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[Mike K.]

Wow!

[Jackerbie]

^ Makes up for the absence of British Airways' A380, which usually starts it's daily service in the spring. Most airlines are grounding their super jumbos. I heard Air France is going to retire their A380 fleet.

[exc911ence]

This guy's YouTube spotting channel is terrific if you're interested in the comings and goings at YVR:

 

https://www.youtube....h?v=vcd1J-9Oth8

[Jackerbie]

This guy's YouTube spotting channel is terrific if you're interested in the comings and goings at YVR:

 

https://www.youtube....h?v=vcd1J-9Oth8

 

I don't even need to click the link to know that's Eye Trapper! 

[LJ]

^ Re: YVR, there has been a noticeable decrease in air traffic, particularly the small planes. Heavies are still coming and going but most are carrying cargo on the passenger decks apparently. Notably, China Southern has moved an A380 onto their route once a week.

The passenger decks are not weight rated for much cargo and have no cargo hatches so you would have to hand bomb all the cargo.

The cost of conversion to cargo is pretty expensive and time consuming so most airlines are just loading their cargo decks.

[Jackerbie]

The passenger decks are not weight rated for much cargo and have no cargo hatches so you would have to hand bomb all the cargo.

The cost of conversion to cargo is pretty expensive and time consuming so most airlines are just loading their cargo decks.

 

I'm just parroting the chatter I hear. I do know that Air Canada was talking about removing the seats from a handful of their B777's back in April.

[Missed Approach]

AC 8081 Dash Q400 tointe is canceled, replaced by AC249, showing as a A319 - Assuming a Mainline A319

And then RON, leaving in the morning as AC250.

I assume the load exceed 70 some passengers or needed to extra seats for spacing. 

Heads up spotters....

[vortoozo]

It's possible, as AC is only selling 41 seats on the Q400 in order to keep the adjacent seat free.

[shoeflack]

The newly released Air Canada partial summer schedule has continuation of suspension of Calgary service through to the end of July, with Toronto service running 4x weekly beginning in July. Summer Montreal service seems unlikely at this point unless it comes online in August.

 

This is the foreseeable future for AC at YYJ:

• May: YVR 2x daily
• June: YVR 3x daily
• July: YVR 4x daily, YYZ 4x weekly

Edited by shoeflack, 22 May 2020 - 01:58 PM.

[shoeflack]

In other news, YYJ released their April numbers...and...ooof...

 

4,261 total passengers, down 97.3% from April 2019. To put that in perspective, that is roughly the equivalent of a single day of traffic in January 2020.

[Missed Approach]

In other news, YYJ released their April numbers...and...ooof...

 

4,261 total passengers, down 97.3% from April 2019. To put that in perspective, that is roughly the equivalent of a single day of traffic in January 2020.

YLW normally has its monthly numbers out by the 10th-12th day of the month and so far hasn't shown it's cards for April.

[Missed Approach]

YLW normally has its monthly numbers out by the 10th-12th day of the month and so far hasn't shown it's cards for April.

YLW finally posted their numbers on Monday, in the boat with YYJ but ahead at 5,706 pax for April 2020.

[Mike K.]

Swoop is out at YYJ before it even entered into service. The airline had planned to fly to Winnipeg this summer.

[Mike K.]

The British Columbia Aviation Museum at the Victoria International Airport will re-open on Saturday, July 4th.

The museum, and its gift shop, will open 11AM through 3PM on Saturdays and Sundays starting the weekend of the 4th.

[Mike K.]

May figures are in, and it's another doozy.

 

Total volume fell 96.1% to 6,635 passengers from 169,825 last year. All passengers were domestic as far as flights into/out of YYJ were concerned.

[Mike K.]

MIAMI, FL, June 23, 2020 – Global Crossing Airlines Inc. (JET: TSX-V) (the “Company” or “GlobalX” formerly known as Canada Jetlines Ltd.) is pleased to announce that it has closed the business combination of Global Crossing Airlines, Inc. (“Global USA”) and the Company (the “Transaction”), including the completion of a US$1,543,600 million financing. Trading of the Company’s common shares will resume at the opening on June 25, 2020 under the ticker symbol “JET” on the TSX Venture Exchange.

