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Old 05-25-2020, 10:08 AM   #2361
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British Airways has scrubbed returning to YYC this year.
Do you have a reference for this? I have a credit with BA from a trip we didn't take in April so I want to keep up to date with the latest.
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Old 05-25-2020, 10:16 AM   #2362
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Do you have a reference for this? I have a credit with BA from a trip we didn't take in April so I want to keep up to date with the latest.
Yah I have a credit with them from May here too..
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Old 05-25-2020, 10:26 AM   #2363
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https://www.routesonline.com/news/38...45gmt-20may20/
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Old 05-25-2020, 11:27 AM   #2364
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Do you have a reference for this? I have a credit with BA from a trip we didn't take in April so I want to keep up to date with the latest.
I understand the credit situation for airlines (they don't have cash to refund everyone) but had not contemplated a situation like this. If the airline suspends service completely and either abandons the market entirely or perhaps temporarily but won't resume until after the credit expires how on earth is someone supposed to use that credit? It's one thing if you were ticket on one of our Canadian airlines but it's not like a BA credit is useful if you live in a market they no longer serve.
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Old 05-25-2020, 11:31 AM   #2365
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I understand the credit situation for airlines (they don't have cash to refund everyone) but had not contemplated a situation like this. If the airline suspends service completely and either abandons the market entirely or perhaps temporarily but won't resume until after the credit expires how on earth is someone supposed to use that credit? It's one thing if you were ticket on one of our Canadian airlines but it's not like a BA credit is useful if you live in a market they no longer serve.
I did some poking around and it looks like my credit is extended to April 2022, so that helps a bit. The other thing I can see them doing is allowing bookings from Calgary that go through Vancouver or Toronto to LHR. BA has an interline agreement with Westjet.
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Old 05-27-2020, 11:17 AM   #2366
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YYC reports a 95% drop in traffic for April: https://www.yyc.com/News/tabid/91/ar...-in-April.aspx
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Old 05-27-2020, 02:33 PM   #2367
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Not unexpected but to see the numbers...wow.

April 2019 had 1,414,975 passengers versus 67,700 in 2020.
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Old 05-27-2020, 03:00 PM   #2368
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my hometown airport has its traffic drop 97.7% comparing April 2019 and April 2020.

West Jet encode was down to 3 flights a week, and Air Canada suspended all operations.

In June Air Canada's daily flight to Toronto resumes with twice daily flights to Halifax coming back in July.

Hopefully this will help demonstrate the need for an aircraft that seats less than 78 to service some of the smaller markets to have reasonable frequency.
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Old 05-27-2020, 03:05 PM   #2369
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Hopefully this will help demonstrate the need for an aircraft that seats less than 78 to service some of the smaller markets to have reasonable frequency.
I like this concept, and I was hoping more areas across Canada would adopt that model.

Would love to see small craft servicing smaller areas, with faster in/out procedures (e.g. expedited on/off procedures on landing strips), discount airport fees, and electric/renewable powered planes.

Land usage for airports seems excessive and procedural. WOuld love to see a complete re-imagination of what is really required, including minimal facilities, smaller landing strips, "carry through" service including an Uber/taxi to your final destination as part of your ticket price, and better proximity to business centers.
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Old 05-27-2020, 03:19 PM   #2370
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my hometown airport has its traffic drop 97.7% comparing April 2019 and April 2020.

West Jet encode was down to 3 flights a week, and Air Canada suspended all operations.

In June Air Canada's daily flight to Toronto resumes with twice daily flights to Halifax coming back in July.

Hopefully this will help demonstrate the need for an aircraft that seats less than 78 to service some of the smaller markets to have reasonable frequency.
This would make sense for many Canadian communities. Unfortunately there really are no aircraft that suit this purpose that are not ancient.
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WestJet planning to start some US flights June 29th:

Atlanta 1x daily
LAX 1x daily
Vegas 2x weekly

Increasing on July 5 to:

Atlanta 1x daily
LAX 4x weekly
Vegas 4x weekly

https://www.westjet.com/en-ca/travel...ional-schedule
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Old 06-15-2020, 11:55 AM   #2372
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Old 06-23-2020, 07:14 AM   #2373
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May passenger stats are out, still ugly.

https://www.yyc.com/en-us/media/fact...tatistics.aspx

81,029 versus 1,460,073 in 2019. A 94.5% decrease.

Domestic -92.6% (78,416)
Transborder -99.0% (2,613)
International Null (zero passengers)
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Still ugly, no question. Glass half full says traffic up 20% from April though. Although that is not a high bar to achieve.
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Old 12-10-2020, 08:36 AM   #2375
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Some good action at YYC yesterday, the Cargolux retro livery 747 and Canadian Forces C-130's were around:

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Anyone know what the two planes were that just flew into YYC? Looked like government maybe?
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Anyone know what the two planes were that just flew into YYC? Looked like government maybe?
Two C130 Hercs from the RCAF.
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Two C130 Hercs from the RCAF.
Are they bringing in our new camping tents?
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Are they bringing in our new camping tents?
Vaccine dry run?
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Vaccine dry run?
I heard that that may be the case, was pretty cool to have them around this last week.

Edit: A Global report corrects that saying they are not here for Covid reasons.

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