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[lanforod]

^ does it go to SEATAC or to Lake Washington?

[Mike K.]

Lake Union. They'll connect you to LW or SEATAC, though.

[Victoria Watcher]

^ does it go to SEATAC or to Lake Washington?

 

The tricky part is landing at SeaTac with those (wheel-less) pontoons.

[vortoozo]

Lake Union. They'll connect you to LW or SEATAC, though.

 

Sadly, no more shuttle to SEA.

 

 

 

Shuttles between SEA and the Seaplane terminals are not expected to return.  

 

https://www.kenmorea...ou-fly/find-us/

[Mike K.]

Oh no! That’s too bad.

[vortoozo]

Oh no! That’s too bad.

 

Honestly, I don't know how much use it would have seen.

 

I have considered it in the past, but the uncertainty of weather / flight delays & limited flight schedules kept me away. Your Kenmore flight gets fogged out, no realistic alternative to catch your flight from SEA. Or coming back, if your flight into SEA gets delayed, Kenmore won't wait and you're likely staying overnight.

The one time where it made sense for me to fly out of Seattle I took the Clipper and stayed at an airport hotel. If Clipper is cancelled due to weather they make alternative arrangements to get you there - eg they charter a coach and take you via the Coho or BC Ferries. No similar arrangement on Kenmore.

[FogPub]

Sadly, no more shuttle to SEA.

 

 

https://www.kenmorea...ou-fly/find-us/

I'm not sure how close it passes to where Kenmore docks down there, or whether there's a convenient station, but the rapid-transit line runs to SeaTac now.  Fast and cheap if you can get to it from the Kenmore dock.

[lanforod]

^ I actually checked that. You do need to transfer via a bus.

[vortoozo]

How often are you really going to find a flight that's so much cheaper out of Seattle, that you can add $500 r/t for Kenmore and still end up ahead? And is that really worth your time? Plus the weather issue and limited schedule? 

[vortoozo]

The Kenmore flight is great if you are going to Seattle, or planning on spending some time there on part of a larger trip. But realistically I think it's mostly people coming to Victoria from Seattle.

[Victoria Watcher]

The Kenmore flight is great if you are going to Seattle, or planning on spending some time there on part of a larger trip. But realistically I think it's mostly people coming to Victoria from Seattle.

 

Agree, and a great time.

[Missed Approach]

Well stats for YYJ & YLW ( Kelowna ) have been posted awhile ago, yet YQB ( Quebec City ) hasn't for the year ending 2021.

 

YYJ posted just 673,748 enplaned passengers while YLW came in 200K more with 829,804.

 

A lot of those passengers are oil and gas destined workers.

 

YLW also has 5 more regular domestic and 1 more international destinations served non stop than YYJ. 

 

YBQ hasn't posted any numbers since 2020 but also include terminal and general aviation numbers, meaning FBO passengers enplanes. FBO is where biz and private aircraft arrived and depart from.  

 

So YYJ remains in 11th or slipping more each year towards 12th place in Canada 

[Kilo95]

Well stats for YYJ & YLW ( Kelowna ) have been posted awhile ago, yet YQB ( Quebec City ) hasn't for the year ending 2021.

 

YYJ posted just 673,748 enplaned passengers while YLW came in 200K more with 829,804.

 

A lot of those passengers are oil and gas destined workers.

 

YLW also has 5 more regular domestic and 1 more international destinations served non stop than YYJ. 

 

YBQ hasn't posted any numbers since 2020 but also include terminal and general aviation numbers, meaning FBO passengers enplanes. FBO is where biz and private aircraft arrived and depart from.  

 

So YYJ remains in 11th or slipping more each year towards 12th place in Canada 

 

I miss the days of the DL and UA connections into SEA and SFO The SFO connection was particularly useful, but I understand the economics of re-deploying the aircraft elsewhere. Not that it's onerous to connect in YVR given the USCBP Pre-Clearance facilities, but it was nice to have more options than just Air Canada, WestJet, or Alaska. 

 

I think for the foreseeable future we'll see the continued funnelling of flights into YVR (AC) and YYC (WS). It makes more sense for the airlines to draw people into their large hubs, at least with current passenger numbers. I don't see things rebounding significantly until the testing requirements are lifted on the Canadian side. Sure, it's one thing to get a test before your trip to the states or elsewhere... but there's still that lingering "what if I test positive on the way home?" that is holding some back from making cross border trips. 

Edited by Kilo95, 10 March 2022 - 06:33 AM.

[vortoozo]

^

 

Don't forget that Alaska codeshares with American on the route. So we also have access to single ticketing & connections to American's network.

[spanky123]

I think for the foreseeable future we'll see the continued funnelling of flights into YVR (AC) and YYC (WS). It makes more sense for the airlines to draw people into their large hubs, at least with current passenger numbers. I don't see things rebounding significantly until the testing requirements are lifted on the Canadian side. Sure, it's one thing to get a test before your trip to the states or elsewhere... but there's still that lingering "what if I test positive on the way home?" that is holding some back from making cross border trips. 

 

True although from what I am hearing from buddies who are travelling is that fake or self-administered tests are now commonplace in most popular destinations.

[Jacques Cadé]

True although from what I am hearing from buddies who are travelling is that fake or self-administered tests are now commonplace in most popular destinations.

 

Don't forget that anyone can also get randomly selected to conduct a COVID test after they cross the border into Canada. Friend of mine got selected last week — even though he had already uploaded proof of triple-vaccination on ArriveCAN and had proof of a negative antigen test 24 hours before crossing into Canada — and we wasted three hours dealing with LifeLabs, who had to watch him swab his nose via Microsoft Teams. He was back in the USA before LifeLabs had the results.

 

It's that kind of BS that stops some from travelling ... and helps explain why anger against useless restrictions is spreading.

Edited by Jacques Cadé, 10 March 2022 - 12:04 PM.

[Mike K.]

Totally. It’s a farce now.

Now watch as passports are ended to make sure visiting Americans keep BC bars busy.

[Nparker]

...Now watch as passports are ended to make sure visiting Americans keep BC bars busy.

And so that Albertans spend some of their petro bucks on Canada's left coast.

 

But it's all about the science.

[Mike K.]

There we go. Vax passport over April 8th.

[spanky123]

There we go. Vax passport over April 8th.

 

Just before the first cruise ship?!