Closing of Business Combination Transaction

The Company has closed the previously announced Transaction. On the closing of the Transaction, the Company changed its name to Global Crossing Airlines Inc. and consolidated its issued and outstanding common and variable voting shares (each a “Share”) on the basis of one post-consolidation Share for every ten pre-consolidation shares. Global USA is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. The common shares of the Company will commence trading on the TSX Venture Exchange as a Tier 2 industrial issuer under the symbol “JET” on June 25, 2020.

Prior to the closing of the Transaction, the Company issued 415,150 Shares (post-consolidation) to settle outstanding debt of approximately US$103,787.50 due to certain creditors through the issuance of approximately 415,150 Shares (post-Consolidation) at a deemed price of US$0.25 per Share and a further 48,809 Shares to settle Cdn$129,344.91 in debt at a deemed price of Cdn$2.65 per Share. The Company has also issued a total of 1,237,000 stock options and 342,000 restricted share units to directors, officers, employees and consultants, with the stock options exercisable at US$0.25 for a five-year period.

After giving effect to the Transaction and the Offering (defined below), there will be 27,306,200 Shares of the Company issued and outstanding (calculated on a non-diluted basis).

[shoeflack]

VW’s pond hopper airline has a better shot of getting off the ground than Jetlines.

Edited by shoeflack, 23 June 2020 - 10:52 AM.

[Jackerbie]

^ Re: YVR, there has been a noticeable decrease in air traffic, particularly the small planes. Heavies are still coming and going but most are carrying cargo on the passenger decks apparently. Notably, China Southern has moved an A380 onto their route once a week.

 

Another notable YVR visitor due to restrictions imposed by the US and EU: Air Tahiti Nui is flying a Dreamliner between French Polynesia and Paris with a refueling stop in Vancouver. The route previously connected through LAX. This is now technically the longest direct domestic flight in the world.

[Victoria Watcher]

helicopter lands at beach.  locals go bananas.

 

 

 

 

A helicopter that landed on a popular Tofino beach has sparked an investigation by Transport Canada.

 

https://www.vicnews....n-tofino-beach/

 

 

“We were really confused. I couldnt imagine landing on the beach like that for fun could be legal,” L’Homme said. “It could have injured someone without a security parameter. Cox Bay can be packed with people on a Sunday afternoon like that.”

 

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A Transport Canada spokesperson told the Westerly that numerous complaints were received about the incident and an investigation is underway.

 

___________

 

“A helicopter can land on a beach if it does not create a hazard. In this case, the number of people on the beach may have made it hazardous for the helicopter to land,” Pebernat said.

 

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The District of Tofino’s manager of protective services Brent Baker said he was at Chesterman Beach and saw the helicopter take off.

 

Baker said he began collecting photos from bystanders, including some that show the helicopter’s identification numbers, and sent those photos to the RCMP.

 

He added that helicopters and small planes occasionally land on the region’s more remote beaches, but he was surprised to see an aircraft land on such a popular beach within the municipality and believes it presented a danger to the public.

 

“When you have an approved landing zone, there are signs to warn the public about the possible safety hazards, warning you about debris that may fly up and all those sorts of things. When you land in a populated area where people on the beach are running to get away from it, you’re not giving people that opportunity to be as safe as possible,” Baker said.

 

“If it turns out that it’s legal, then that’s disappointing to me. I think people deserve the opportunity to be safe and not feel as though they’re going to be landed on, or have debris fly up and affect them in any way.”

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 23 June 2020 - 03:06 PM.

[Victoria Watcher]

Canada’s second largest airline announced Wednesday that it would be permanently eliminating 3,333 positions as the business struggles with the “devastating force” of the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

According to a spokesperson for WestJet, 55 of these permanent layoffs are positions at Victoria International Airport.

 

The layoffs come as part of a list of “organizational changes” within the Calgary-based airline, that include consolidating call centre activity in Alberta, contracting out airport operations in all domestic airports outside of Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Toronto, and restructuring office and management staff.

 

https://www.victoria...uring-covid-19/

 

WestJet, which went private after Toronto-based Onex Corp. bought the publicly traded company, had employed 14,000 workers just before the pandemic struck in March, but now has a payroll of only 4,500.

 

https://calgary.ctvn...-plan-1.4998332

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 24 June 2020 - 06:30 PM.