've only been on one of them once, and it was great. It's got the 2-4-2 seating the Dreamliner should have, before they stuffed it with 3-3-3.
I think I've only been on one of them once, and it was great. It's got the 2-4-2 seating the Dreamliner should have, before they stuffed it with 3-3-3.
I flew in the A343 a bunch of times when AC operated them, over the pond to FRA and when Lufthansa flew them into Calgary also. Love that 2-4-2 seating.
The best was/is watching them depart YYC on a super hot day in the summer, they ate up so much of the runway.
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Last night my arrival gate was one of those A01-A06 WestJet Encore gates. It has been a while since I got to walk through that sad little shed. I would've thought that with so much moving down to D and E, and C still seeing a lot of action, that there would be extra capacity in the proper A wing and B, and the temporary(?) A01-A06 gates would be redundant, or made to be a bit nicer.
Does anyone know what the deal is with those gates? I mean, I'm landing from Saskatoon and I don't expect a red carpet, but it feels pretty bush league down there.
